Root Inc. and The Zebra said they have partnered to make auto insurance easier for consumers and agents.
Quotes from Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech Root can be received via TheZebra.com, an insurance marketplace and agent network. The consumers will go directly to Root’s digital platform to customize coverage and purchase a policy.
By combining Root’s mobile technology, data science, and automation with The Zebra’s comparison experience and broad reach among high-intent shop
pers, the companies look to create a seamless path from quote to coverage. The Zebra’s agents can al
so generate instant Root quotes from their existing agency management system and bridge directly into the Root Agent Portal (RAP).
“Today’s consumers and insurance agents expect speed, precision, and convenience from their digital experiences,” said Jason Shapiro, senior vice president of business development at Root, in a statement. “As AI an
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d agentic commerce rapidly transform the way people discover and purchase insurance, connecting Root’s platform with The Zebra ensures we are meeting high-intent shoppers wherever those decisions happen. Partnering
with one of the nation’s leading comparison platforms gives consumers immediate access to personalized rates while offering independent agents a seamless path to bind coverage.”
In it recent report of second quarter 2026 earnings, Root CEO Alex Tim said its partnership and independent agent channels represented about 51% of new writings in Q2, up from about 44% in Q2 2025. Root Inc. Q2 net income was $25.4 million, an increase of 15% over the same period a year ago.
The state Supreme Court said that insurers could have created exclusions in their insurance policies for such behavior but did not and it was not appropriate fo
r the court to act as a “super-scrivener” to insert coverage exclusions for the insurers.
The high court explained that while the General Assembly has expressed the Co
mmonwealth’s policy against sex trafficking by criminalizing it, the criminal statute “does not provide a justification for the judicial crafting of an exception to insurance coverage in a policy otherwise silent on the subject.”
The high court added that adopting the insurers’ position to abrogate insurance coverage would require it to divine an “overriding” public policy. “We do not believe it is within the purview of this Court to rank the magnitude of the public policy underlying the various crimes defined in the Crimes Code,” the opinion states.