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Blog: Connected cars - getting insurers in the driving seat

Robot car by Oxford University

The rise of connected cars has huge implications for the insurance industry, with the potential to create whole new ways of modelling risk, says Ravi Kumar of Infosys



During the mid-80s Knight Rider was critical viewing. The centrepiece of the show was KITT, a high-tech ‘intelligent' car that was - at the time - the stuff of pure science fiction.

Fast forward 30

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