There might not be a hotter industry at the moment than insurtech. Every time you turn around it seems a startup has entered the market or an established player — case in point: Tampa’s HCI Group and St. Petersburg’s UPC — has launched an insurtech spinoff.
One of the fastest-growing firms to join the insurtech fray is St. Pete-based Kin Insurance, which currently operates in California, Florida and Louisiana, with big ambitions to expand. Co-founded in 2016 by Sean Harper, who serves as CEO, and Lucas Ward, the firm’s chief technology officer, Kin underwrites and sells residential property insurance direct to consumers.