Usage-Based Insurance and Vehicle Telematics: Insurance Market and Regulatory Implications

March 25, 2015

Data has traditionally been one of insurance industry’s greatest and more valuable assets. The ubiquity of wireless connectivity, the increasing sophistication of in-vehicle electronics and machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is presenting the auto insurance industry with a historic transformational challenge. Insurers are investing in their ability to collect, store, manage and analyze vast amounts of variable data to solve complex problems in order to remain competitive and profitable. Auto insurance is fast becoming a big data industry, with telematics-based UBI poised to potentially change the business of insurance as we know it.

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