Is it time to write an obituary for telematics?
Content Director’s View: With once market leader Insurethebox now closed to new business and renewals, Jonathan Swift asks is the golden age of UK telematics insurance already over or should he wait to see how the latest new dawn pans out before writing an obituary?
Since Aviva [then Norwich Union] revealed it was piloting telematics insurance in 2004 there cannot be many insurance markets that have received so many column inches out of step with its actual size
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