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Millennials Prefer Usage-Based Insurance: Survey

More drivers aged 18 to 34, or millennials, are interested in usage-based auto insurance policies than are drivers in all other age groups. More millennials (88 percent) are interested in taking out a UBI, also known as telematics, policy compared …

Thinking About Usage Based Insurance? Get Real Life Experience Advice in Boston and Los Angeles

Seminar for insurance carrier professionals will offer frank insights and experiences on developing a successful UBI program Scottsdale, AZ, October 6, 2014: We’ve all seen the statistics. Telematics and UBI are exploding at an exponential rate. From 1.85 million insured …

Usage-Based Insurance Luncheon Series | Lessons Learned From a Telematics Launch

Unique luncheon series offers frank insights and experiences on developing a successful UBI program Scottsdale, AZ, September 10, 2014 – We’ve all seen the statistics. Telematics and UBI are exploding at an exponential rate. From 1.85 million insured enrolled in …

Making the Economics of Telematics Work for Insurers

The crossroads of auto insurance these days is telematics, the use of an electronic device to monitor how an automobile is being driven. The device monitors where a car is and how it is being driven, and, in theory, should …

Usage-Based Auto Insurance on Road to Becoming Standard Offering

Technology is spurring innovation and altering risk scenarios throughout the economy including in auto insurance. While advanced auto safety features, the shared economy and driverless cars promise to reshape auto insurance down the road, usage-based insurance (UBI) powered by telematics …

Researchers Question Privacy of Usage-Based Auto Insurance

A study by a handful of university professors in Colorado claims user-based insurance tracking programs installed in millions of vehicles can collect data that shows where drivers are going, unbeknownst to most users of the technology. Professors from the University …

How U.S. Consumers Feel About Usage-Based Auto Insurance

U.S. drivers are open to purchasing usage-based auto insurance (UBI) policies, or “pay as you drive” insurance, and are even more interested when told their premiums would go down, according to a survey. According Towers Watson, the results of its …

Towers Watson, Hughes Telematics Offer Auto Insurers Usage-Based Service

Professional services firm Towers Watson is teaming with Hughes Telematics, Inc. (HTI), a Verizon company, to provide U.S. auto insurers with data services for usage-based insurance (UBI) programs. With the alliance, Towers Watson’s DriveAbility service offering will be powered by …