Root Inc
For the period ended Sep 30, 2024. Filed Oct 30, 2024.
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Sep 30, 2024 · Filed Oct 30, 2024
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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statementsii
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements about us and our industry that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “path,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will” or “would” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the following:
our ability to retain existing customers, acquire new customers and expand our customer reach;
our expectations regarding our future financial performance, including total revenue, gross profit/(loss), net income/(loss), direct contribution, adjusted EBITDA, net loss and loss adjustment expense, or LAE, ratio, net expense ratio, net combined ratio, gross loss ratio, marketing costs and costs of customer acquisition, gross LAE ratio, gross expense ratio, gross combined ratio, operating expenses, quota share levels, changes in unencumbered cash balances and expansion of our new and renewal premium base;
our ability to realize profits, acquire customers, retain customers, contract with additional partners to utilize the products, or achieve other benefits from our embedded insurance offering;
our ability to expand our distribution channels through additional partnership relationships, digital media, independent agents and referrals;
our ability to drive a significant long-term competitive advantage through our partnership with Carvana Group, LLC, or Carvana, and other partnerships;
our ability to develop products for embedded insurance and other partners;
the impact of supply chain disruptions, increasing inflation, a recession and/or disruptions to properly functioning financial and capital markets and interest rates on our business and financial condition;
our ability to remain profitable and extend our capital runway;
our goal to be licensed in all states in the United States and the timing of obtaining additional licenses and launching in new states;
the accuracy and efficiency of our telematics and behavioral data, and our ability to gather and leverage additional data;
our ability to materially improve retention rates and our ability to realize benefits from retaining customers;
our ability to underwrite risks accurately and charge profitable rates;
our ability to maintain our business model and improve our capital and marketing efficiency;
our ability to drive improved conversion and decrease the cost of customer acquisition;
our ability to maintain and enhance our brand and reputation;
our ability to effectively manage the growth of our business;
our ability to raise additional capital efficiently or at all;
our ability to improve our product offerings, introduce new products and expand into additional insurance lines;
our ability to cross sell our products and attain greater value from each customer;
our lack of operating history and ability to remain profitable;
our ability to compete effectively with existing competitors and new market entrants in our industry;
future performance of the markets in which we operate;
our ability to operate a “capital-efficient” business and obtain and maintain desirable levels of reinsurance;
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the effect of further reductions in the utilization of reinsurance, which would result in retention of more premium and losses and could cause our capital requirements to increase;
our ability to realize economies of scale;
our ability to attract, motivate and retain key personnel, or hire personnel, and to offer competitive compensation and benefits;
our ability to deliver a vertically integrated customer experience;
our ability to develop products that utilize telematics to drive better customer satisfaction and retention;
our ability to protect our intellectual property and any costs associated therewith;
our ability to develop an autonomous claims experience;
our ability to take rate action early and react to changing environments;
our ability to meet risk-based capital requirements;
our ability to realize the benefits anticipated from our Texas county mutual fronting arrangement;
our ability to expand domestically;
our ability to stay in compliance with laws and regulations that currently apply or become applicable to our business;
the impact of litigation or other losses;
changes in laws or regulations, or changes in the interpretation of laws or regulations by a regulatory authority, specific to the use of artificial intelligence;
our ability to defend against cybersecurity threats and prevent, or recover from, a security breach or other significant disruption of our technology systems or those of our partners and third-party service providers;
the effect of interest rates on our available cash and our ability to maintain compliance with our amended term loan, including performance and liquidity covenants;
our ability to maintain proper and effective internal control over financial reporting;
our ability to continue to meet The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards; and
You should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained herein. The results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made and we undertake no obligation to update them to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to the terms “Root,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Root, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
We may announce material business and financial information to our investors using our investor relations website (ir.joinroot.com). We therefore encourage investors and others interested in Root to review the information that we make available on our website, in addition to following our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, webcasts, press releases and conference calls.
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