Implementing Automotive Telematics for Insurance Covers of Fleets

The advantages of Usage-Based Insurance for automotive covers over conventional rating methods have been discussed in literature for over four decades. Notwithstanding their adoption in insurance markets has been slow. This paper seeks to establish the viability of introducing fleet Telematics-Based...

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Autores principales: Azzopardi,Marika, Cortis,Dominic
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Publicado: Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2013
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-272420130005000062014-09-16Implementing Automotive Telematics for Insurance Covers of FleetsAzzopardi,MarikaCortis,Dominic telematics-based insurance fleet management risk management motor insurance technology adoption usage-based insuranc The advantages of Usage-Based Insurance for automotive covers over conventional rating methods have been discussed in literature for over four decades. Notwithstanding their adoption in insurance markets has been slow. This paper seeks to establish the viability of introducing fleet Telematics-Based Insurance by investigating the perceptions of insurance operators, tracking service providers and corporate fleet owners. At its core, the study involves a SWOT-analysis to appraise Telematics-Based Insurance against conventional premium rating systems. Twenty five key stakeholders in Malta, a country with an insurance industry that represents others in microcosm, were interviewed to develop our analysis. We assert that local insurers have interests in such insurance schemes as enhanced fleet management and monitoring translate into an improved insurance risk. The findings presented here have implications for all stakeholders as we argue that telematics enhance fleet management, TBI improves risk management for insurers and adoption of this technology is dependent on telematics providers increasing the perceived control by insurers over managing this technology.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.8 n.4 20132013-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242013000500006en10.4067/S0718-27242013000500006
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topic telematics-based insurance
fleet management
risk management
motor insurance
technology adoption
usage-based insuranc
spellingShingle telematics-based insurance
fleet management
risk management
motor insurance
technology adoption
usage-based insuranc
Azzopardi,Marika
Cortis,Dominic
Implementing Automotive Telematics for Insurance Covers of Fleets
description The advantages of Usage-Based Insurance for automotive covers over conventional rating methods have been discussed in literature for over four decades. Notwithstanding their adoption in insurance markets has been slow. This paper seeks to establish the viability of introducing fleet Telematics-Based Insurance by investigating the perceptions of insurance operators, tracking service providers and corporate fleet owners. At its core, the study involves a SWOT-analysis to appraise Telematics-Based Insurance against conventional premium rating systems. Twenty five key stakeholders in Malta, a country with an insurance industry that represents others in microcosm, were interviewed to develop our analysis. We assert that local insurers have interests in such insurance schemes as enhanced fleet management and monitoring translate into an improved insurance risk. The findings presented here have implications for all stakeholders as we argue that telematics enhance fleet management, TBI improves risk management for insurers and adoption of this technology is dependent on telematics providers increasing the perceived control by insurers over managing this technology.
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Cortis,Dominic
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title Implementing Automotive Telematics for Insurance Covers of Fleets
title_short Implementing Automotive Telematics for Insurance Covers of Fleets
title_full Implementing Automotive Telematics for Insurance Covers of Fleets
title_fullStr Implementing Automotive Telematics for Insurance Covers of Fleets
title_full_unstemmed Implementing Automotive Telematics for Insurance Covers of Fleets
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publisher Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
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