Credit Karma Makes Significant Move with New Insurance Experience

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New Tool Brings Transparency to Consumers With Potential To Change Auto Insurance Market Forever

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Credit Karma today announced its expansion within insurance. Launching today in California and Texas, Credit Karma’s members will be able to see what they could be paying for auto insurance based on what members like them are paying for the same coverage.

This move will address the mispricing issue of Americans’ auto insurance policies and will soon arm its more than 80 million members with the information needed to make the best decision on their insurance policy, without the headache. Credit Karma estimates that Americans overspend on auto insurance by nearly $21 billion per year.

Credit Karma’s existing auto offering pulls driver and vehicle information from the DMV and other sources directly into the auto product. This helps members save money on their auto loans, track the estimated value of their car and check recall details all in one centralized location. Since launching less than a year ago, more than 8 million members have synced their vehicles. Now Credit Karma can combine the DMV information with data from credit bureaus and public insurance rate filings to unlock much of what is needed to estimate insurance quotes. This happens with just the tap of a button instead of members manually inputting 30-40 data fields as is typical with digital quoting.

“We built the auto experience to help put money back into the pockets of our members. With our refinance experience, we’ve helped our members save nearly $150 million on their auto loans in under a year,” said Kenneth Lin, founder and CEO, Credit Karma. “We plan to do the same for insurance. We estimate that Americans are overspending on auto insurance by nearly $21 billion a year and believe that bringing simplicity and transparency to our members will help them save.”

Credit Karma will educate its members through an interactive experience that shows how key factors such as moving violations and credit scores can impact insurance rates. The product is now available in two of the largest driving states in the U.S. and will roll out to more in the coming months.

“Our investment into auto has exceeded our expectations, and it’s encouraging to see such high engagement among our members,” said Rory Joyce, Director of Product Management, Credit Karma. “Because auto insurance is a major expense of owning a car, building an insurance feature was a natural extension to help our members make financial progress.”

About Credit Karma, Inc.

Founded in 2007 by Kenneth Lin, co-founded by Nichole Mustard and Ryan Graciano, Credit Karma is a personal finance technology company with more than 80 million members in the United States and Canada, including almost half of U.S. millennials. The company offers a suite of products for members to monitor and improve credit health, prepare and file taxes, and provides identity monitoring and vehicle monitoring. Credit Karma leverages advanced data modeling to analyze and identify the best financial products for its members and has facilitated more than $40 billion in credit lines across financial products like credit cards, personal loans, mortgage refinancing, automotive financing and student loan refinancing. Learn more about how Credit Karma members are making financial progress on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.