IOT/Telematics

Dave Pratt talks about the launch of the insurer’s smartphone-based UBI program, how the company will benefit from a new research partnership with Generali Insurance, and the Progressive-OnStar relationship.

With vehicles sitting idle for most of the day, the company is betting on inevitable changes to the system.

Vendor adds IMS, maker of DriveSync connected car platform, to PartnerConnect program.

The bet is that whomever makes the most engaging digital personal assistants and software will control the layer between users and their digital lives, profiting off that relationship.

Octo U offers customers 10% premium discounts from multiple carriers to reward good driving.

The Japanese insurer partnered with Cambridge MobIle Telematics to launch a new program.

Despite their popularity, IoT devices present significant and unique security risks to consumers and businesses.

With market growth for usage-based insurance plateauing, parents of teen drivers and the elderly offer new avenues for carriers to leverage for a much-needed lift in business, according to a study by LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

Scrutiny around Autopilot is heightened in part because the federal government is drafting guidelines, expected to be released this summer, for automakers racing to bring fully self-driving cars to market.

The insurer is using a smartphone app to gather driving data.