Tag: insurance telematics

Worldwide usage based insurance market to break the €50 billion mark in 8 years

Usage based insurance

Global use of telematic technology and methods will skyrocket by 2020. According to a report by PTOLEMUS Consulting Group, an international strategy consulting firm, usage based insurance is going to change the way that auto insurers and their policyholders do business together. The report is being applauded as the most comprehensive ever created on insurance telematics. The strategic report was 400 pages long and is expected to become the document used by the industry as a standard reference, as it provides vital data regarding the global landscape for auto coverage,…

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Innovative new technology provides new methods of encouraging road safety

Nordstrom

Auto insurance industry eyeballs new technology to help with distracted drivers Many people believe that they are safer drivers than the average motorist, but this overconfidence in their ability can actually cause some people to be more dangerous on the roads than their skills require them to be. These individuals often feel that they are very good drivers, but that it is others who are the road users causing accidents. However, true road safety is dependent on the behaviors and decisions of individuals who understand the strengths and limitations of…

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MyDrive Solutions releases smart box technology for insurance telematics

Julie Campbell

MyDrive Solutions, a company known for its specialty in insurance telematics, has announced its latest technology release to allow insurers to better gauge an individual driver’s risk and therefore set the premiums for coverage accordingly. The company’s launch involves an insurance smart box, which has now been brought to market, called MyDrive Dynamic, which will give auto insurers the ability to collect and use a driver’s behavioral data using the very latest in data capture technology. This can then be used to better understand a driver’s unique risk so that…

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