Current pricing motor insurance is inefficient and unfair believes The Hamilton Project, a group of American thinking. The objective of the Hamilton Project is to promote, through economic research and publication of pragmatic proposals and not doctrinal, the general increase in living standards. ... Read more
Researchers seeking equitable alternatives to the lump-sum pricing practice of U.S. auto insurers may have stumbled upon a partial solution to global warming. ... Read more
For auto dealer Annette Sykora, the promise of the connected vehicle is only beginning to come true. But she is upbeat about telematics--another term for the connected vehicle--because her customers are. ... Read more
A 2005 Ford Explorer’s LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System recently led Pennsylvania police to arrest two men on charges of insurance fraud. Joseph Schmidt, 23, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Deon Joseph, 35, of New Castle, Del., were allegedly involved in a plan to hide Schmidt’s Explorer and report it stolen so that Schmidt could collect the insurance money. Schmidt owed Joseph $500 and planned to use some of it to pay his debt. ... Read more
The Controlsat, a company tracking fleets of the group Schahin, launches the Moto ControlCell 4000, crawler developed specifically for the segment of motorcycles. ... Read more
BMW has appointed Market Location to handle its in-car local business database.
The premium car marque will use Market Location’s Directory Database (MLDQ) in its in-car telematics service; ConnectedDrive.
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High Point Auto Insurance today launched a Statewide Safety Initiative, a much-needed, comprehensive program in the state that immediately addresses an ongoing need for safety awareness on our roads. High Point Auto Insurance announces that GM's OnStar is a founding partner. ... Read more
Actuarial consultant EMB is advising insurers to jump on the telematics bandwagon and give auto insurers the option to “pay as they drive,” to paraphrase Progressive Insurance’s patented cliché (Pay As You Drive). “Usage-based insurance will become the industry standard in the next five years,” EMB predicts. ... Read more
Despite the economic difficulties proven, italians are always attached to summer vacation. This year (estimation from Europ Assistance Italy) 67% of Europeans leaving for a holiday, while in Italy it is above average with 77% of the population (+ 9% compared to 2007) ready to leave their city, even if for a short period. ... Read more
From today, policyholders of Generali Insurance's portfolio of car (the individual) can install, free of charge, the crawler LoJack, the Tracker in Brazil, informs the Commercial Director, March Andre Carvalho. ... Read more
Engineers and designers are racing to make the safest car possible - we take a peek at how it may look
No more crashes? As the British International Motor Show opens next week, it's worth noting that this could be a landmark year for safer driving.
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Mileage-based car insurance, also known as pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) is beginning to take hold. The California Assembly passed a bill that would all insurance companies and their customers to voluntarily sell and purchase insurance based on the verified miles driven by the insured vehicle. ... Read more
Thanks to increased repression and technology making vehicles almost inviolable, these robberies of drivers have significantly decreased. ... Read more
Owners of vehicles may choose the products according to their needs. ... Read more
At a time when the "pay as you drive" - or insurance to use - made a breakthrough in France, the British pioneer of its kind threw in the towel. Norwich Union (Aviva) recently announced it would cease its offer, three years after its launch. ... Read more
iSuppli Corp. is pleased to announce it is driving automotive market research to the next level by acquiring Telematics Research Group, Inc. (TRG), the leader in vehicle-electronics business intelligence. ... Read more
The growth and potential impact of telematics on the aftermarket is the focus of a new study created by the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA). ... Read more
The company Taxitel from Leon will be the first in Mexico to implement within their service units of GPS. ... Read more
Open since mid-May, the systems for the prevention and fight against carjacking the PSP and GNR will be presented in Lisbon next Monday, when it is released the results of their activity. ... Read more
Trimble has announced the addition of the TrimTrac Pro Locator as a hardware enabler for Trimble Construction Manager, a turnkey solution for managing construction assets to realize improved productivity, utilization and overall efficiencies in construction operations. ... Read more
Fleet-management systems have been around for a while: handy software programs that help with such things as scheduling routine maintenance and managing lease/purchase payments and insurance. But since I last wrote about them two or three years ago, they have grown in both capability and popularity. ... Read more
Is July the month of the year in which there are more road accidents. And it is precisely in this period that motorists feel the need for more services for assistance. Viasat launches SOS-Call. ... Read more
A "anjo de guarda" for their children: Santos, Brazil, July 16, 2008 - SecurStar, a leader in IT security, announces its newest creation, the PositionTracer. ... Read more
Widely used for the monitoring of cars, trucks, ships, airplanes, prisons and even people, the Global Positioning System (GPS) is increasingly present in today. Driven by high that market, ... ... Read more
We are immersed in a technological revolution in the automotive industry. " 'The cars are broken and no longer be reprogrammed are fixed. " ... Read more
At a time when the phenomenon of theft of vehicles with threat of violence, better known as "carjacking", begins to take shape concern, the SIVA / Audi, together with the Cobra developed a security system for anti-carjacking the full range German brand of vehicle. ... Read more
Hughes Telematics has announced its exclusive partnership with Intrado, provider of the core of North America's 9-1-1 infrastructure and instrumental in the evolution of the nation's emergency communications network for the past thirty years. ... Read more
eSafety Support was present during this important event to promote the European eCall initiative aiming at making Europe’s roads safer for everyone, and highlight the importance of 112 implementation for eCall to be deployed across the EU. ... Read more
The Portuguese company Inosat has today (Thursday), in Luanda, technology programs of locating vehicles and missing children. ... Read more
http://www.infotechfrance.com - Europe's growing interest in a formula that allows the senior and young people to save money on auto insurance policies ... Read more
Despite the automotive industry being severely hit by economic downturn and high fuel prices, the consumer telematics industry continues to see healthy levels of innovation, with BMW and Chrysler leading the way; both plan to bring Internet access or Wi-Fi connectivity to cars in the United States this year. ... Read more
The long arm of the law just got longer. OnStar, a safety and navigational system available in General Motors vehicles, is introducing a wrinkle that will allow law-enforcement agencies to slow down a stolen car by remote control. ... Read more
The council approved a package of measures aimed at strengthening the safety of taxis. Except for 500 cars that are driven by their owners (are not pawns in charge) and only have to put the light of panic, the rest of the units must add to this safety measure and, ... ... Read more
Keruve Spanish is an invention that consists of two devices, first a clock that integrates a GPS locator on the inside, and the other a receiver of the signal with a screen. ... Read more
ITS Europe reports that Vodafone is ready to supply dedicated emergency call SIMs for cars. ... Read more
US company INRIX has launched real-time traffic alerts across the whole of the US Interstate network. ... Read more
The system will determine the real responsibility in traffic accidents and avoid speculation and reduce the cost of insurance ... Read more
Hughes Telematics yesterday announced an exclusive partnership with Intrado to provide emergency call-center services and route appropriate in-vehicle calls to the nearest public-safety answering point (PSAP) in the 911 network. ... Read more
With cost pressures steadily increasing, fleet managers are being challenged to get more productivity from their vehicles and drivers so that customer satisfaction is kept high and corporate goals are met. ... Read more
During his 14 years with the Pennsylvania State Police in Waynesburg, Trooper Bart Lemansky has chased his share of car thieves. ... Read more
Insurers operating in the Spanish market have saved over the past four years, more than 20.1 million euros thanks to the tracking of vehicles "Detector", a tool that has more than 70 percent of insurers Spanish The company reported today. ... Read more
California's Department of Insurance as well as state legislators are considering bringing "pay-as-you-drive" automobile insurance to the state, a system in which automobile insurance premiums would more accurately reflect how far motorists drive each year. ... Read more
Hughes Telematics reached a deal with an emergency call center provider to offer a car-based communications system that could compete with the OnStar service from General Motors Corp<GM.N, the company said. ... Read more
When Pennsylvania state trooper Barton Lemansky was asked how he felt about high-speed car chases, he admitted that they can be quite scary. ... Read more
Company shows new solutions and strengthens its activities in the market for tracking and monitoring of vehicles ... Read more
Having established itself as a leader in software, the vehicle tracking segment of the Indian telematics market is expected to reach satisfactory levels by the end of 2010. ... Read more
Progressive Insurance is now offering "pay as you drive" or PAYD insurance. Progressive will put a little tag on your car and it knows how often you drive - which, in combination with your safe driving record - determines your premium. Here are some potential benefits from our friends at Wikipedia: ... Read more
The "Pay As You Drive" was imposed in the USA, UK, Italy and the Middle East, where many motorists, mostly volunteers, have converted. In France, strategic and economic desirability of such an offer is being discussed by insurers. ... Read more
According to EuNavTec's organizers, their October show is the first trade fair in the world to focus especially on satellite navigation technologies. ... Read more
The State Duma today considering the first reading a bill that imposes penalties in the form of "restrictions of freedom." The meaning of innovation that persons convicted of crimes small and medium-gravity will not be put in jail, but will monitor their activities and movements. ... Read more
The European Commission Intelligent Car report “Towards Europe-wide, safer, cleaner and efficient mobility” has been adopted by the European Parliament in its Strasbourg Plenary session on 19 June. ... Read more
GRABER, OMNILINK AND TELETRIM join under the leadership of PÁTRIA INVESTMENTS and create the biggest and most complete national company for tracking of vehicles, telemetry and Logistics ... Read more
Truck maker Navistar has partnered with Corporacion Nacional del Radiodeterminacion, a distributor of Qualcomm mobile information systems, to offer the OmniTRACS mobile communications system to the Mexico market via its subsidiary, Camiones y Motores Internacional de Mexico and its dealer network. ... Read more
With gas prices on the rise, more Americans are using public transportation, carpooling or consolidating their errands to reduce their time on the road. ... Read more
innovITS is launching a new programme that will develop an architecture for cooperative ITS systems. The facITS programme will be formed of a core project with an industry focussed consortium and a series of ITS KTN workshops supporting the project development. ... Read more
FOR years, drivers paid less for car insurance if they reported low mileage. Now, insurers are using hi-tech devices to track customers' habits and offering deep discounts to those who drive not only less, but also cautiously. ... Read more
Location Based Technologies, a service provider of personal locator devices and services, announced it has commenced pilot production of its PocketFinder family of location devices at the Le Mans, France facility of Jabil Circuit, its manufacturing partner. ... Read more
ITS4mobility is Volvo Buses (STO:VOLVA)(STO:VOLVB) advanced technological platform that supports the bus operators’ control of bus operations and provides passengers with information at bus stops and on the buses. ... Read more
The smart cars and intelligent transport systems are among the most promising applications of the global Information Society. ... Read more
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