Driverless cars
Volvo to launch autonomous cars in 2021
Volvo is “fairly confident” it can start selling autonomous vehicles to individual drivers in 2021, a conference heard.
Connected cars pose terror risk, conference hears
Connected cars are vulnerable to hacking and therefore pose a terror risk, a conference in Budapest heard.
Post Power List 2018: Michael Hawes
CEO, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Direct Line offers Tesla owners a discount for using autopilot
Direct Line is offering Tesla owners a 5% discount on their premiums for using the ‘autopilot’ feature.
Editor's comment: The tech revolution
While the Odgen discount rate changes hit the headlines, and terrorist attacks, the Grenfell Tower fire and the hurricanes in the US dominated the year, 2017 will definitely be remembered in the global insurance industry for its technological…
Week in Post: All hail Captain Side Parting
This year’s Budget was rewarding for many reasons: a freeze on insurance premium tax, an increase in research funding for driverless cars, and a dig at Jeremy Clarkson.
Driven Consortium backs Budget on autonomous vehicles
The Driven Consortium has welcomed government plans to slash regulation and boost financial support to aid the development of autonomous vehicles.
Post survey: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Post is polling the market on what advanced driver assistance systems mean for motor insurers and their customers.
Insurance firms 'should lower premiums for Tesla cars'
Insurers should lower premiums for Tesla cars owing to increased safety features built into the vehicles, analysts said.
Thatcham sets out driverless cars assessment criteria
Thatcham Research has set out a list of criteria to assess cars marked as “autonomous” or “driverless”.
XL Catlin's Vincent Branch on the unexpected love affair with AI
Artificial intelligence is already a part of real life but Vincent Branch, CEO of Accelerate, XL Catlin asks how far the love affair will go.
Spotlight: ADAS webinar: Negotiating the potholes of automated driving
A panel of motor experts discussed the challenges of repairing cars equipped with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, at a webinar organised by Post in association with Auto Windscreens.
Spotlight: ADAS: Safety first
Rupert Armitage, managing director of Auto Windscreens, argues Advanced Driver Assistance Systems need to be recalibrated by manufacturers, and not the aftermarket
Roundtable: How new technologies can speed up motor claims
The motor space is under intense pressure in terms of costs. With margins tight, how can insurers handle claims efficiently while delivering good customer service? New technology may provide part of the answer
Legal: Driverless cars, shifting liability
Kennedys partner Rachel Moore analyses the liability shift autonomous vehicles are operating in motor insurance.
This Week in Post: Red suns and robots
A Blade Runner mist engulfed London on Monday as storm Ophelia blew Saharan sand into the capital. Struck by the eerie atmosphere, City workers tweeted pictures of the yellow sky, which an Irish commentator promised to look at “as soon as our houses land…
Industry calls for driverless cars bill to be 'straightforward'
Insurers have called for laws on driverless cars to be "as straightforward as possible".
Aviva's Paul Heybourne on driving undisturbed
With technology rapidly changing what cars look like, Paul Heybourne, head of innovation operations for Aviva, maps the motoring landscape of the future.
Spotlight: Motor insurance: What will changes in mobility mean for replacement cars?
Replacement cars face an uncertain future as individual car ownership recedes and mobility changes
Insurtech Q+A: Chris Bayley, co-founder, Cover Genius
Insurance Post asks Chris Bayley, co-founder of Cover Genius, about the global focused insurance start-up and the future of insurtech development.
Connected and autonomous vehicle testing hub receives £100m government investment
A co-ordination hub for connected autonomous vehicle testing has gained £100m in financial backing from the government's Connected Autonomous Vehicle investment programme in order to develop technology.
Insurers welcome government's self-driving lorry trials
The government has greenlighted a project which will see self-driving lorry “platooning” trials on UK roads by the end of next year.
LV's Martin Milliner on the future of vehicle technologies
Wtih the European Commission looking to mandate 19 vehicle technologies to be fitted as standard, Martin Milliner, director of claims at LV, asks how ready the public and insurers are for advanced driver assistance programmes.
More innovation to come from Axa as it looks towards driverless cars
Axa has said it will be looking to increase its involvement with insurtech and ‘lead the way’ on driverless cars, following recent insurtech partnerships.