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Building infrastructure for the future of insurance, one API at a time. We're also hiring more awesome people, see https://t.co/yoXMtZ580F!
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined July 2016
Congrats @CharlesHSavage and the EasyEquities team for bringing this product to market! The @RootPlatform team is proud to be powering this solution, and look forward to building on this partnership! 🚀
EasyProtect Life just launched to 2500 beta clients, World First? 1000s of interviews, leverage from partnerships @sanlam & the best team around @EasyEquities here's to raising the bar on digital life insurance together https://t.co/WOIwUgwRBy Under 40? Register for early access
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Three things to keep in mind when considering how to approach #innovation according to @LouwHopley —see the thread below 🧵👇 #Insurance #Insurtech #API
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We’ve got 21 Rootstars & friends hitting the tar this weekend for the Cape Town Marathon 🏃 Good luck team and thanks to @pargopoint for putting us up to the challenge 🏆 Game on!
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Our new Plans page is live! It gives a more granular overview of what’s packed into the powerful low-code Root insurance platform. https://t.co/VzWEvorGTf
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Product update: Get a head start on your build with Root’s new product templates. Using Root’s low-code Workbench tools you can customise product templates to match your unique product requirements. Read more: https://t.co/FyQyulbUVU
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September’s platform #changelog has been published! Exciting new features and changes went live on Root last month. See below for detail: https://t.co/9CyPGx0GE3
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Shoutout to the team at @RGA_RE for hosting us at their Leadership Conference last week. 🙌 We met with leaders and innovators across the insurance value chain, and managed to cook up some pro potjies. Thanks Mike, @EmmanuelDjengue and team!
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@Infosys @RootPlatform On regulatory approaches to technological developments in the insurance industry, Julian Arevalo from @eiopa_europa_eu comments: “Our mandate is to ensure consumer protection and financial stability, but we also need to take into account these opportunities and benefits.”
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@Infosys Charlotte Koep from @RootPlatform suggests technology can enhance the customer experience and ultimately benefit the insurance industry. #FTDigitalDialogues
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Mr Price just launched a new innovative life insurance product! ☂️ https://t.co/UQG3uMctW3 It's great to see a product that's actually founded on real customer needs and feedback, get launched to market. Congrats to @MRPfashion & @RootPlatform teams for the successful launch!
htxt.co.za
Life Matters is available locally via a partnership with Cape Town-based startup Root, with between R100 000 to R200 000 cover.
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Read our latest blog post to learn why Root conducts user tests to challenge its products and learn about the undeniable importance of user testing for any type of business 🚀 https://t.co/5vKYO0CRPu
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At Root, we've found that actively involving real users is the best way to develop products that are actually useful. Here's how user testing helps us provide value to our customers and improve our...
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I’ve been documenting @RootPlatform’s culture over the last few months as our team is working to bring insurance to the internet age. Here are the 8 virtues our high performance team follows on a daily basis: 🧵
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“Being a software engineer at Root is incredibly rewarding! Such a great environment to collaborate with brilliant tech minds, take ownership of my work and grow in my career.” Thanks Glenn Madzonga! We appreciate you too 🚀
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We started a book club at Root to encourage learning in our team. On Thursday we met to discuss this month's book, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. If you’d like to see some other books that we’ve enjoyed, take a look Root’s reading list here: https://t.co/MGPPbQYCRQ
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In practice, not reinventing the wheel means checking our egos, recognising that we’re not experts in every domain and finding the people who are. As far as possible, we implement tried-and-tested solutions, adapting them to our unique situation. https://t.co/zbFVMxNKUx
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In practice, not reinventing the wheel means checking our egos, recognizing that we're not experts in every domain and finding the people who are.
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Our new Developer Hub has launched, go check it out! https://t.co/Lh9dxfukx4 The @RootPlatform team is on a roll. Let's go embed all the insurance!
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Our brand new Root Developer Hub will blow your socks off 🛠🍾🚀 Visit https://t.co/1k95bZ8jHd to access our new public developer guides and docs and start building the future of insurance with us. We can't wait to see what you build! 🛠
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We asked our team what they enjoyed most about Root. We got a lot of love, including this gem from Chelsea Frost: “I love the sub-culture of adventure that exists at Root. We often have conversations about epic hikes, new camp spots and encouragement for outdoor experiences.”
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Last week, @hermux spoke to the Root team about his journey building and managing @EskomSePush with his partner Dan Wells. He took us through the tools they use to manage the app and demoed some cool features like this one which changes the content on the app in real time.
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Choosing simplicity over complexity always works. Although we recognise the temptation of complex systems, problem statements and solutions, our Keep it Simple virtue helps us avoid distraction and stay focused on what matters. https://t.co/NH0mhC6jfQ
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