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The retail investors that sent an insurtech's stock soaring
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The ‘meme stock’ phenomenon that began in January when the share price of American video game retailer Gamestop was sent soaring by non-professional investors corralling on internet forum Reddit reached the world of insurance last month. Harry Curtis looks at what impact it had.
In June, Clover Health – a US health insurtech – joined the likes of Gamestop, cinema chain AMC and Blackberry on the list of companies that have captured the imagination of large internet amateur
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