Opinion

Car Insurance Future: Driver Behaviour, Smartphone Data, Plus AI Pricing

Earlier this year the UK Government passed legislation to completely ban drivers from picking up a mobile phone when driving, finally closing a loophole in the law which allowed drivers to take pictures, scroll through […]

Motor Insurance

Should Telematics Be Mandatory For Young Drivers?

More than a third (38 per cent) of UK motorists think learner drivers should have a compulsory extended learning period, according to new research. An independent survey undertaken by Young Driver with 1,000 British motorists […]

Motor Insurance

BIBA Calls For Zero IPT On Telematics Car Cover for Under 25s

BIBA’s Executive Director, Graeme Trudgill, called for Government to zero-rate Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) for young driver telematics policies while giving oral evidence at the Transport Committee’s Inquiry into Road Safety and Young and Novice […]

News

Memo To Rishi Sunak: Why Are Telematics Drivers STILL Paying IPT?

insurethebox, pioneer of UK telematics insurance, is lending its voice to the chorus of concern around Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) on motor insurance. In particular, the company is concerned that new Chancellor of the Exchequer, […]

Insurance Brokers

Drive Like a Girl Highlights Mental Wellbeing When Driving

With World Mental Health day on 10 October putting the spotlight on mental wellbeing, telematics insurer drive like a girl, offers some timely tips for motorists suffering with mental health conditions to keep themselves and […]

InsureTech

insurethebox Data Reveals New Drivers Are Still a Big Risk for Insurers

New data from insurethebox, a pioneer of telematics based insurance, shows that new drivers are three times more likely to crash in the first three months of their policy, compared to the final three. And […]

insurance marketing

CBI Conference Launch for Vodafone & Admiral Telematics Product

At yesterday’s CBI Annual Conference, Vodafone’s Enterprise Director Anne Sheehan outlined how Internet of Things (IoT) technology and a partnership with Admiral Insurance is helping to make driving safer, cheaper and greener. On stage with […]

InsureTech

New Telematics Venture ThingCo Launched by Mike Brockman

Mike Brockman, one of the insurance sector’s leading visionaries and most respected disruptors has begun a new insurtech venture.  ThingCo, a brand which reflects how the business will be leveraging data from the Internet of […]