Just (Just Insure) is a Los Angeles-based insurtech offering pay-per-mile auto insurance. Instead of pricing premiums on demographics like age, sex or ZIP code, Just uses smartphone telematics to charge drivers for the miles they actually drive and reprices rates monthly based on how, when and where they drive. The model is aimed at low-mileage and safe drivers, with the company claiming savings of up to 50% versus traditional carriers. Founded in 2019 by Robert Smithson, Just launched in Arizona and has expanded into Nevada.
Robert Smithson is the founder and CEO of Just (just.insure), a Los Angeles pay-per-mile auto insurer that prices drivers on how they actually drive instead of credit scores and zip codes. A Cambridge philosophy graduate and former fund manager, he previously built Genius Sports (sold for $280M in 2018) and the Python platform PythonAnywhere before turning telematics and AI loose on the $300-billion car-insurance market - aiming squarely at making coverage fairer for lower-income drivers.