telematics
Over 400 international insurance-related patents filed last year as sector sharpens focus on innovation
Telematics and use of smart phone technology among the top patent trends
More than 400 international insurance-related patents were filed last year, in a...
SSP : comments as insurers risk being left behind as telematics and big data reach a tipping point
Many insurers risk being left behind in the telematics revolution as their legacy systems cannot cope with or properly utilise the big data it...
High street brokers come in from the telematics cold
The first telematics based private motor insurance policy available to over 1,000 high street brokers has been created in a significant collaboration between insurance...
Deloitte research highlights consumers’ attitudes to telematics
Young motorists are reluctant to accept the use of telematics - black box technology – to monitor their driving and set car insurance premiums....
Coverbox : many motor insurance providers are “driving with the hand brake on”
An exponential explosion in technological capability in telematics means that the benchmark standards required to provide a viable service will be beyond most vehicle...
Coverbox and Ctrack team up to offer best in telematics insurance
A partnership between pay-how-you-drive insurer Coverbox and vehicle tracking & movement monitoring technology market leader Ctrack looks set to drive vehicle insurance telematics forward two generations.
A...
Telematics Update: Has Insurance Telematics Reached its Tipping Point?
As of December 2012, insurers in the EU will be prohibited from using gender as a rating factor in motor insurance. It is possible...
Equity Red Star begins roll out of Equitrack
Equitrack uses in-vehicle management technology from leading suppliers to enhance vehicle and driver safety whilst helping vehicle operators reduce their running costs. The proposition...
Coverbox : new report to be released on how motor insurance could change
A report on the analysis of more four billion fields of data collected from 250 million miles of vehicle journeys looks set to change...
AA Insurance launches ‘Drivesafe’ insurance
AA Insurance is the latest to turn to technology, with the launch of a new ‘pay how you drive’ policy. Called AA Drivesafe, it...
TomTom joins insurance game with ‘Fair Play’ Insurance
TomTom, the Belgium satnav company, has joined the insurance industry by partnering with broker Motaquote.
The GPS innovating company is branching out to the insurance...
Coverbox using “17th century” underwriting practices
Telematics based car insurer Coverbox is set to head “back to the 17th century” after an acquisition of the company.
The acquisition promises to bring...
Telematics : the quarrels begin
With the recent surge in interest for telematicts technology, disputes have begun to emerge over the ownership of the data the devices produce.
To nip...
Telematics already in thousands of UK cars
Technology which measures how a person drives so that insurers can more accurately price premium is already fitted in thousands of British cars.
The devices,...
