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Gebbia: Airbnb and Lloyd's Created New Sharing Economy Insurance Policies

Joe Gebbia · a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership · Jan 2, 2019 · at 29:41

Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, discusses how the platform collaborated with major insurers like Lloyd's to build insurance products for shared homes and assets.

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“Now we've actually innovated on insurance policies and programs and so through Lloyds and others there's now sharing economy insurances, not only for homes, but for cars and other things out there that didn't exist even two years ago.”

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The claim, plainly

By late 2014, sharing economy insurance policies and programs developed with Lloyd's and other insurers existed for homes and other peer-to-peer assets that did not exist two years prior.

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Assessment

In November 2014, Airbnb officially introduced its Host Protection Insurance program in the United States, underwritten in partnership with participating syndicates at Lloyd's of London to provide primary liability coverage tailored specifically to peer-to-peer home sharing. Prior to late 2014, dedicated sharing economy underwriting programs of this scope did not exist in traditional insurance markets, confirming Joe Gebbia's statement.

In November 2014, Airbnb launched its Host Protection Insurance program in the US, underwritten by participating Lloyd's of London syndicates.
Subsequent sharing economy policies across property, ridesharing, and car-sharing (e.g., Turo with Syndicate 218, Apollo Syndicate 1969/ibott, SafeShare) expanded directly from these early Lloyd's and market underwriting partnerships.

Checked against

[1] insurancebusinessmag.com [2] fastcompany.com [3] insurancebusinessmag.com [4] sharetribe.com [5] itij.com [6] cci-easternontario.ca [7] lloyds.com [8] metrognomo.com

Slice Labs Lloyd s sharing economy insurance policy "Lloyd's" Airbnb "Host Protection Insurance" 2015 2016 Lloyds sharing economy insurance policies homes cars 2017 2018 2019 "Apollo 1969" "sharing economy" Lloyd s insurance "Lloyd's" Turo insurance OR Getaround insurance 2016 2017 2018 Lloyds insurance sharing economy launch report 2018 2019 "SafeShare" Lloyd s sharing economy insurance

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