InsureTech

Talking Telematics: Savings Ahead for Drivers and Car Insurers

Telematics is rapidly changing from being a basic black box tracking device, to something altogether more versatile. The extra functions that new AI-powered tech offers is also broadening the appeal of the black box from […]

InsureTech

The Disruptors: Penny Searles from Smart Driver Club

The Disruptors is a series of features looking at new ideas within insurance, and talking to the movers and shakers bringing them to market. Car insurance is undergoing a rapid transformation. People are no longer […]

insurance marketing

O2 Drive Picks Up Road Safety Award for Young Driver Insurance

Insuring younger drivers has been a long standing problem within the motor insurance sector. The biggest advance of recent years has been telematics, the so-called `Black Box’ which records driver data and has proved invaluable […]

InsureTech

ThingCo Chooses Amazon Web Services

Insurtech start-up, ThingCo, has become one of the first disruptors in the insurance sector to exploit the capabilities of Amazon Web Services (AWS) for a fully serverless implementation. ThingCo launched in January 2018 to build […]

Artificial Intelligence

TrueMotion and Inrix Team Up on Advanced Telematics Project

In 2016 alone, there were over 36,000 driving-related fatalities in the USA, the highest number in eight years. These increases are attributable to distracted driving, more cars on the road, and an increase of vehicle […]

Insurance claims

Motor Insurance: Connected Cameras Can Speed Claims Management Process

Connected vehicle cameras are having a dramatic impact on the cost and life cycle of insurance claims according to Plexus Law, and could save the commercial fleet sector many millions of pounds each year. Following the […]

Motor Insurance

SmartDriverClub Expands Underwriting as it Goes For Growth

The conventional thinking in the insurance industry is that only younger drivers are keen on telematics. But several insurers and telematics specialists are proving that theory is wrong. Many drivers, of all ages, want to […]

Big Data

Octo Telematics Partners With Renault on In-Car Data Profiling

Octo Telematics has announced that it has entered into a global partnership with RCI Bank and Services, the finance company from Groupe Renault to provide its telematics services and advanced big data analytics to enhance […]