Telematics
Spotlight on ADAS systems and insurer repairer networks
The technology in your car is accelerating at an incredible pace. Can insurers stay in the fast lane and get the most out of the changes?
Technology and driverless cars are not a threat to the industry, insurers say
Insurance revenues are being driven down by advances in technology that will disrupt the industry and change the ways in which customers choose their premiums.
Tesla to fit all new vehicles with self-driving capability
Tesla will fit the hardware needed for full self-driving capability into all new vehicles it produces, including the Tesla Model 3.
Telematics data disproves fraudulent claim and saves £50,000 in costs
Insure The Box has used telematics data to disprove a fraudulent claim and saved £50,000 in costs.
Digital Insurance Collective: Don't always start with the customer
When you think of digital transformation, it's tempting to only rework your customer-facing systems. But if you don't upgrade your back-end systems as well, your approach will fall short
Insurtech start-ups: Funding the future
Insurtech start-ups have a range of options to fund their business: from private equity to crowdfunding, from partners to business angels, from incubators to accelerators. Innovators are using old and new ways to raise money - and each of them has its…
Interview: Colm Holmes, Aviva
Six months into the job, Aviva UK’s newly appointed GI CEO talks to Martin Croucher about the challenges of succeeding Maurice Tulloch and further investment into digital
Allianz Ventures invests in robo-advisory wealth management system
Allianz Ventures has decided to take a shareholding in robo-advisory system MoneyFarm to help broaden its presence within Europe.
Video: Applied Net 2016 - How can technology help to shape insurance services?
At Applied Net 2016, analysts and industry professionals gathered to share insights into how to use digital services to enhance their businesses.
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