Class Action Accuses Toyota of Illegally Sharing Drivers’ Data With Progressive April 23, 2025 By Ezra Amacher A federal class action lawsuit filed this week in Texas accused Toyota and an affiliated telematics aggregator of unlawfully collecting...
Lawsuit Alleges GM Illegally Sold Arkansans’ Driving Data to Insurance Companies February 28, 2025 By Ezra Amacher Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin sued General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar this week, alleging the car manufacturer deceived Arkansans...
General Motors Settles With FTC Over Sharing Driver Data January 17, 2025 By Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen The US Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with General Motors Co. over claims the automaker deceived drivers by...
Senators Call on FTC to Investigate Automakers’ Sale of Driving Data July 29, 2024 Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers selling customers’ driving data to brokers who...
GM Ends OnStar Driver Safety Program After Privacy Complaints April 25, 2024 By David Welch General Motors Co. has ended its OnStar Smart Driver program after customers complained it violated their privacy. OnStar had cut...
Who Owns Tesla Vehicle Performance Data? March 11, 2022 By Susanne Sclafane At the end of an interview with the founder of Quantiv Risk, an insurtech that helps carriers make sense of...
Toyota Offering Auto Insurance With Farmers’ Toggle in 5 States With More to Come December 10, 2021 Automaker Toyota’s insurance arm has begun selling its first branded insurance coverage, Toyota Auto Insurance, in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio...
Honda App Links Feedback on Drivers to Insurance Carriers via Verisk August 11, 2020 By Jim Sams Honda Motor Co. is offering an app that scores the safety of car owners’ driving habits and links with insurance...
Smart Car Makers See Safety Enhancements Turning Into Revenue Opportunities January 8, 2019 By Alexandria Sage As vehicles get smarter, your car will be keeping eyes on you. This week at CES, the international consumer electronics...
Telematics Changing Drivers’ Behavior: Insurance Research November 18, 2015 Telematics devices offered by auto insurers appear to working to change the behavior of drivers. More than half (56 percent)...