Metromile Announces Third Quarter 2021 Results
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Metromile Announces Third Quarter 2021 Results

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Metromile, Inc. (NASDAQ: MILE, MILEW), a leading digital insurance platform and pay-per-mile auto insurer, today announced its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021.

“During the quarter, we continued to make progress on and invest in our growth initiatives, and while our Policies in Force were largely flat for the quarter ending September 30, 2021, Policies in Force have now grown for three consecutive months, including October,” said Dan Preston, Chief Executive Officer of Metromile. “We also saw a rising cost of acquisition as we ramped our investment to increase our brand awareness and reinforce trust with customers. Key initiatives included refreshing our messaging to align with drivers’ current needs, expanding our Independent Agent channel with a comparative rater integration, and continued work toward state expansion. Additionally, Metromile Enterprise continues to make progress, signing up new customers like Buckle for its software solutions.”

“Loss ratios remained elevated given industry-wide inflation in costs across bodily injury and physical damage,” added Mr. Preston. “Our loss ratio for the quarter of 81.6% reflects 4.4 points of catastrophe-related costs, with an estimated adjusted 77.2% loss ratio after removing the effects of Hurricane Ida. We expect our rate filings in progress across most of our footprint will address these higher losses and improve profitability over the course of 2022.”

The power of Metromile and Lemonade joining forces

On November 8, 2021, we, together with Lemonade, Inc. (“Lemonade”), announced a definitive agreement pursuant to which Lemonade will acquire Metromile in an all-stock transaction that implied a fully diluted equity value of approximately $500 million. As of September 30, 2021, Metromile had net unrestricted cash of approximately $160 million, implying an enterprise value of about $340 million.

The companies have deeply aligned missions and market potential; together, we believe we can create a far superior outcome for Metromile and Lemonade shareholders alike:

  • Metromile’s ten year track record in data science-powered auto insurance, coupled with Lemonade’s well loved brand and high customer trust, position the combined company as the ideal destination for modern drivers everywhere.

  • Lemonade has a proven track record of cross-selling insurance products to its rapidly growing customer base of nearly 1.4 million customers.

  • Beyond auto, the combined value proposition offers significant benefits across a customer’s lifetime (renters, home, life, pet) while broadening the set of advantages against incumbents.

  • Lastly, given our recent rising customer acquisition costs and the additional capital required, we believe the companies together will gain substantial customer acquisition and cost efficiencies through investments in a single brand, technology, and platform.