What the post-pandemic commute means for auto insurers
June 30, 2022 by David GambrillCanadians who relocated to suburban and rural areas to work during the pandemic are driving longer distances upon returning to work, and plan to use their cars for the work commute more often in the future, a new Aviva Canada…
New Canadian auto insurance product coming soon
August 7, 2018 by Greg MeckbachIntact Insurance will be soon launching a new iteration of its usage-based auto insurance (UBI), a company official says. The revelation came during a July 31, 2018 conference call about the insurer’s past quarter results. During the call, an investment…
Intact reports ‘world of difference’ with telematics
June 20, 2018 by Greg MeckbachHard numbers showing the impact of telematics remain elusive, but Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer says the technology does separate the good risks from the bad. Telematics is a vehicle diagnosis technology that collects data such as distance travelled,…
Octo completes acquisition of Willis Towers Watson’s UBI assets
December 11, 2017 David Gambrill, Editor-in-ChiefOcto Telematics, a global provider of telematics for the auto insurance industry, has completed its acquisition of the usage-based insurance (UBI) assets of Willis Towers Watson. Octo’s acquisition includes Willis Towers Watson’s DriveAbility solution and the DriveAbility Marketplace. Geoff Werner…