Go Digit General Insurance is a new-age general insurance company started by Kamesh Goyal and backed by the Fairfax Group, one of the largest financial services groups in the world. The company has previously raised two rounds of funding amounting to $140 million from Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Holdings. Fairfax Financial Holdings is one of the largest insurance investment companies in the world with operations in over 30 countries. Headquartered in Bengaluru, Digit’s approach is focused on customer-centricity, prudent underwriting and technology for operational excellence. Digit Insurance has won multiple awards including ‘General Insurance Company of the Year 2019’ award at Asia Insurance Review Awards, Singapore. It has also featured in the Top 25 Indian Startups Lists by Linkedin in 2018 and 2019, and was in CB Insights’ top 250 fastest-growing Fintech companies globally list in 2018.
Besides Fairfax, Digit is now also backed by TVS Capital, Faering Capital and A91 Partners.