LMND/Car Insurance — Scenario Model
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Car Insurance — Scenario Model

Current Price
$65
Car Insurance Component
$11/sh
Market Implies
46% chance of upside scenarios
20% collapse probability

Scenario Overview

ScenarioEV$/shProbRevenueLoss Ratio %Combined Ratio %FcfKey Gate
mega bull$5B$515%national coverage
bull$1B$115%state expansion
base($0B)$015%
bear($0B)$034%
collapse($0B)$020%car wind down

Gate Milestones

Growth is gated by milestones. Cost step-changes and capability unlocks are tied to specific milestones.

2026
Y1
state expansion
Car available in 12+ states
Unlocks: Rapid IFP growth from pent-up waitlist demand
24 rate filings in Q1 2025 alone; management says months->days for launches
2028
Y3
20 states
Car available in 20+ states, ~60% of US population
Unlocks: Car IFP surpasses $800M, approaching scale economics
Root is in 34 states; LMND accelerating filings
2030
Y5
av insurance scale
AV insurance reaches 8% of car premium
Unlocks: Tesla FSD adoption + Lemonade first-mover = unique revenue stream
Launched Jan 2026 in AZ/OR; Fleet API integration live
2035
Y10
national coverage
Near-national coverage, 48 states
Unlocks: Car segment IFP approaches $4B, competitive with mid-size auto insurers
Root reached 34 states; LMND's compliance acceleration trend
2028
Y3
car review
Management reviews car economics after persistent losses
Unlocks: Board considers reducing car investment or exiting states
Root's near-bankruptcy shows auto InsurTech failure mode
2030
Y5
car wind down
Car insurance reduced to minimal states, IFP shrinking
Unlocks: Capital redirected to profitable core book
Each car policy loses money at -30% operating margin

Full Year-by-Year Models

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Market-Implied Probability Reconciliation

Given these scenario EVs, what probability weights would the market need to assign to produce the current market-implied value of $11/share?

ScenarioCar Insurance EVPer ShareImplied Prob.Weighted Contrib.
mega bull$5B$6815.4%$10
bull$1B$1415.4%$2
base($0B)$-115.4%$-0
bear($0B)$-333.8%$-1
collapse($0B)$-320.0%$-1
Total100%$11/sh

Note: Car insurance is Lemonade's growth bet. The US auto TAM ($386B) is 65x the renters TAM ($5.9B). These probabilities reflect the market's view on whether LMND can compete with Progressive's data advantage.

Target contribution: $11/sh. Residual: $0.0/sh.