SafetyWing LinkedIn · Jul 2026
SafetyWing promoted a Remote Health deep-dive with co-founder and CTO Sarah Sandnes and Deel, highlighting coverage across the US and 175+ countries.
Health insurance for remote teams
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
SafetyWing is a remote-first insurtech building a global safety net for digital nomads, remote workers, and distributed teams, centered on travel medical insurance, global health coverage, and newer income-protection and membership products.
Primary product
Nomad Insurance and Remote Health (global travel medical insurance and group health insurance); Nomad Citizen is the newest membership product.
Founded
2018
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
100-150
Work style
Remote
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Insurtech / global health, travel, and income-protection insurance
Offices
San Francisco, USA
Oslo, Norway
Business model
B2C subscription
B2B group insurance
membership
direct-to-consumer
managed insurance
Funding
Stage
Series B
Total raised
$47.1M
Latest round
Series B · Apr 2022
Latest amount
$35M
People & investors
Leadership
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CTO
Chief Operating Officer
Head of Product
Founders
Co-founder and COO
Work & culture
Mission-driven, globally distributed, and remote-first; emphasizes transparency, bottom-up planning, OKRs, experimentation, and hiring for potential and integrity rather than credentials alone.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public job posts emphasize transparent salary plus equity, fully remote work, and benefits. Recent examples include senior engineering roles around $100k-$160k plus equity, hourly partnerships roles around $30-$34/hour, and perks such as PTO, laptop, home-office support, and annual team gatherings.
Benefits
paid time off
work from anywhere
home office or co-working allowance
workshops and gatherings
referral bonus
parental leave
laptop
personal development budget
global health/travel coverage
equity compensation
Product & market
Pricing
Mixed model: rolling monthly subscription for Nomad Insurance, quote-based group policy for Remote Health, and age-banded monthly or annual membership pricing for Nomad Citizen.
Differentiators
- —built specifically for nomads and remote workers
- —coverage in 175+ countries
- —bundles health, travel, and income protection
- —remote-first company using its own product category
- —app-based claims/support and visa assistance
- —subscription-like purchase and cancellation flexibility
- —global social-safety-net positioning
- —one plan for distributed teams and contractors
Technology
React
Redux
TypeScript
Java
Kotlin
MySQL
Liquibase
Google Cloud Platform
Kubernetes
Python
HubSpot
Intercom
Stripe
Google Analytics
Google BigQuery
Slack
Notion
Figma
Google Workspace
Customers
digital nomads
remote workers
remote companies
globally distributed teams
independent contractors
freelancers
families
sponsoring organizations
global mobile professionals
Competitors
World Nomads
International Medical Group (IMG)
Travel Guard
Travelex Insurance Services
InsureMyTrip
Squaremouth
Slice Insurance
Vertical Insure
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Public estimates range from about $17.5M to $34.1M ARR
Estimated monthly visits
249.6K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
SafetyWing LinkedIn · Jun 2026
CEO Sondre Rasch discussed regulatory and capital barriers in insurance and framed SafetyWing as trying to fix slow innovation in the industry.
Nomadic Matt · Jun 2026
Reviewed Nomad Citizen as a broader social-safety-net product for location-independent founders and freelancers, including pricing, coverage, and visa-assistance features.
Coverager · Jan 2026
Reported that SafetyWing launched Nomad Citizen, a membership product bundling health, income, and travel protections, with access limited to approved communities or sponsoring organizations.
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