Samos Insurance LinkedIn · Sep 2025
Samos announced a new partnership with Wawanesa Insurance, saying Wawanesa became the first insurer in Canada to include Surgical Risk Insurance and Birth Insurance Coverage as part of its group benefits offering.
Accidental Death Insurance for Surgery
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Samos Insurance is a Kitchener/Waterloo-based insurtech/MGA founded in 2021 that sells on-demand Surgical Risk Insurance (and related childbirth coverage) to cover accidental death during scheduled medical procedures, distributed direct online and through brokers, employers, and advisors.
Primary product
Surgical Risk Insurance (SRI) — on-demand accidental death coverage for scheduled surgery
Founded
2021
Headquarters
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Insurance
Sub-industry
Insurtech / accident & health / surgical risk insurance
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$3M
Latest round
Seed · Jun 2022
Latest amount
$3M
Jun 2022 · SiriusPoint
Leadership
Investors
Public messaging emphasizes intrinsic curiosity, work-life balance, empowerment, execution, collaboration, and diversity, with an open and mutually respectful team environment.
Work style
Flexible
Pricing
Quote-based, transparent pricing with one-time procedure premiums or annual policies; examples start around $12/month for surgery coverage and $15/month for birth coverage.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$1M-$2M ARR (third-party estimates vary)
Estimated monthly visits
456
Traffic estimate as of Sep 2024
Samos Insurance LinkedIn · Sep 2025
Samos announced a new partnership with Wawanesa Insurance, saying Wawanesa became the first insurer in Canada to include Surgical Risk Insurance and Birth Insurance Coverage as part of its group benefits offering.
Leon Punambolam LinkedIn · Jan 2025
Leon Punambolam recapped 2024 and said Samos had received Best Business Innovation and Insurtech of the Year recognition, underscoring product and market traction.
Leon Punambolam LinkedIn · Mar 2024
Samos announced it won the 2024 Global InsurTech Competition Broker/Carrier Award at InsurTech NY.
CNW / Samos Insurance · Jul 2022
Samos said it received $3 million in seed capital led by SiriusPoint and cited polling showing strong consumer interest in surgical accidental death insurance.
SiriusPoint press release · Jun 2022
SiriusPoint announced an investment in Samos Insurance, describing Samos as a technology-based MGA offering first-of-its-kind accidental death insurance for planned surgical procedures.