While lower premiums and low claims bonuses had been the major drawbacks that featured traditional auto insurance domains, competition in the insurance industry prods them to adopt smart technologies. It is my sincere hope that ‘Insurance Telematics Canada 2016 Conference and Exhibition’ on 28-29 April at Double Tree Hilton, Toronto will educate the insurers on how Telematics will revolutionize auto insurance market.
How telematics is shaping the auto insurance, how new market leaders are going to be emerged in the insurance industry, depends on mobile technology adoption. Today businesses are strategic like never before as clinging to traditional models will make existing businesses losing out in competition. According to Greg Keenan – auto industry reporter, auto makers sold 1.898 million vehicles in Canada and 17.42 million vehicles in the U.S. during 2015. Of course, the vehicle population is growing, so is the demand for auto insurance for millennials and Gen Z demography. In U.S. 48 percent of millennials feel, basic health insurance is a right for all people. This shows there is a perception favoring the insurance industry. Driving behavior has the potential to dictate health and life of people. It is in this context it makes sense to treat auto insurance on par with life insurance, isn’t it?