Telematics
John Salmon joins Hogan Lovells to boost its global fintech team
John Salmon has joined Hogan Lovells' London corporate practice as a technology partner to boost its global fintech team.
Applied Net 2016: Insurers need to find new way of innovating to contend with Millennial threats
Voice recognition and video interfacing could be the two next best things in insurtech and could help to increase customer engagement in the insurance market place.
Blog: The nitty gritty of data and driverless cars
Telematics providers must make sure the data generated by autonomous cars comes in a format that insurers can use.
Octo adds Axa and LV to telematics offering
App-based telematics provider Octo Telematics has added four insurers to its free smartphone driving app Octo U.
When should older drivers hang up their keys?
Older drivers are a growing market, whose risk is difficult to assess.
Insurtech start-up launches with new telematics offering
An insurtech start-up has launched a mobile phone-based telematics app that will be sold to insurers as a licensed product.
Biba and Ageas renew calls for telematics tax break after record motor premium hike
Young drivers should be given a tax break on their motor insurance if they take out a telematics policy.
Telematics data used to defend policyholder in court for first time
Telematics data has been used for the first time to successfully defend a policyholder in a liability trial at Wandsworth County Court.
Trak Global launches Appy Fleet and announces Tim Holliday as non-executive director
Former Zurich UK personal lines MD and chief underwriting offer Tim Holliday has joined telematics technology company Trak Global as a nonexecutive director.
Telematics providers welcome government consultation
Telematics providers have welcomed the opening of the government consultation on autonomous cars.
Motorists believe premiums should be linked to driving behaviour
Four out of five motorists think that the price they pay for insurance should be linked to their driving behaviour, new research from Wunelli has found.
BIA 2016: Communication – customer care, brand management and CSR
Customer Care; Brand Management; Business Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year
Smartdriverclub Insurance could be 'game changer' for the insurance industry
Gibraltor based managing general agent Smartdriverclub has launched its new motor insurance telematics concept.
Markerstudy acquires telematics motor insurer Drivology
Markerstudy has confirmed the acquisition of telematics motor insurer Drivology.
How insurers can grow telematics propositions in the UK
Post’s first Motor Insurance World conference hosted a VIP roundtable, debating how insurers can grow telematics propositions in the UK and help motor insurance shed its distress purchase tag
Interview: Mike Brockman, Insure the Box
Insure the Box founder and CEO Mike Brockman talks to Post about the firm's acquisition by Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Europe and adapting to a changing market
RSA and Trak Global continue partnership
RSA will continue its telematics deal with Trak Global, with the company supporting the insurer’s More Than smart wheels proposition for young drivers.
Sandy Dunn takes up board advisor role at Igo4
Personal lines and telematics broker Igo4 has appointed industry heavyweight Sandy Dunn as a board advisor.
Interview: Indro Mukerjee, Watchstone
Against the backdrop of legal action and a fraud investigation, Jonathan Swift finds out how Indro Mukerjee is burying the Quindell past and focusing on the future.
Blog: Five ways telematics will change insurance by 2025
Insurance telematics has come on leaps and bounds from the rudimentary fleet tracking devices first seen in the market. It’s now becoming ever easier for drivers to qualify themselves for more appropriately priced premiums. However, a look ahead to the…
Volkswagen telematics tie-up is ‘model for future’
Trak Global has tied up with Volkswagen to provide tech support for new drivers.
Blog: Trolley or dolly? Machines, ethics and liability
The 'trolley dilemma' is a thought experiment from the 1960s that questions the ethical course of action when having to choose between two outcomes
Telematics tales: Home is where the app is
For the past five years the general insurance industry has been buzzing about telematics.
C-Suite Insurer: Zurich's Karl Helgesen on the unprecedented pace of technology
As I look out to the horizon I can't help but feel incredibly excited and perhaps a little apprehensive. We are seeing technology develop at an unprecedented pace, coupled with a sharpened focus on the customer and a reform agenda that could change the…