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Lemonade pools policyholders by charity to deter claims fraud

Angela Strange · Managing Risk and Uncertainty: The Future of Insurance · Nov 30, 2018 · at 20:27

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Angela Strange, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), explains how digital insurer Lemonade uses flat fees and charity-aligned pooling to eliminate moral hazard in claims.

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“Lemonade collects premiums like every other insurance company. It takes a fixed percentage of those premiums, puts them aside, and that's Lemonade's profit. Then the rest of the money is going to go towards claims. But versus most other insurance companies, they do an interesting form of pooling. When you sign up for Lemonade, they ask you, what's a charity that you really care passionately about? And users are then pooled by those charities. Such that now, when someone thinks about making a claim, instead of embellishing it and stealing from faceless insurance company, they'd be taking money out of the Red Cross's profit.”

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The claim, plainly

Lemonade structures its insurance model by taking a fixed fee for overhead and pooling policyholders by chosen charities, so unclaimed money goes to charity rather than insurer profits.

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Assessment

Official company disclosures, including Lemonade's June 2020 SEC Form S-1 filing and public business model documentation, confirm the described model. Lemonade retains a fixed fee (typically 25% of collected premiums) for operating expenses and profit, while the remaining funds cover claims and reinsurance. Policyholders are grouped into cohorts based on their selected charity, and any unclaimed surplus premiums remaining in a cohort pool at year-end are donated to the designated charity via the annual Giveback program.

Lemonade's SEC Form S-1 filing (June 2020) confirms it retains a fixed fee (typically 25%) of collected premiums for overhead and profit.
Lemonade's published business documentation confirms policyholders choosing the same charity form cohorts, with remaining unclaimed pool funds donated to selected charities through the Giveback program.

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[1] sec.gov [2] lemonade.com [3] columbia.edu [4] substack.com [5] lemonade.com [6] ffnews.com [7] insurancebusinessmag.com [8] effectivealtruism.org

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