Hollard-Backed Huddle Adds Renters Insurance to its Portfolio

Meet Huddle :

Think: a Sydney-based insurance startup established in 2016. The startup is led by Jason Wilby and Jonathan Buck, and has raised ~$4.7M led by South African billionaire-slash-businessman-slash-owner of Hollard Group of insurance companies Richard Enthoven. Originally, it offered car and travel insurance underwritten by Hollard. Yet, yesterday it announced expansion into renters insurance.

Get a feel for its UI below:

Wait, there’s more. Huddle’s AI assistant, called Flo, can “process and pay thousands of claims per day without breaking a sweat.” This is “super-gran” Flo:

PS. Speaking of Flo….last year, Hollard announced the acquisition of Progressive’s portfolio of insurance policies in Australia.