UBI News

New Product Gives Insurers Ability to Track Mileage with Policyholders’ Smartphones

Property/casualty insurance information company Verisk Insurance Solutions is teaming with a technology firm to provide insurance companies with the ability to collect automobile odometer readings for insurance rating and usage-based insurance (UBI) programs. The product, called OdometerConfirm, allows insurers to …

Hard Braking Most Likely Predictor of Future Crashes: Progressive

How long does it really take for your car to come to a complete stop? While the technical answer lies in the laws of physics – to do it safely, that’s a whole other ball game. Progressive Insurance analyzed more …

Progressive Insurance Reprises Rate Suckers Ad

A survey of 500 consumers conducted by the Progressive Group of Insurance Companies reveals that the majority of participants believe usage based insurance (UBI) is a fairer way to price insurance, versus the traditional insurance rating variables such as age, …

Nearly 100% of Insurers Report Higher Profits Using Predictive Modeling

Predictive modeling has notably increased in value across several areas of property/ casualty insurers’ business over the past six years, according to global professional services company Towers Watson’s annual Predictive Modeling Survey. The web-based survey of U.S. and Canadian P&C …

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 …

Actuary Seminar Details Telematics Revolution

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 …

Allstate’s UBI Program Reports Almost 1B Miles Driven

Allstate reports that drivers that are signed up for its usage-based insurance program, Drivewise will register more than one billion miles driven this month. Allstate also said that Drivewise is launching in Kentucky and Montana this week, making the usage-based …

Global Insurance Telematics Subscriptions to Exceed 100M by 2018, Auto Insurance Faces Dramatic Changes

Global insurance telematics subscriptions are expected to grow 81 percent from 5.5 million at the end of 2013 to 107 million in 2018. “With Progressive’s Snapshot having attracted more than 1 million drivers in the U.S. and Octo Telematics already …