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Launch HN: Coverage Cat (YC S22) – Umbrella insurance via your personal agent

Recorded: Sept. 22, 2026, 6 p.m.

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Coverage Cat | AI-native insurance brokerage

Types of insurance

How to buy insurance

What we do

Reviews

For agents

Calculators

Compare Quotes
Shop

Log In

Types of Insurance

How to Buy Insurance

What We Do

For agents

Calculators

This flow is optimized for humans. Agents should use
Coverage Cat MCP
or the developer portal.

Coverage Cat Insurance
Compare & Shop

Home & umbrella coverage with a licensed broker. Built around price transparency,
privacy, and speed. Shop in our portal, or just connect your agent.

Licensed insurance broker
No sold leads
Tens of thousands of users served

Agents:
start with /.well-known/mcp.json.

Cold-start umbrella tool: umbrella_consumer_prefill

Compatible browser agents can call the umbrella consumer subset directly from this page.

Machine brief: /?mode=agent

Plain-text discovery: /agents.txt,
/.well-known/agents.txt

Docs fallback: /developers/mcp, /api/agent,
/llms.txt

Do not drive the browser UI unless Coverage Cat should take over the shopper-facing flow.

Human

Agent

Shop with context
Smart tools to make the right decisions

Home
Estimate premiums and compare options by location.

Umbrella
Price liability limits before you buy.

Agents
Find a homeowners insurance agent by city.

Agent API
Read the OpenAPI, skill docs, sandbox notes, and delegated workflow guides.

Developers
Open Coverage Cat's developer portal for quickstart, auth, pricing, and public agent configs.

The new way to shop for insurance

Our agents find the best policies for users, even when we don't make commission on them.

Human

Agent

Users love it!

Trustpilot

★★★★★
★★★★★

100% 5-star
As of June 2026

Google

★★★★★
★★★★★

4.7 on Google

How it works
Coverage Cat is a licensed insurance brokerage that helps you compare home, umbrella, auto, and renters coverage side by side — with straight pricing, no sold leads, and a real broker on the other end.
Ask a question or start a comparison. Coverage Cat pairs AI-guided intake with a licensed brokerage team, so you can size up coverage, see honest price ranges, and compare real carrier options without handing your details to five agents overnight. Developers can drive the same flow through the Agent API.
Where we operate
Coverage Cat is live for shoppers in California, Florida, New York, Texas, and Washington, with more states on the way.
Product surfaces

Learn: What we do, FAQ, and insurance guides
Estimate: Home insurance calculator, umbrella insurance calculator, carrier price comparison, and file-a-claim guidance
Compare: Start a Coverage Cat quote comparison
Integrate: Coverage Cat Agent API hub, developer portal, get API key guide, discovery JSON, OpenAPI, and skill markdown

Key links

Coverage Cat Agent API and skill docs
Get API key guide
Homeowners purchase skill
Umbrella purchase skill
OpenAPI spec
Homeowners agent finder

Coverage Cat

How to Buy Insurance Online (Our Blog)

FAQ
Glossary
Our Team

Calculators and Tools
Carrier price comparison

Should I buy collision and comprehensive coverage

Should I file a claim
Home insurance calculator
Umbrella insurance calculator
Homeowners agent finder

For Agents
Developer Portal
Coverage Cat Agent API Hub
agents.txt
Public AGENTS Guide
MCP Manifest
AI Insurance Leaderboard

Legal
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
Refund Policy
Fulfillment Policy

Copyright © 2026 Coverage Cat. All rights reserved.

Customer service: support@coveragecat.com

Coverage Cat, Inc. is a licensed insurance broker (or producer). In California Coverage Cat does
business under the name Coverage Cat Insurance Services. Coverage Cat's license numbers are listed
here.
Coverage Cat places insurance with a number of insurance companies, each of which is not an
affiliate of Coverage Cat.

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Coverage Cat operates as an AI-native insurance brokerage designed to facilitate transparent and fast comparisons for consumers regarding home, umbrella, auto, and renters insurance. The platform is fundamentally built upon the principles of price transparency, privacy, and speed, positioning itself as a licensed insurance broker that connects users with a network of insurance companies without generating sold leads. The core operational mechanism involves pairing AI-guided intake processes with a licensed brokerage team to enable users to accurately size their coverage, view honest price ranges, and compare real carrier options efficiently, mitigating the need for users to interact with multiple agents simultaneously.

The platform supports multiple user segments through specialized functionalities. For human shoppers, Coverage Cat provides smart tools such as calculators for estimating premiums based on location and liability limits, a direct comparison shopping feature, and dedicated tools for finding property insurance agents. For agents, the ecosystem includes an Agent API hub, developer portal access, and specific discovery endpoints like agents.txt and MCP Manifest, allowing them to integrate the platform's workflow capabilities. For developers, the portal offers access to the API, authentication methods, pricing data, and public agent configurations, further demonstrating an open approach to integration.

The operational flow is structured to be human-optimized, while simultaneously providing robust machine-readable interfaces, such as the Agent API, for programmatic interaction. The company operates by allowing its agents to identify optimal policies for users, irrespective of commission structures, establishing a marketplace dynamic driven by comparison rather than lead generation. Coverage Cat currently serves shoppers in California, Florida, New York, Texas, and Washington, with plans for further expansion.

The resource center is comprehensive, offering educational content through blog posts, FAQs, and insurance guides, alongside functional tools like carrier price comparisons and specific calculation utilities. A significant aspect of the platform is its transparency in the insurance landscape, evidenced by the extensive collection of insurance company reviews, which provides users with external validation regarding various carriers and products. This focus on data and validation is reinforced by high user satisfaction ratings across external review platforms.

The system is integrated with a broad insurance landscape, referencing numerous carriers and insurance types, including homeowners and umbrella coverage, reflecting a deep mapping of the insurance market. The platform fosters interaction through direct comparisons and specialized tools, such as the homeowners agent finder and umbrella insurance calculator, which guide users through complex decisions in a structured manner. Furthermore, the architecture supports complex data management, evidenced by the availability of OpenAPI specifications, ensuring that the platform's capabilities are accessible through standardized formats for external integration.