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Insurance 2.0: What if Tech Giants Shook Up State Farm’s Turf

Ben Jones
Tech giants entering the insurance industry

Reimagining California’s Homeowners Insurance Market: A Tech-Driven Future In an imaginative twist on the current insurance landscape, tech giants like Google and Tesla have entered the California homeowners insurance market, bringing with them a wave of innovation that could potentially reshape the industry. Facing financial instability and the prospect of shedding over a million policies in five years, State Farm’s situation sets the stage for a future where innovative technology takes the lead in overcoming the challenges of insuring high-risk properties. The New Entrants: Google and Tesla Imagine a landscape…

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Tesla auto insurance rolls out in Texas

G. Turner
Tesla auto insurance - Texas

The electric vehicle company has announced that its customers can now purchase coverage from them. Tesla auto insurance products are now available for the company’s electric vehicle customers in Texas. CEO Elon Musk recently announced that the company will be moving from California to Texas. The new Tesla auto insurance product is being added exclusively to Texas, though the company plans to expand into other states as well. The policy uses “real-time driving behavior” to help better understand a driver’s real risk level and therefore more accurate insurance rates. This…

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Could Tesla car insurance become the largest auto insurer in the US?

G. Turner
Tesla car insurance - Tesla vehicle on road

According to a recent valuation by CEO Elon Musk, the company is headed in that direction. If a recent valuation of the Tesla car insurance offshoot of the electric vehicle company is to be believed, it could eventually become one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. Musk dropped several hints of this nature during a recent quarterly earnings call. Musk discussed the Tesla car insurance unit in terms of comprising a substantial portion of the company’s auto business. “Obviously, insurance is substantial. So, insurance could very well…

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Tesla car insurance program is headed out of California and into China

G. Turner
Tesla car insurance program - Tesla electric vehicle

The electric carmaker’s own coverage is launching a new business unit outside the US. The Tesla car insurance program is beginning its business expansion beyond California and is taking its firs steps into China. The electric automaker launched the coverage in California last year to make policies cheaper. The Tesla car insurance program has remained available exclusively to drivers of the brand’s own vehicles who reside in California. The goal at the launch of the policies was to make premiums 30 percent cheaper than the competition. The company is now…

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Elon Musk announces another attempt at Tesla car insurance

Nordstrom
Tesla car insurance - Tesla car logo

This time, he is promising a “major insurance company” despite the failure of last year’s rollout. Tesla is pushing forward for a full Tesla car insurance product that will use data collected using its vehicles about the habits of its drivers. The goal is to use real driving data to provide policyholders with lower premiums than traditional insurers. “We’re building a great, like a major insurance company,” said CEO Elon Musk when speaking about the Tesla car insurance to investors during the second-quarter earnings conference call. This occurred on the…

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