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RLI Transportation, a division of RLI Insurance Company, has partnered with Samsara, an industrial IoT company that provides sensors and software to manage vehicle fleets and industrial operations. The partnership will provide RLI Transportation customers within the large trucking, public auto, and commercial specialty auto industries with enhanced loss control resources through free dashboard cameras and telematics devices, data analytics that provide real time visibility to fleet vehicle operations and customized loss control consultations.
Participating insureds who implement the Samsara product can receive up to a 5% insurance premium credit.
According to Mike Haswell, RLI Transportation vice president, Business Development and Retention, Samsara’s video-based product provides drivers with real time coaching to reduce the frequency and severity of accidents. It also helps transportation companies improve the overall safety of their fleet by providing greater visibility into hard-to-detect driving events like harsh braking, rolling stops, near-misses, speeding and distracted driving.
RLI Transportation’s loss control team will work with participating insureds to develop comprehensive, customized loss control programs based on Samsara telematics data.
RLI Transportation, a division of RLI Insurance Company, is a full-service provider of insurance products and services for truck, public auto and commercial auto customers.
Samsara’s portfolio of complete IoT solutions combine hardware, software, and cloud to bring real-time visibility, analytics, and AI to operations. They serve over 15,000 customers across diverse sizes and industries, from transportation and logistics to field services, food production, energy, construction, local governments, and manufacturing. Samsara’s growing suite of products includes vehicle telematics, driver safety, mobile workflow and compliance, asset tracking, and industrial process controls in an integrated, open, real-time platform.