Wag! Group Announces WeCompare.com: Transforming Insurance Comparison with Best-in-Class Technology and Consumer Focus

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2024--

Wag! (Wag! Group Co., Nasdaq: PET) today introduced WeCompare.com, a new consumer-facing brand poised to reshape the insurance comparison landscape. WeCompare leverages the expertise and technology Wag! has gained from years in the pet insurance space to deliver a powerful comparison platform across diverse verticals, starting with auto and moving to include home, life, travel, and more.

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“To date we've helped deliver millions of pet insurance quotes to pet parents depending on us for robust options,” said Garrett Smallwood, CEO and Chair of Wag! Group Co. “As we enter new categories, beginning with auto insurance, we are committed to providing a broad selection of offerings to fit the long list of consumer needs. With the auto insurance market presenting a TAM 30x larger than pet insurance, we're poised to meet the diverse needs of a broader audience.”

WeCompare.com offers several key differentiators:

Expansion Beyond Pet Insurance

WeCompare.com will initially focus on pet and auto insurance comparisons, allowing users to effortlessly compare quotes across these two major categories, with Total Addressable Markets of $11.8B and $362B, respectively. Building upon Wag!’s proven success in pet insurance comparison, WeCompare plans to expand into other insurance verticals, including home, travel, and life, backed by the demand of its partners’ audiences, in the near future.

Demand-Driven Growth

The launch of WeCompare.com is driven by a clear market demand. Both consumers and our long-standing partners have expressed a strong desire for a comprehensive, user-centric comparison platform. WeCompare.com addresses this need head-on, providing consumers with greater choice and transparency while offering insurance providers an invaluable platform to reach targeted audiences.

For more information about WeCompare, visit wecompare.com. For more information about Wag!, visit wag.co.

About Wag! Group Co.

Wag! Group Co. strives to be the #1 platform to solve the service, product, and wellness needs of the modern U.S. pet household. Wag! pioneered on-demand dog walking in 2015 with the Wag! app, which offers access to 5-star dog walking, sitting, and one-on-one training from a community of over 500,000 Pet Caregivers nationwide. In addition, Wag! Group Co. operates Petted, the nation’s largest pet insurance comparison marketplace; Dog Food Advisor, one of the most visited and trusted pet food review platforms; WoofWoofTV, a multi-media company bringing delightful pet content to over 18 million followers across social media; maxbone, a digital platform for modern pet essentials; and Furmacy, software to simplify pet prescriptions. For more information, visit Wag.co.

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Wag! Group launches WeCompare.com, a new consumer-facing brand poised to reshape the insurance comparison landscape. (Graphic: Business Wire)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jamal Murray failed to make a fadeaway on Denver's first possession, then tried a floater that spun around the rim and spit out in portending fashion.

Neither of those misses hurt the normally smooth-shooting Nuggets point guard like what came next for him on defense in Minnesota in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.

As he tried to move around a high screen by Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert early in the first quarter on Thursday night, Murray hurt his right elbow in the collision with the NBA Defensive Player of the Year's raised right elbow and immediately clutched over in pain. He flexed his arm back and forth to try to loosen up the joint as he turned up the court, but it never did.

Now he's hurting again, and so are the defending champion Nuggets. They'll host Game 7 on Sunday.

“I was never really getting into my rhythm again, and my team obviously needed me to tonight, and I didn’t,” said Murray, who also went 3 for 18 in the Game 2 loss. "So I’m disappointed in myself for not being able to give them the right production that I know I can.”

Murray finished just 4 for 18 from the floor for 10 points in the 115-70 defeat, playing 32 minutes before getting some extended rest in empty-the-bench time down the stretch as Minnesota built a lead as big as 50 points. He said he applied some numbing cream to the elbow to allow him to fully extend it on his jumpers without pain, but he never found his rhythm.

Murray, who was nagged by a strained left calf during the first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers, has been bothered by right elbow pain in the past. He wears a protective sleeve over it.

With two off days until the decisive game instead of the typical one, Murray will have additional time to heal. Will that be enough?

“I hope, for our team's sake,” he said. “I hope I can get it right.”

This has been quite the eventful postseason for Murray, who hit two last-second game-winners to oust the Lakers in five games in the first round. Then he chucked a heat pack onto the court from the bench in Denver during a Game 2 blowout by the Wolves that drew him a $100,000 fine from the league.

He bounced back strong with 24 points to lead the Nuggets to victory in Game 3, then sank a halftime buzzer-beater from beyond half court to highlight the Game 4 win in Minnesota.

Now all eyes will be on him again in Game 7 as he tries to shake off another disruption.

“It’s all behind us now,” Murray said. “I’ve just got to get ready and be able to be better for Sunday.”

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Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert loses control of the basketball as Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) defends during the first half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid (11) shoots over Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) during the second half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray walks on the court during the first half of Game 6 of the team's NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)