I have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Mapfre in the mercantile court nº 2 of Zaragoza city (proc. 80/2010). Its insurance-telematics Y-Car would infringe several claims of the ES2108613 patent. ... Read more
The telematics companies, which are suffering an atrocious competition, are approaching to the application PAYD because of the success of Octotelematics in Europe and of Progressive in USA. ... Read more
ALTEA and Belgostrakh with Strazhprofi, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for developing user based insurance services in Byelorussia. ... Read more
Auto insurance companies like Progressive, Travelers, Allstate, The Hartford and GMAC are introducing new ways for drivers to save on auto insurance with onboard driver monitoring technology. While some groups express concerns over consumer privacy, good drivers are taking advantage of a way to save more money on their car insurance rates. ... Read more
A new policy based on one case, a location-based embedded system (GPS), arrived in France but few insurers interested. Its name: the Pay As You Drive (PAYD: Pay as you drive). True success in Italy and the United Kingdom, this new method offers several advantages. ... Read more
Nearly three years ago, Alan announced a plan to bring Pay-As-You-Drive auto insurance to Cascadia. Today, Sightline is pleased to announce Unigard insurance is preparing to launch the pilot program in Washington state. ... Read more
Arval's figures show that safe driving is a savings and solution times of crisis, as the total amount of bonuses for low accident can amount to 500 per year per family, given that each household has already with an average of almost two cars. ... Read more
Over at The Tyee this morning, you'll find an editorial piece from me and Alan arguing that British Columbia should finally get around to adopting Pay-As-You-Drive car insurance. Maybe it sounds like a small thing, but it's a policy with a lot of leverage. ... Read more
Progressive Insurance (Mayfield, Ohio) has announced availability of its MyRate insurance program, which uses the carrier's patented telematics-based technology, to auto insurance customers in South Carolina. ... Read more
The Meeting on Climate Change United Nations, in the city of Copenhagen in the month of December is an opportunity to identify products and services the insurance industry has developed to help those interested in taking better care of the environment, said the Insurance Information Institute (III). ... Read more
Charging for use is inevitable and will become a standard offer for most insurers in the world within five years by the firm of management consulting and actuarial EMB. ... Read more
Insurers have always, through access to information and understanding of risk, allowed the development of new businesses, creating new behaviors. ... Read more
INN's Bill Kenealy wrote last week how the NAIC declined the opportunity to standardize rules for pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) insurance policies nationally. Efforts to regulate PAYD insurance policies will remain the province of the states. ... Read more
Pay As You Drive insurance by the mile, assurance appropriate to the conduct of each insured, is launched in France. Solly Azar announced its offer, April 17. Aviva France drawing lessons from the experience of Norwich Union, the British branch of the group for over a year. ... Read more
The government could use sat navs to impose a pay-as-you-go tax on car owners, a Portsmouth conference was told.
Transport experts who gathered at the city's university were told the continuing development of in-car technology meant that levying motorists for the number of miles they drive could become a reality by 2020.
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Vista, California (November 3, 2009) – Directed Electronics, the largest supplier of aftermarket vehicle security and remote start systems in North America, announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Octo Telematics S.p.A., the leading insurance telematics provider in Europe, to develop telematics services for the U.S. and Canadian vehicle insurance markets. ... Read more
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has announced regulations that will allow insurers to offer pay-as-you-drive insurance products in the state. What the insurance industry calls “PAYD” products base rates on actual miles driven. ... Read more
With pay as you drive tariffs, customers can achieve significant savings on their car insurance premiums. Also, the technology is ready in the wings. Nor could the collective model does not enforce coverage. But with the planned introduction of eCall offer new opportunities for insurers to offer appropriate solutions. ... Read more
There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, that tells of the King of England touring James Watt’s steam engine. The monarch was a bit bored and dismissive. He looked down his nose and said, “I can’t see of whatever good use it could be put to.” ... Read more
You can pay as you talk with a cell phone plan, so why not pay as you drive auto insurance? It sounds like a good idea; but would pay as you drive auto insurance work for you? The idea behind pay as you drive auto insurance is simple. ... Read more
Commissioner Poizner of California's Department of Insurance has proposed revised regulations that will give insurance companies the ability to offer consumers coverage plans that are paid for by the mile. Similar to individuals who purchase prepaid minutes for their cellular phones, the consumer will be able to pre-pay for a certain number of miles for a specified amount of time. (Source: http://www.insurance.ca.gov/ ) ... Read more
By definition, insurance is a risk averse industry. They spend significant resources harvesting data, fine-??tuning algorithms and adjusting statistical methodologies to limit their risk as they establish premiums. The more data they have to work with the more accurate the predictive risk analysis. ... Read more
To coincide with the peak of recruitment policies, Mapfre has launched a new insurance (eBike10) which offers motorists the option of renting a GPS device that facilitates the location of the vehicle in case of accident or theft. For example, if the driver collides with another vehicle or suffers a fall or an exit route, the company automatically receives an alarm signal and locate the exact location of the accident. ... Read more
California’s revised Pay-As-You-Drive auto insurance proposal has drawn fire from the EFF, which hailed the amended bill as an improvement over the original, but voiced substantially the same privacy complaints. ... Read more
Wanted: 250 Maine drivers willing to let a stranger put a black box under their dashboard. The reward: $895 and the opportunity to speak their minds about the highway tax experiment to a researcher. ... Read more
A new proposal has been done by California State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to implement a Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) program in California. Worried about the fuel economy in the state of California, the government proposed a new federal regulations for 2020 to adjust the average vehicle fuel economy standards to 35/40 mpg. ... Read more
AXA France and Steria team up to offer to motorists traveling less than 4 000 km per year an offer of "pay as you drive" adapted to their lifestyles and enabling them to benefit from reduced insurance premiums. If the car is still by far the means of transport most used by the French, there is a decrease in traffic, for the first time since 1974.Behavioral change imposed by environmental requirements, the development of public transport or even the decline of purchasing power: the French use fewer cars. ... Read more
Think you already know what this subject is all about? Chances are that you dont, but by the end of this article you will! ... Read more
EcoSmartInsurance.com is the internet’s first website dedicated to recognizing and promoting environmentally-friendly auto insurance companies. Using a good, better, best scale EcoSmartInsurance.com helps consumers find out if their current auto insurance provider is green. ... Read more
Mapfre expected to attract 10,000 riders in the first year of marketing of a new policy for motorcycles above 125 cc and cylinders to start marketing the July 1 and is linked to the installation of a locator device on the motorcycle. ... Read more
You can pay as you talk with a cell phone plan, so why not pay as you drive auto insurance? It sounds like a good idea; but would pay as you drive auto insurance work for you? The idea behind pay as you drive auto insurance is simple. ... Read more
A select group of auto insurance regulators, environmentalists, consumer advocates and auto insurance executives recently gathered at the 2009 Ceres Conference to hear three industry experts outline the benefits of pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) insurance. ... Read more
Insurers may face new transparency obligations and regulatory challenges as they explore pay-how-you-drive and pay-where-you-drive insurance coverage, an insurance executive advised here. ... Read more
DUBLIN, Ireland, Feb 23, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/455868/connecting_usageb) has announced the addition of the "Connecting Usage-Based Insurance with OE Telematics" report to their offering. ... Read more
KOLKATA: Have you felt cheated about the thousands of rupees you forked out as motor insurance for your car all these years when it barely
stirred out of the driveway? Have you been frustrated by the one-size-fit-all nature of most motor insurance products, but had little choice other than put up with it?
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With gas prices heading higher each year, many people are looking for resourceful ways to save on fuel, such as taking the bus, the train, riding a bike or car-pooling to work. Yet even with these money-saving tactics, drivers are still paying for full auto insurance coverage on their vehicles. ... Read more
Pay-as-you-drive car insurance plans have been operating for several years as an alternative to standard plans that treat drivers the same regardless of how much time they spend on the road. These programs are still only available in a few states in the U.S. But it's possible that such plans may gain popularity with more drivers, now that economic hardships are forcing us to look more carefully at how we spend our money. ... Read more
Dedicated to those between 18 and 26 years of age the "Pact for Youth" . Decalogue is drawn from insurance company AXA where you list the main rules of conduct ... Read more
Pay As You Drive commonly known as PAYD, has set a revolution in the car insurance. But as the amount of uninsured drivers increased, the police are clamping down. You can now save money by driving less. ... Read more
In Australia, where we have an up and running product working really well, there has been no government interest to date. We live in hope. ... Read more
The Macif offer a discount up to 50% of the premium liability for vehicles "safe" and "cleaner". In a highly competitive market, where innovation is rampant, policy number 1 auto insurance rather moving towards sustainable development and security. ... Read more
Allianz Insurance, one of the Spanish leaders on car insurance, has signed a partnership agreement with the utility of mobility and security DETECTOR. With this agreement the insurance company will offer services DETECTOR, its auto insurance customers, on favorable terms. ... Read more
Exigen Insurance Solutions, the IT 2.0 provider specializing in rapid implementation of new business initiatives and products for insurance, today reported the results of its Pay-Only-As-You-Drive Survey. ... Read more
With gas prices heading higher each year, many people are looking for resourceful ways to save on fuel, such as taking the bus, the train, riding a bike or car-pooling to work. Yet even with these money-saving tactics, drivers are still paying for full auto insurance coverage on their vehicles. ... Read more
The young drivers are the first victims of the road. They represent 23% of those killed on the road while the 18-24 years account for only 10% among the French population. ... Read more
Today, we can pay as we talk in a mobile phone plan, so why not pay as we drive for auto insurance? It sounds a good idea, but would ‘auto insurance pay as you drive’ work you? ... Read more
Under the current lump-sum pricing structure for auto insurance, drivers who are similar in other respects—age, gender, location, driving safety record—pay nearly the same premiums if they drive 5,000 or 50,000 miles a year, even though the likelihood of being involved in a collision increases with each mile driven. Hardly an efficient approach, to put it mildly. ... Read more
Despite the potential of PAYD insurance to unbalance prevailing auto rating models, little research on PAYD is currently available. Exigen Insurance Solutions conducted several polls during its November 5, 2008 "Pay-Only-As-You-Drive Insurance -- Coming Ready or Not" webinar to find out how U.S. insurers are responding to this interest, their plans for PAYD product introduction, and what they see as the biggest market drivers and barriers. ... Read more
The Automotive & Transportation Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the European PAYD market to be held on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 at 3.00 p.m. GMT. ... Read more
Many Mainers, especially retirees and those who bike, walk, bus or live close to work, drive less than the average American. That's one reason Maine's auto insurance premiums are among the lowest in the country, despite our harsh winters. Still, many of our clients ask about discounts for driving fewer miles. ... Read more
PAYD road financing should replace the highway gas tax using GPS or license-plate RFID tags. Roads should be priced so that they produce an agree-to rate of return on the VALUE of the lane. ... Read more
More gas tax suggestions is a pay as you drive insurance (PAYD) links insurance premiums to miles traveled and could reduce premiums to miles traveled and could reduce driving to 10-12 percent, based on one estimate. With PAYD, the annual insurance fee is converted to a per mile fee that takes into consideration the regular rate factors, include the driver age and history and vehicle type. ... Read more
Still making your insurance carrier wealthier by paying high insurance premiums? Let me take a quick guess—the answer is more than likely yes. What if I told you that you could save a ton of money by purchasing a policy with annual premiums based on the number of miles you drive? ... Read more
Texas will be the first state in the U.S. to have a "by-the-mile" choice of auto insurance that gives drivers the opportunity to save money while also protecting the environment. ... Read more
Environmental Defense Fund is praising MileMeter for recently launching a pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) insurance program in Texas that will reward low-mileage drivers with lower premiums than traditional, flat-rate insurance. ... Read more
Strange but true, Italy continues to be one of the leaders in the market for systems Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD). ... Read more
You can pay as you talk with a cell phone plan, so why not pay as you drive auto insurance? It sounds like a good idea; but would pay as you drive auto insurance work for you? ... Read more
Major car insurance companies, such as Progressive and GMAC, have recently begun offering “pay-as-you-drive” (PAYD) programs. To participate, drivers connect a device to their vehicle that monitors mileage, speed, time of day, hard braking, quick accelerations, and other data points. ... Read more
The most important event has been the annulation of the "Pay As You Drive" proyect for private users of Norwich Union because it was being the main reference for a lot of activities in all the world. ... Read more
Oregon is one of the few states so far in which pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) auto insurance is offered. Insurers are beginning to offer auto-insurance plans that charge motorists based on the number of miles driven. Some of these ‘pay-as-you’ drive programs, which involve tracking the vehicle with an on-board monitoring device, would also charge drivers based on how abruptly they brake and accelerate. ... Read more
Drivers have been driving more slowly, driving fewer miles and easing off the jack-rabbit starts at traffic lights as gasoline prices climb. Such conservation techniques not only save at the pump, are better for the environment and reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil, but they also increase safety on the roads. ... Read more
Current pricing motor insurance is inefficient and unfair believes The Hamilton Project, a group of American thinking. The objective of the Hamilton Project is to promote, through economic research and publication of pragmatic proposals and not doctrinal, the general increase in living standards. ... Read more
Researchers seeking equitable alternatives to the lump-sum pricing practice of U.S. auto insurers may have stumbled upon a partial solution to global warming. ... Read more
Actuarial consultant EMB is advising insurers to jump on the telematics bandwagon and give auto insurers the option to “pay as they drive,” to paraphrase Progressive Insurance’s patented cliché (Pay As You Drive). “Usage-based insurance will become the industry standard in the next five years,” EMB predicts. ... Read more
Mileage-based car insurance, also known as pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) is beginning to take hold. The California Assembly passed a bill that would all insurance companies and their customers to voluntarily sell and purchase insurance based on the verified miles driven by the insured vehicle. ... Read more
At a time when the "pay as you drive" - or insurance to use - made a breakthrough in France, the British pioneer of its kind threw in the towel. Norwich Union (Aviva) recently announced it would cease its offer, three years after its launch. ... Read more
http://www.infotechfrance.com - Europe's growing interest in a formula that allows the senior and young people to save money on auto insurance policies ... Read more
California's Department of Insurance as well as state legislators are considering bringing "pay-as-you-drive" automobile insurance to the state, a system in which automobile insurance premiums would more accurately reflect how far motorists drive each year. ... Read more
Progressive Insurance is now offering "pay as you drive" or PAYD insurance. Progressive will put a little tag on your car and it knows how often you drive - which, in combination with your safe driving record - determines your premium. Here are some potential benefits from our friends at Wikipedia: ... Read more
The "Pay As You Drive" was imposed in the USA, UK, Italy and the Middle East, where many motorists, mostly volunteers, have converted. In France, strategic and economic desirability of such an offer is being discussed by insurers. ... Read more
As someone who owns a car in South Florida and visits there only a few times a year, I often face the annoying decision of whether or not to purchase car insurance at all. ... Read more
A compant gives insurers a means of continuing the habits behind the wheel. ... Read more
According to a BBC report, Norwich Union has suspended its mileage-based insurance scheme less than two years after it was launched. Thomas Hallauer and Sharon Gill ask what went wrong ... ... Read more
By September 2008, insurers and Maif Macif will offer their members a new solution based geolocation. Developed by Masternaut, this technology is called géosécurisation. ... Read more
Salvador Minguijón Pérez, who closely follows Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) insurance developments, has filed fewer updates recently due to family obligations. His latest post is lengthy as he tries to catch up. He covers: ... Read more
Detector has designed a PAYD system, ie 'pay per use', whereby insurers may know the driving habits of their customers and implement algorithms to calculate the price of the policy. ... Read more
Modern insurance rates for motor vehicles include various parameters on the basis of which insurance companies calculate and offer customers rewards commensurate with risk. For risk assessment has been based so far mainly on data relating to the vehicle (type of vehicle, CV, etc.). And data on the driving tied to concrete individual events (accidents or administrative measures). ... Read more
The auto insurance is probably on the verge of an upheaval tariff with the introduction and widespread use of the system in Europe's Pay As You Drive (PAYD) (literally, pay as you drive). ... Read more
It pays in relation to the number of km you travel. Europe's growing interest in a formula that allows you to save money on auto insurance policies. Analyze this new phenomenon Rocafull Thomas and Francis Tabeni, Sia Conseil directors, management consulting company in the field of financial services and insurance. ... Read more
David Alpert of Greater Greater Washington recently linked to a NY Times article about Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) Car insurance. The article has a freakonomics-esque slant to it discusses the negative externalities of driving that the public bears the brunt of when the individual decides to drive more. This is a lead in to discuss the merits of PAYD insurance to society as a means of transferring costs to those whose habits warrant them. ... Read more
While other insurance companies belittle those who can't or don't drive, another -- Progressive -- is living up to its name by being the first major US insurer to offer a "Pay As You Drive" policy, allowing customers who drive less to pay less for coverage. ... Read more
“Americans drive too much. This isn’t a political or moral argument; it’s an economic one. How so? ... Read more
Dubner and Levitt have written a column for the Times Magazine’s inaugural “green” issue of Sun., April 20. The subject: how auto travel produces a variety of negative externalities — pollution, carbon emissions, congestion, accidents — and how one new strategy may be able to help: pay-as-you-drive (P.A.Y.D.) auto insurance. ... Read more
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89046) has announced the addition of “Strategic Analysis of the European Markets for eCall and bCall Systems” to their offering. ... Read more
Solly Azar, in partnership with Cobra and Bouygues Telecom, a bid Pay as you drive (Payd) for young drivers. Called Easy Drive, the offer will be available on 15 May 8000 from wholesale partners. It is based on collecting telematics number of kilometers and hours of use. ... Read more
Known PriPAYD (Privacy Friendly Pay As You Drive), the system incorporates technology PAYD, a black box shipped to collect data on driving. But, unlike his elder, the PriPAYD crypt and destroyed the data used to calculate the premium so that neither the insurer nor the authorities, or a third party read. ... Read more
Set auto insurance based on mileage or the time of day: it is now possible.
A new insurance policy based on a box, a system embedded geolocation (GPS), arrived in France but insurers are interested in it shortly.
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Pricing varies depending on the number of kilometers traveled, time of day and type of road taken: auto insurance called "pay as you drive" (Payd) mobilize the French insurers, although they are reluctant to s 'y engulfed frankly. ... Read more
An equation using the little car + with the limits = pay less for insurance. QUESTION: Why I'm going to pay for bad driving or by using the car all day exposing themselves to many more risks? The equation and the question was translated into 10,000 young people who already circulating in Spain with a car that carries a kind of black box, a device that allows you to control how many miles traveled and how the tour. ... Read more
Traditionally sold in the aftermarket, access and security systems such as immobilisers and remote keyless entry (RKE) are currently being offered as standard, factory-fitted features by vehicle manufacturers. The stolen vehicle tracking (SVT) system is emerging as a promising vehicular security product in the aftermarket. ... Read more
Europe's growing interest in a formula that allows the senior and young people to save money on auto insurance policies. Analyze this new phenomenon Rocafull Thomas and Francis Tabeni, Sia Conseil directors, management consulting company in the field of financial services and insurance. After the clearance issued on September 26 last year by the CNIL, the French authority on privacy, even in France several insurance companies ... Read more
The PAYD has not yet been adopted by most insurers in Europe, and now there is talk already PriPAYD. And perhaps it is precisely the PriPAYD which will enable the surge of Pay As You Drive ™ ... Read more
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