Is telematics the future of car insurance? | Companies

While many younger drivers have been using so-called black box car insurance, telematics has yet to become mainstream. The FT's Oliver Ralph test drives a telematics system to see how it affects his driving, and whether it could be the future of car insurance.

[sandeepvk]

with over 400 deaths due to motor vehicle accident in India, this could be a big market for Indian Insurance companies. Perhaps the Govt might mandate it someday

[anonymoushuman]

Does the telematics data from our cars get correlated with data about us from other sources and sold to businesses for marketing purposes? If this does occur, it could cause people a lot of distress, making some wonder if they are losing their minds. Think lawsuits.

[psgamewizz]

discounts arn't large enough to incentivise usage of telematics.

[alexanderg]

For young people: great. They cause the majority of accidents anyway. But if insurers think adults are going to play ball with this rubbish, they're delusional.

[mac]

Why are you stopping at all the round-abouts ? The entire purpose of a round-about is so you so not have to stop