telematics

Telematics enables UK insurers to capture real‑time or near‑real‑time data on driving behaviour—such as speed, braking, cornering, and time of use—to support more accurate pricing, risk selection, and feedback to policyholders. Motor insurers, MGAs, and brokers are using black‑box, plug‑in, and app‑based solutions for young drivers and fleets, but must manage data privacy, system integration with policy and claims platforms, and customer communication to ensure that telematics‑based propositions are trusted and understood.

Read the latest telematics news stories below!

Aviva fleet collision claims rise 19% from August to November

Aviva urges brokers to prepare fleet clients for winter, as last year’s seasonal rise reached 22%

Insurance moves: HDI, HIVE, Folgate, Gallagher, Targa, Coversure

They include a new head of political violence and terrorism, as well as a new underwriting chief

Longer shifts and a changing mix of work are reshaping how brokers place taxi risk

Financial pressure is pushing drivers into longer, more varied working weeks, and standard motor data won’t show brokers the risk

One conviction pushes young Northern Ireland drivers £700 over the limit

CompareNI finds one conviction adds 36% for 17- to 24-year-olds, and insurers treat a fixed penalty endorsement as a conviction that must be declared

Black box insurance has a trust problem, says telematics boss

Cambridge Mobile Telematics chief Bill Powers says people will let a stranger deliver their takeaway but object to being rated by an insurer

Panorama's ghost plate findings expose a hidden layer of uninsured driving risk

As the DfT moves to treat stealth plates like driving without insurance, cloned registrations are already landing on fleet clients' policies

Vehicle technology is moving faster than the broker conversation about it

As claims costs climb and vehicles grow more complex, the conversation a broker has with a client before a loss is doing more of the work than it used to

Admiral to cut 500 UK jobs in £100m cost drive

The Cardiff-based insurer says the cuts are about efficiency, not AI. It is the latest in a run of UK insurers shrinking headcount as motor margins tighten