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Telematics Insurance May Penalise Mobile Phone Use at the Wheel

Drivers who make calls at the wheel could find that their insurance premiums rocket under plans by insurers to monitor illegal calls and texts made while driving. Existing “telematic” underwriting...


British Government Planning to Remove Insurance Barriers for Self-Driving Cars

Britain plans to introduce new insurance rules to ensure victims of accidents involving self-driving cars are compensated quickly in a bid to remove a major obstacle for the nascent...


Taiwan and India Associations Sign MOU on Vehicle Telematics

The Taiwan Telematics Industry Association signed a memorandum of understanding with the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India Feb. 3 in New Delhi aimed at strengthening bilateral industrial cooperation...


From Usage Based Insurance to Behaviour Based Insurance

Do you sometimes exceed the speed limit when driving? Accelerate fast or brake hard perhaps? Beware – your insurance premiums are likely to go up! Underwriting Basics Insurance has always been...


It’s the Smartphone, Stupid!

Brad Cordova is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of TrueMotion Last winter, the National Safety Council issued its report on traffic fatalities, and the data was shocking. 2014 saw the...


Autonomous cars must share crash data if something goes wrong: ABI

Cars of the future will need to collect a basic set of core data to prevent drivers being unfairly blamed if technology goes wrong, the Association of British Insurers...


UBI Industry Report, 2016-2020

Staring from 2012, UBI in China lags behind that in foreign countries. Hence, domestic UBI products are operated with reference to some foreign mature models. Various Chinese parties are...


Usage-based Insurance market expected to garner $123 billion by 2022

Latest report based on title “Usage-Based Insurance Market” published by Allied Market Research, states that the market is expected to garner $123 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of...


Regional demonstrations can prompt self-driving trucks to work with other robotic vehicles

BY MATT PEAK  Earlier last month, a self-driving truck made a 35-mile trek on U.S. Route 33 in Ohio. Two weeks before that, the same truck drove roughly 120 miles on Interstate...


Tesla new update follows traffic rules

Tesla has rolled out an update v8.0 (2.50.114) which adds Supercharger amenities and key fob pairing to a driver’s auto profile. Tesla is to release version 8.1 OTA software...