Connected cars

Ford partners with Wejo in Europe and Insurtech NY opens applications for its third accelerator class.

Customers look to the app for swapping cars, financing, insurance, warranties and paying parking tickets.

An insurtech that uses AI and machine learning analytics to streamline the underwriting process in commercial auto.

The new DriveWell Messaging platform provides automated customer engagement to improve driver retention and roadway safety.

Participation in UBI programs has doubled since 2016, the market research firm says.

Munich Re partners with ERGO, in-tech and others to launch the Mobility Technology Center.

Customers can purchase telematics devices and dash cameras through Razor Tracking.

The 2022 LexisNexis U.S. Auto Insurance Trends Report reveals data concerns but general optimism around the future of telematics.

Some states have begun using the technology or are considering it to find uninsured drivers.

Cambridge Mobile Telematics research has shown that the right type of insurance telematics programs can help maintain and even improve safe driving behaviors.

Only 24 states have such laws in place but there is legislation in the works in 21 others.

Nationwide, Travelers discuss the epidemic and possible mitigation efforts insurers can lead.

Battery-powered cars and trucks tend to be far heavier than their gas-burning counterparts. That extra bulk translates into a mixed bag of benefits and concerns.

Digital Insurance received responses via email from Dr. Caro Gabor, CEO of Movinx, a global insurtech platform and a joint venture between Swiss Re and Daimler Insurance Services. Dr. Gabor discusses Movinx, auto industry trends and embedded insurance.

Partnerships between automakers and insurance carriers have existed for decades, but more recent deals offer customers insurance options at the point of sale using telematics data capabilities built into connected-car platforms.

The U.S. Department of Transportation proposed on Thursday that lane-keeping support, automatic emergency braking, blind spot detection and blind spot intervention be incorporated into its Five-Star Safety Ratings program for new cars.

Automatic emergency braking systems can detect and prevent pedestrian crashes, but lighting plays a role in the odds no matter the crash avoidance systems in place, according to a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Millennials are the most eager to go electric, followed by Generation Z, who also expect to see autonomous vehicles in the next five years. However, 40% of respondents said they expect to never use an autonomous vehicle in their lives. The reason for the EV interest is mostly motivated by money.

Auto insurers can leverage critical mobility risk insights like distracted driving, hard turns, and more, turning them into effective personalized marketing campaigns.

Based on more than 700 billion miles of historical driving data, most recently from more than 32 million active mobile telematics connections and more than a decade of data directly from cars, we’ve predicted three major trends to keep an eye out for as we head into 2022 and beyond.