Auto insurance

Insurers need to press forward with creating new products that cater to autonomous vehicle owners, including commercial fleets.

European Union member states scrapped new rules mandating WiFi technology as the basis for how future connected cars talk to each other.

Turo hosts that are Metromile customers will not be charged for coverage while their car is being rented.

Technologies like telematics and video cameras as well as the data captured by these innovations are being used to address a profitability crisis.

Can the automaker really compete with established insurance companies on managing the risk of its vehicles?

Carriers, regulators, and technologists have turned to an incremental fix for distraction: monitoring the driver, not the vehicle.

Founder Elon Musk has bristled for at how some Tesla customers have paid higher insurance rates, undercutting safety claims about its Autopilot system.

Both Uber and Lyft use captive insurance units based in Hawaii to help bear some of those risks.

There is little debate that we are in the beginning stages of monumental transformation, and the implications for the insurance industry couldn’t be greater.

The latest Escape features an optional 8-inch dashboard touch screen, 4G wi-fi connectivity and semi-autonomous safety features like automatic emergency braking.

Thanks to explosions in data and analytics capability, carriers have more options than ever to avoid leaning on controversial tactics like credit scores.

Free2Move will use Trov’s Vehicle Activity API to adjust insurance premiums based on data received in real-time from all of its connected cars, based on each vehicle’s current risk state.

The pace of motor vehicle insurance inflation slumped to 2% in February from a three-decade high of 9.7% a year earlier.

Sea Pine Technology provides applications to help with vehicle protection and other financing products.

Founder believes by leveraging data new company can provide better rates than most legacy carriers on emerging vehicle type.

Auto Club South Insurance Company taps The Floow to power smartphone-based telematics program.

Some of the company's new lines of business may actively dissuade people from calling one of its cars.

NTSB officials say accidents can be reduced by targeting many of the same areas insurers are attempting to disincentivize with digital solutions.

Aggregator had been focused on life insurance, but added personal auto and home with staff additions and data mastery.

Pilot project aims to increase efficiency in working with other carriers.