ingenie says it uses advanced telematics technology, fitted in the car, to assess individual driving styles, adjusting insurance premiums accordingly. This offers fairer and affordable premiums to young drivers, while encouraging and incentivizing better and safer driving.
Chris McKee is chief underwriter officer of the fledgling company, while ingenie will be led by co-founder and CEO Richard King. McKee is a former board director of
In line with its target market, ingenie says it will focus marketing on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media networks. Young drivers who take out insurance with the company are sent updates on their driving style in Twitter-style messages via the ingenie mobile application direct to their phones. The feedback information is then collated every three months and evaluated to amend the original quote.