Within the fleet industry, the most common cause of crashes is distracted driving, which injured more than 420,000 drivers and killed 3,142 people in the U.S. in 2020 alone.
Medical care inflation reacts slowly compared with food and energy, but it’s catching up and will land heavily on auto casualty billing--especially for the unprepared.
No one is happy with the current, cumbersome approach to auto claims -- and a key technology has finally arrived that will digitize and speed the whole process.
Cloud-based platforms will let auto insurers make a critical pivot away from purely reactive claims response and processing to claims minimization and avoidance.
As competition heats up, a simple policy add-on that costs just a few dollars each year is a hidden tool in the agent’s toolbox: the roadside assistance policy rider.
In theory, they'll be safer, if only because the massive battery power will allow for a profusion of sensors and related safety devices. But we all know how theories can play out in practice.