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  • Premiums plummet during Covid crisis

    • 12 July 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Car insurance has fallen 84% in the last year, with the average policy now £779 a year According to data released by Consumer Intelligence, those aged between 25 and 49 saw the largest decrease with an average drop of 88% The under 25s saw a fall of 84% while the over 50s saw premiums decrease 79% in the last 12 [...]
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  • UK roads busier than pre-Covid levels

    • 23 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Traffic levels are exceeding pre-pandemic levels, according to new data, with a shift in the most common type of collisions AX has found that Britain’s roads during the first lockdown was equivalent to 1960s levels, with the average daily mileage of vehicles equipped with its telematics devices falling 67% in [...]
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  • Young drivers underestimate cost of insurance

    • 11 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    More than half of young drivers do not budget enough money to pay for their insurance in their first year of driving, new RAC research reveals Fifty-six per cent of the 500 young drivers surveyed for RAC Black Box Car Insurance expected their first premium to be under £750 when the average insurance cost for [...]
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  • DCML and In-Car Cleverness partner

    • 28 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    DCML has partnered with vehicle-to-business software provider, In-Car Cleverness, to create DCM Connected – an advanced dealer and fleet management tool that incorporates telematics The addition of telematics to the offering will mean it now not only manages and insures the fleet, but will also enhance visibility [...]
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  • Telematics convicts hit and run driver

    • 20 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Evidence provided by a telematics device has resulted in a suspended prison sentence for a motorist who ploughed into a pedestrian walking home from a Christmas celebration on 12 December last year, says anti-motor fraud unit, APU Ltd The driver, Nicholas Regan, 24, of Bushy Mead, Basildon, admitted hitting [...]
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  • Speed fines contested via Telematics

    • 19 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    More than a third (35%) of businesses in the UK have used telematics tracking technology to contest either a speeding fine or a false insurance claim, new research from RAC Business reveals According to the research among 500 UK businesses, 18% of companies have used telematics data to prove that a driver wasn’t [...]
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  • RAC launches Black Box Insurance

    • 15 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The RAC is rewarding motorists who prove they are safe drivers from this week with the launch of a Black Box Insurance scheme Drivers can show how safe they are by installing telematics technology, which records their behaviour behind the wheel As many as 500,000 UK drivers already have insurance telematics [...]
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  • Insurance fraud uncovered by telematics

    • 14 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Insurance companies are now fighting fraudulent claims by using driving data and reports of journeys recorded in black boxes installed under car dashboards For the first time, an insurer has been able to use the information from the black box technology, or telematics, to successfully prove in court that an [...]
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  • Opus drives fleet safety

    • 12 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Opus International Consultants has partnered with FMG, to introduce a full risk management programme for its fleet of cars and LCV’s Opus turned to FMG, one of the UK's largest independent fleet incident prevention specialist, to provide a bespoke incident reduction programme for their multiple-driver vehicles, [...]
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  • Vauxhall strengthens partnership with ingenie

    • 9 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Vauxhall in partnership with young driver insurance specialist ingenie has extended its industry-leading insurance offer on selected ADAM and Corsa models Young drivers (18- to 20-year-olds) could take advantage of £99 first year insurance on both ADAM SLAM and Corsa Limited Edition On the same models, those aged [...]
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