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USAA Ends Standalone “Pay as You Drive” Program Amid Changing Telematics Landscape

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 G. Turner

Telematics in Insurance: A Growing Trend with Complex Challenges Telematics-based insurance has been at the forefront of innovation in recent years. Harnessing GPS and real-time data, telematics enables insurers to adjust premiums based on driving behaviors, offering personalized pricing models. The concept has gained traction as consumers seek fairer, usage-based policies while insurers explore ways to minimize risk and incentivize safe driving. USAA, a major player in the insurance industry, ventured into telematics by acquiring Noblr in 2021. Noblr’s core product revolved around the “Pay as You Drive” model, where…

Usage-based auto insurance comes to China

December 17, 2015December 16, 2015 Logan B.

Lichengbao releases China’s first usage-based auto insurance product Auto data company Lichengbao has launched a new usage-based auto insurance product in China, which is the first of its kind in the country. The company has partnered with several smaller insurers to make this possible, aiming to provide drivers with a way to save money on auto insurance coverage. Usage-based insurance has been gaining popularity in China, largely due to the fact that drivers in large cities only use their vehicles sparingly. 40% of consumers in China drive less than 15,000…

Progressive to launch new app to help drivers save money on auto insurance

September 8, 2015September 6, 2015 S.Vagus

New app will work in tandem with insurer’s Snapshot program Progressive Insurance has begun developing a new pilot mobile application that may allow drivers to earn discounts on their auto insurance coverage. The insurer has chosen Censio to develop the software for the new mobile application, which will be based on Progressive’s usage-based insurance program, called Snapshot. This type of insurance coverage is becoming more popular among consumers, especially as they look for ways to save money on the coverage they have. Usage-based auto insurance continues to attract more interest…

Allstate Insurance Drivewise telematics app receives upgrade

September 1, 2015August 30, 2015 Julie Campbell

The usage based auto insurance program offered by the insurer is rewarding safer drivers. Allstate Insurance is now adding a new upgrade to the app for its Drivewise® Mobile in order to be able to enhance the experience for drivers who are looking to save money based on their safe habits behind the wheel. This new version of the usage based insurance app is meant to boost the incentive for safe driving. The smartphone app from Allstate Insurance has already been winning awards and is now offering drivers a new…

Usage based technology may become mandatory in auto insurance

May 22, 2014May 22, 2014 H. Cutner

These wireless device based “pay as you drive” policies are rapidly evolving and are becoming more popular. Usage based technology is becoming increasingly popular in auto insurance, as a growing number of insurers start to offer policies that use these wireless telematics devices and a larger number of motorists sign up for these programs in the hopes of qualifying for lower rates. Many are now predicting that in ten years from now, these policies will be the norm. In fact, some have forecasted that usage based technology will become nearly…

Usage based insurance is already going mainstream

November 4, 2013November 2, 2013 Julie Campbell

This type of auto policy has started to become one of the standard offerings of many insurers. Though the potential benefits of usage based insurance have been clear for some time, this new technology based version of auto coverage has always represented an extremely small percentage of the offerings from insurers. This trend is starting to change as the tech is picked up by a growing number of insurers. Moreover, as more auto insurance companies offer these products in a larger number of locations, consumers are also finding the chance…

Usage based insurance intellectual property from Progressive can now be licensed

January 25, 2013January 24, 2013 Julie Campbell

The insurer is specifying that it is the intellectual property and not the software in the program. In December 2012, Live Insurance News reported that Progressive would be licensing the intellectual property for its usage based insurance program, and that other carriers would start being able to use it as of 2015. Many have wondered whether the program also includes the software for the UBI coverage. For this reason, the insurer has issued an additional statement to clarify that it is only the intellectual property relating to the usage based…