Telematics
RAC launches telematics box
RAC has launched RAC Advance, a low-cost telematics box featuring crash detection technology.
Expertise in Action: Pricing: Looking for support
With brokers calling on insurers to share more information and provide greater practical assistance, how can both parties – and their clients – benefit from better collaboration?
Citroen becomes first car manufacturer to fit 'black box' technology as standard
Citroen has become the first car manufacturer to fit telematics technology as standard in a bid to make new car ownership “more affordable” for young drivers.
Wunelli and EE join forces to deliver driving scores to insurers
Telematics provider Wunelli has joined forces with communication giant EE to develop mobile-to-mobile network communications to deliver vehicle driving and usage patterns to insurers.
Carrot targets young drivers with cash reward telematics plan
Insurance provider Carrot is to launch a plan that will see young drivers offered cash rewards for driving safely, with premiums adjusted at the end of each policy year.
The Co-operative and Wunelli unveil young driver app
The Co-operative Insurance has teamed up with telematics solutions provider Wunelli to launch a young driver app.
Sheilas’ Wheels Broker enters telematics market
Sheilas’ Wheels Broker has launched Sheilas’ Wheels Model Driver, a telematics product which aims to offer female drivers with a way to save money on their insurance.
Gender Directive: The Sex Factor
As consumers come to terms with gender-neutral pricing, motor insurers continue to sweat over alternative rating factors and rebalanced underwriting models.
Spotlight On: Telematics: Map Reading
In the flourishing world of telematics-based car insurance, the concept of a vehicle score to evaluate individual risk has become ubiquitous. But are all scores equal?
Spotlight On: Telematics: On the road to a new era
Has the EU Gender Ruling finally brought telematics to the fore to drive new growth in the motor sector?
Post magazine - 31 January 2013
The latest issue of Post is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Insure The Box cuts third party providers from telematics
Insure The Box has become the first UK insurer to create its own in-house telematics platform in a bid to reduce costs and improve customer service.
Insure The Box launches "girlish" brand
Telematics specialist Insure The Box has launched a new brand, Drive Like a Girl, that it claims can help "young female drivers beat the EU price hike in car insurance" by rewarding young drivers, regardless of gender, who can "prove" they drive safely…
AA launches 'try before you buy' telematics app
The AA has launched an app that enables motorists to see how their driving behaviour would score before committing to the insurer's telematics policy.
Wunelli analysis uncovers UK speeding specifics
Analysis carried out by telematics firm Wunelli has uncovered new insight into when, where and in what vehicles people are most likely to exceed the speed limit.
Scope Technologies joins Amaguiz to launch telematics service
Technology provider Scope Technologies has joined forces with Groupama subsidiary Amaguiz to provide pay-as-you drive insurance for French consumers.
"March madness" awaits EU motor insurers
Insurers that fail to embrace telematics in the wake of gender neutral pricing rules will see massive volumes go to more "switched-on" peers, according to Coverbox.
Gender Directive will cause a 'perfect storm' in March
Insurers have to start preparing for the 'perfect storm' the Gender Directive will cause in March this year, according to telematics insurer Coverbox.
Covéa and telematics provider Intelligent Marmalade part ways
Covéa is no longer providing capacity for the telematics arm of car insurer Marmalade.
Post Blog: Dealing with the directive
The EU Gender directive comes into force today, but how will insurers and drivers cope with the changes? Jon Byford explains.
Telematics: Revolution on the roads?
Telematics has finally arrived, and most insurers and large brokers announced pilots or launches this year. Yet insurers are still only dipping their toes in the water.
Europe View from the Top: Telematics standards for motor insurance
The backdrop to the introduction of telematics-based technology in cars is by now a familiar story, linked to the European Union Gender Directive being implemented across Europe.
Male drivers more accident-prone, research finds
Young men are more likely to have serious accidents than women of the same age because they are more prone to sudden breaking and driving for extended periods without taking a rest, according to research by Insure the Box.
Telematics technology can curb 'crash for cash fraud', says Cobra
Insurance technology firm Cobra has called for the wider use of telematics in vehicles to stamp out fraud.