Jerry

Last week, Jerry employees around the globe came together for our second annual #hackathon, a highlight of our year! Their goal? To develop solutions that address real customer challenges and help advance Jerry’s mission to redefine and radically improve how people manage owning a car. The resulting ideas have the potential to improve overall customer experience and enable our teams to better serve customers, faster. Thanks to #AI, employees across the organization joined this year’s event regardless of their level of technical coding experience. Employee voting is underway to select the top projects for future app development, but one thing is certain: the combination of cross-team creativity and cutting-edge AI has inspired a wave of innovative, impactful ideas. #innovation #collaboration #startup

Jerry is growing 🚀 . With 20 open roles and an unwavering commitment to building a world-class team, we’ve been on a journey to find the right recruiter to bring in top talent. Today, we’re thrilled to welcome Talent Lead Lisa Mitalas to our small and mighty Talent Acquisition team! Lisa’s expertise and experience will catapult our business as we make each Jerry team stronger than ever. Welcome aboard, Lisa! 🎉

Car insurance can get complicated (and expensive) fast, and finding straightforward answers isn't always easy, as reported by The New York Times this weekend. Parents of newly licensed teen drivers know these challenges well and are getting creative with how they manage rising costs. Some are choosing not to disclose new drivers to insurers at all. The trend is troubling, as featured survey data from Jerry reveals that 17% of American drivers are likely to give false information to insurance companies in hopes of keeping premiums low. With rates up 50% over the last three years, drivers require a resource that they can trust will prioritize their best interests—one of the reasons Jerry was created. As a digital broker and neutral third party, our goal is simple: to offer transparent advice and assist drivers in finding the highest quality policies at the most affordable rates. For more insights, check out this article by Ron Lieber.

Jerry’s Vice President of Insurance Operations Joshua Damico shares his take on the September CPI report with Bloomberg. As vehicle prices and the costs of parts and equipment begin to stabilize, there’s reason for cautious optimism. Read on for more. #CPI #CarInsurance #InsuranceTrends 

Yesterday, Jerry's VP of Product & Partnerships Neima Shahidy spoke at #ITCVegas alongside fellow insurance leaders from Liberty Mutual Insurance, Apollo/Excellent Insurance and American Family Insurance. The panel of category innovators talked about how they are leveraging AI today, tapping their own and 3rd party resources, as well as their expectations for the future. Thank you Dan Perry, CPCU, Richard Asprey and Ryann Foelker for sharing your insights on this panel. If you are interested in learning more about Jerry's GenerativeAI virtual agent system, and the solution we developed for other businesses like ours, Propelix, please reach out! #GenerativeAI #customerexperience

Our COO John Spottiswood just published this article, which highlights learnings from our team’s experience testing the impact of AI agents on customer experience and conversion. Give it a read! Anyone attending #ITCVegas can learn more about how Jerry leverages Generative AI for a virtual agent system that enables exceptional customer experience. Join our VP of Product & Partnerships Neima Shahidy for a demonstration and panel discussion with other insurance AI innovators in Ballroom L at 2:00 pm PT today, Wednesday 10/16. #AIininsurance #customerexperience

It is Day 1 of #ITCVegas and the Jerry team is on the ground! VP of Product & Partnerships Neima Shahidy, VP of Insurance Operations Joshua Damico and COO John Spottiswood are walking the floor today, excited to connect with tech-forward carriers. Mark your calendar for tomorrow (10/16) at 2:00 PM in Ballroom L. Neima will join fellow insurance innovators for a panel about providing exceptional customer experience by tapping GenAI to enable human agents. Will we see you there?

🌪️ Car insurance premiums have eased recently, but with an active hurricane season in full swing, could that relief be short-lived? National car insurance inflation has been slowing for five straight months, but Jerry’s CFO Ed Chung, CFA points out that storms like Hurricanes Helene and Milton could change the outlook in certain high-risk states. Insurers facing heavy losses may be forced to raise premiums or exit certain markets, leading to localized rate hikes. For drivers in these regions, shopping for the most competitive rates will be key. More insights from Andrew Keshner at MarketWatch. #HurricaneSeason #RiskManagement #CarInsurance #InsuranceTrends 

Jerry’s own Neima Shahidy is off to Las Vegas next week for an #ITCVegas panel about using GenAI to enable exceptional customer experience. She will join insurance innovators Dan Perry, CPCU, from Liberty Mutual, and Richard Asprey, from Excellent/Apollo, on a panel moderated by Ryann Foelker, from American Family Insurance. They’ll talk about their experiences working with GenAI, including what they’ve learned and what they believe comes next. The session will also include a live demonstration of a virtual agent system in action. Are you attending the conference? Join us in Ballroom L on Wednesday, October 16 at 2:00 PM local time.

At Jerry, we believe in ownership, curiosity, and most of all, acting with a passion for excellence. This core company value recently drove one of our software engineers to investigate a tricky issue happening in the iOS version of our app and track down the root cause in the React Native codebase. The fix, which was a single-line code change, was adopted by the RN release team and is available for the benefit of all users of the framework. We are proud of our passionate engineers who enable us to offer customers a better insurance shopping experience, as well as contribute to invaluable open-source software projects like React Native.