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Insurance Startup Kin Raises $69 Million with Investment from PGA Pro

Golfer Rory McIlroy is among backers of Kin, which expects revenue to more than triple this year as it moves into new markets.

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- Exclusive: Kin Raises $63.9M In Series C Funding for Data-Driven Home Insurance opens in new window
  
  Sun May 9 2021
- Kin Insurance to Offer Homeowners Coverage in Louisiana opens in new window
  
  Wed Mar 24 2021
- Forbes Names Kin One of America's Best Startup Employers in 2021 opens in new window
  
  Mon Mar 8 2021
- Kin Insurance Launches Landlord Insurance in Florida Market opens in new window
  
  Wed Feb 10 2021
- Kin Insurance Awarded Built In's 2021 Best Midsize Companies to Work For opens in new window
  
  Tue Jan 12 2021
- Kin Insurance Named Among Chicago Inno's 2020 Inno on Fire opens in new window
  
  Mon Oct 5 2020
- Kin Insurance Closes $35 Million Series B Including Second Investment from UChicago opens in new window
  
  Thu Aug 13 2020
- Home Insurtech Startup Kin Raises $35M, Plans to Hire 100 People opens in new window
  
  Thu Aug 13 2020
- Insurance Startup Kin Raises Another $35 Million opens in new window
  
  Thu Aug 13 2020
- Kin Named One of Fast Company's 10 Most Innovative Finance Companies of 2020 opens in new window
  
  Tue Mar 10 2020
- Kin Recognized as One of America's Best Startup Employers by Forbes + Statista opens in new window
  
  Tue Mar 10 2020
- Kin Named One of Tracxn's Top Emerging Internet First Insurance Startups 2020 opens in new window
  
  Wed Feb 26 2020
- Built In Chicago: Kin Named One of the Best Small Companies to Work For opens in new window
  
  Thu Jan 2 2020
- Business Insider: Kin Gives Floridians New Insurance Discounts Following Passage of Assignment of Benefits Bill opens in new window
  
  Wed Dec 4 2019
- UChicago News: UChicago Invests $500,000 in Startup Helping Insure Disaster-Ridden Regions opens in new window
  
  Fri Aug 30 2019
- VentureBeat: Kin raises $47 million and launches homeowner insurance carrier in disaster-prone areas opens in new window
  
  Tue Aug 27 2019
- Crain's Chicago Business: Insurance startup raises $47 million opens in new window
  
  Tue Aug 27 2019
- Crain’s Chicago: Insurance startup Kin Raises $13 million opens in new window
  
  Sat May 5 2018
- TechCrunch: With $4 Million in Funding, Kin Wants to Change How Homeowners Get Insured opens in new window
  
  Tue Aug 1 2017
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- Investopedia: Best Hurricane Insurance opens in new window
  
  Tue Feb 23 2021
- TechCrunch: Can Data Fix Healthcare? opens in new window
  
  Fri Feb 19 2021
- Built In: 26 Insurtech Companies Making Coverage Simpler opens in new window
  
  Mon Jan 18 2021
- Forbes: When Fintech Succeeds: The Three Ds opens in new window
  
  Wed Dec 2 2020
- InsurTech Digital: What Does Customer-Centricity Mean for Digitized Insurance? opens in new window
  
  Thu Nov 19 2020
- JD Supra: Insuring Against Climate Change opens in new window
  
  Tue Oct 6 2020
- Risk & Insurance: The Very Real Dangers of Coastal Living — And Why Businesses Just Don’t Seem to Care opens in new window
  
  Thu Oct 1 2020
- OZY: Why Insurers Are Daring to Run at Even Bigger Risks opens in new window
  
  Tue Jun 30 2020
- FinTech Magazine Ranks Kin #2 in Top 10 Cutting-Edge Home and Rental Insurtechs opens in new window
  
  Fri Mar 13 2020
- Reviews.com: Guide to Top Digital Insurance Companies opens in new window
  
  Fri Feb 14 2020
- Forbes: 10 Startups Leading The Way In Customer Experience opens in new window
  
  Mon Feb 10 2020
- Business Insider: Insurtech Disrupters: Here's What Full-Stack Insurtechs Are Doing to Beat Incumbents opens in new window
  
  Mon Jan 27 2020
- American Inno: 12 Biggest Chicago Startup Fundings of 2019 opens in new window
  
  Thu Jan 2 2020
- Business Insider: These Are the Biggest Fintech Winners of 2019 opens in new window
  
  Wed Dec 18 2019
- ITA Spotlight: Kin Insurance opens in new window
  
  Sat Feb 16 2019
- Business Insider: Insurtech Disruptors Report opens in new window
  
  Fri Dec 6 2019
- Forbes: Which Insurtech Distribution Model Gets It Right? opens in new window
  
  Tue Dec 3 2019
- Clark.com: 6 Things to Know about Kin Insurance opens in new window
  
  Mon Nov 25 2019
- FinTech Global Names Kin Insurance among Insurtech 100 2019 opens in new window
  
  Sun Oct 13 2019
- Chicago Inno: Facing Legacy Insurance Giants, Chicago Upstart Kin Gains Popularity With Homeowners opens in new window
  
  Wed Mar 27 2019
- VentureBeat: 5 startup trends that shaped the Midwest in 2018 opens in new window
  
  Thu Nov 29 2018
- Technori: The First Startup to Do Insurance the Right Way opens in new window
  
  Fri Aug 3 2018
- Crain’s Chicago: Meet Allstate's Newest Challengers opens in new window
  
  Fri Feb 9 2018
- Technori: Chicago Tech Can Grow if Small Thinking Gets Dumped opens in new window
  
  Mon Feb 5 2018
- Built in Chicago: 5 Chicago Tech Companies Redefining the Insurance Industry opens in new window
  
  Wed Aug 23 2017
- The Wall Street Journal: Insurance-Tech Startup Dollars Leap opens in new window
  
  Mon Jul 24 2017
- Built in Chicago: Why a Team of Local Fintech Veterans Is Taking on the $100B Homeowners Insurance Market opens in new window
  
  Mon Apr 17 2017
Thought Leadership

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- Forbes: Eight Steps Managers Can Take to Facilitate an Employee’s Move to Another Department opens in new window
  
  Sun Mar 14 2021
- Money.com: I Fought an Insurance Company in a Slip-and-Fall Case. Here's What I Learned opens in new window
  
  Mon Mar 29 2021
- Bankrate: Factors That Impact Your Home Insurance Rate opens in new window
  
  Mon Apr 5 2021
- Kiplinger: How to Protect Your Home from Natural Disasters opens in new window
  
  Wed Mar 3 2021
- GoBankingRates: How to Buy a House without a Realtor opens in new window
  
  Thu Feb 25 2021
- Forbes: 11 Strategies For Praising Employee Work (Without Causing Team Resentment) opens in new window
  
  Tue Jan 19 2021
- Forbes: Want To Build A Superteam? Invest In Emotional Intelligence opens in new window
  
  Thu Jan 14 2021
- Washington Post: How Do I Get an Airbnb Refund for Canceled Plans? opens in new window
  
  Wed Dec 16 2020
- Forbes: How To Adapt When Your Industry Is Facing Disruption opens in new window
  
  Wed Dec 2 2020
- Quartz: New Study Shows Why Hurricanes Stay So Strong After Making Landfall opens in new window
  
  Tue Nov 10 2020
- Washington Post: Eight Tips for Buying Homeowners Insurance opens in new window
  
  Mon Nov 9 2020
- Forbes: Want To Build A Successful Startup? Get Comfortable With Rejection opens in new window
  
  Tue Nov 3 2020
- Built in Chicago: How These 7 Chicago Tech Companies Found Their Product-Market Fit opens in new window
  
  Wed Oct 28 2020
- Forbes: Fintech Startups: Plan For Your Customers’ Emotional Realities opens in new window
  
  Wed Sep 30 2020
- Forbes: The Importance of Humans in Fintech opens in new window
  
  Tue Jul 28 2020
- Forbes: How to Sell Value to Price-Sensitive Customers opens in new window
  
  Thu May 28 2020
- Forbes: The Counterintuitive Advantage of a Beginner's Mindset opens in new window
  
  Fri Apr 24 2020
- Authority Magazine: Resilience with Sean Harper, CEO of Kin opens in new window
  
  Fri Mar 27 2020
- Built In Chicago: The Lessons 5 Founders Learned Going From Startup to Growth Company opens in new window
  
  Wed Mar 25 2020
- PropertyCasualty360: Looking Beyond Recent Hurricane Seasons opens in new window
  
  Tue Mar 24 2020
- Money Savage: Climate Change and Insurance with Sean Harper opens in new window
  
  Fri Feb 21 2020
- On Point with Peter van Aartrijk: Startup Home Insurer Targets 'Unhappy People' opens in new window
  
  Tue Feb 18 2020
- Money Matters Top Tips: Adam Torres Interviews Sean Harper, Co-Founder at Kin Insurance opens in new window
  
  Wed Feb 5 2020
- Forbes: How Vertical Integration Prevents Existential Threats to Your Business opens in new window
  
  Tue Feb 4 2020
- Solving a Meaningful Problem: An Oral History of How We Launched Mobile Home Insurance in a Week opens in new window
  
  Thu Dec 19 2019
- Forbes: In the Era of Customer Experience, Chatbots Don't Always Pay opens in new window
  
  Mon Nov 18 2019
- Fewer States Is Better: Why We Specialize First opens in new window
  
  Tue Oct 29 2019
- Forbes: The Case for Concentrated Growth opens in new window
  
  Wed Oct 23 2019
- Forbes: May the Best Ideas Win opens in new window
  
  Thu Sep 19 2019
- Entrepreneur: Could You, Should You, Would You: Questions for Hiring Corporate Misfits opens in new window
  
  Thu Jun 20 2019
- Forbes: In Hyper-Growth Mode? How To Get The Most From Your Teams opens in new window
  
  Thu May 30 2019
- Forbes: Why Cross-Functional Teams Solve Problems Best opens in new window
  
  Mon May 20 2019
- Forbes: The Limits Of Being Awesome In A Highly Regulated Industry opens in new window
  
  Tue May 7 2019
- Forbes: Eliminating The Hidden Costs Of 'Saving' On Customer Support opens in new window
  
  Fri Jan 25 2019
- PropertyCasualty360: Five Technologies Changing Claims opens in new window
  
  Mon Dec 10 2018
- Insurance Thought Leadership: Here Is How to Make Flood Insurance Work opens in new window
  
  Wed Nov 21 2018
- Forbes: How to Win with Transparency opens in new window
  
  Thu Oct 18 2018
- Forbes: 12 Late-Stage Interview Faux Pas That Could Cost You The Job opens in new window
  
  Mon Oct 1 2018
- Forbes: How Data Allows You to Create Tailor-Made Customer Experiences opens in new window
  
  Wed Sep 19 2018
- Forbes: How Solving Real Problems Is a Competitive Advantage in Today's World opens in new window
  
  Wed Aug 29 2018
- Small Business Trends: 15 Must-Reads Small Business Owners Can Choose from This Summer opens in new window
  
  Sat Jul 21 2018
- Forbes: Reminder: Capitalism Is Supposed to Benefit Customers opens in new window
  
  Mon Jul 16 2018
- Inc.: Let the Person With the Most Information Make the Decision opens in new window
  
  Thu Jun 14 2018
- Forbes: How to Successfully Identify Problems Worth Solving opens in new window
  
  Fri May 18 2018
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  Wed Apr 8 2020
- Kin Insurance Receives Chicago Honors for its Talent and Workplace Culture opens in new window
  
  Thu Feb 13 2020
- Kin Insurance Brings New Flood Coverage to Florida Homeowners opens in new window
  
  Tue Jan 21 2020
- Kin Gives Floridians New Insurance Discounts Following Passage of Assignment of Benefits Bill opens in new window
  
  Wed Dec 4 2019
- Insurtech Startup Kin Insurance Continues to Expand its Capacity to Serve Florida Residents opens in new window
  
  Wed Nov 6 2019
- Insurtech Startup Kin Insurance Raises $47M to Launch Carrier in Florida opens in new window
  
  Tue Aug 27 2019
- Insurtech Kin Insurance Expands Homeowners Offering into Georgia opens in new window
  
  Wed Oct 2 2019
- Kin Insurance Raises $13M in Financing, Welcomes New Board Member opens in new window
  
  Mon Jun 11 2018
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