All the headlines from our Telematics Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 23 2017 // AIG Asia Pacific Insurance Pte. Ltd. (AIG Singapore) has launched a nationwide search to find Singapore’s best drivers with “AIG On the Go,” a telematics-based smartphone application.“AIG On the...
Feb 20 2017 // Declining costs, the availability of cloud storage and the rise of telematics will likely increase predictive analytic adoption rates, according to Dan Donovan, assistant vice president of Claims Solutions at Verisk...
Feb 13 2017 // Declining costs, the availability of cloud storage and the rise of telematics will likely increase predictive analytic adoption rates, according to Dan Donovan, assistant vice president of Claims Solutions at Verisk...
Jan 30 2017 // The number of live telematics policies in the UK exceeded three quarters of a million for the first time in 2016, according to annual research from the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA).The BIBA survey...
Jan 19 2017 // Twice a day, Scott Ozawa’s Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush tells his dental insurer if he brushed for a full two minutes. In return, the 41-year-old software engineer gets free brush heads and the employer which bought...
Dec 6 2016 // Property/casualty insurance data supplier Verisk Insurance Solutions has formed a strategic alliance with Silicon Valley’s Driveway Software to jointly develop a smartphone telematics product for automakers, insurers...
Nov 7 2016 // Root officially debuted in the U.S. market on October 25. The fledgling auto insurer, just 18 months old, relies on telematics and a customer’s smartphone to deliver what it says will be significantly cheaper rates...
Oct 27 2016 // The risk of U.K. drivers having an accident in the month following the clocks changing at the end of October* increases by 10 percent, according to Insure The Box, the telematics car insurance provider.And if they are...
Oct 25 2016 // Root officially debuted in the U.S. market on October 25. The fledgling auto insurer, just 18 months old, relies on telematics and a customer’s smartphone to deliver what it says will be significantly cheaper rates...
Sep 7 2016 // Europe’s The Generali Group and Progressive Group of Insurance Companies of the U.S., both among the leaders in car insurance telematics, said they have entered into an research and development collaboration to...
Aug 4 2016 // Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson created a stand-alone unit for a telematics business that he expects to grow rapidly by collecting data on drivers and selling analytics products to third parties.The firm...
Jul 28 2016 // Telematics data was successfully used to defend a driver in a liability trial in England, according to Insure The Box Ltd., a telematics-based car insurer.The strength of the telematics data prove the policyholder’s...
Jul 18 2016 // Demonstrating a growing intolerance of mobile phone use at the wheel, a survey of 1314* motor insurance policyholders in the UK found that consumers want to be rewarded with lower premiums for not using their smartphones...
Jul 11 2016 // Octo Telematics SpA, the Italian car insurance-technology company, is pursuing an outright sale alongside preparations for an initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Octo, owned by...
May 12 2016 // Usage-based auto insurance will explode globally in the next seven years, a new industry analysis asserts.IHS Inc.’s IHS Automotive predicts that 142 million customers will sign up globally for the telematics-infused...
Mar 24 2016 // Insurers that are not already using the data from their telematics programs for claims would be wise to do so early in their adoption of telematics as the task only becomes more difficult as more data is collected,...
Mar 15 2016 // The number of live telematics-based motor insurance policies, including black box policies, in the UK has increased by 40 percent, according to the latest annual research by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association...
Mar 7 2016 // The motor insurance industry faces a significant shake-up from two waves of technological innovation – the growth of telematics and the development of driverless cars, according to Fitch.Over the short term, telematics...
Feb 19 2016 // While information derived from usage based insurance telematics hasn’t been fully utilized in the claims process, the benefits it can provide – consistency, efficiency and accuracy – offer a way to reduce claims...
Dec 7 2015 // Telematics devices offered by auto insurers appear to working to change the behavior of drivers.More than half (56 percent) of the 1,135 drivers participating in an Insurance Research Council (IRC) public opinion survey...