Members get a dividend this year of 1.89%. Goodcover is modeled after a cooperative where members premiums are pooled together to cover claims. Any unused portion is returned to them as an annual dividend.

This pandemic has impacted everyone, but unlike for homeowners, the help available for renters has been limited and scattered. To help tenants find information during this time, we’ve created a resource page for renters [https://www.goodcover.com/rent-relief-resources/california/] to help them find organizations supporting renters and their rights. Most frequent questions are coming around evictions, a last resort dispute between a landlord and a tenant that can lead to dire circumstances. To

Black neighborhoods pay 20% more in renters insurance. With the recent Black Lives Matter protests much of society has been re-examining explicit and implicit sources of discrimination against Black people in America. What are the conscious and unconscious ways our society and economy harm Black citizens? Housing and its associated cost has historically played a critical role in institutionalizing racism and segregation. Even insurance companies have historically discriminated against Black pe

Coronavirus and crime trends, a look at the impact COVID19 and stay-at-home order is having in San Francisco.

Landlords have begun requiring tenants to buy renter's insurance, we go into the details on the rationale behind that. They are after one specific protection...

If you’ve had to move because of the COVID-19 crisis, you might be asking the status of your insurance: is my stuff still covered? Do I need to update my insurer? Is my insurance going to get cancelled? We’ve been fielding these questions from our Members as colleges and universities have shut campuses, people have moved home to be with family, and some such as nurses and EMTs have temporarily moved to be closer to their life-saving work. (PS If you are a medical responder, we’d love to pay the

Goodcover is offering Nurses, Doctors, and other medical responders free renters insurance for the rest of 2020.

Firstly, I hope you and your family are safe and healthy, and staying home as much as possible. To our Members and community, here’s how we’re serving you during this time: * Goodcover remains open and operational during the COVID-19 crisis. * Claims management and support remains unaffected. * We have implemented a 60 day grace period on overdue premium payments. * We have extended our deadlines for providing various documentation, appraisals, and valuations. Goodcover remains open Acc

At Goodcover, we like to say Insurance is a considered purchase.  To us this means that you fire up a cup of coffee, open your laptop, sit down, make some choices, and buy a policy. This also means someone else special in your life might be involved in this process. Enter save for later.  We added a feature during the quoting process to email yourself a link.  You can pick up where you left off on any device after you click that link.  Surprisingly, we've seen ~60% of people who use the feature

At Goodcover, our mission is to make financial security accessible for all. Today we’re launching our first product that helps us reach this mission: Goodcover Renters Insurance. Goodcover’s pre-launch Members have saved an average of 42% on their Renters Insurance - some as much as 71%

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