Jon is the Content Marketing Manager at Zendrive. He distills driver data into insights and stories that educate and excite.
The connected world is rapidly changing, and mobile network operators (MNOs) are looking for ways to capitalize on the coming arrival of 5G and the explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT) to open up new B2B and B2C revenue opportunities. And many of those opportunities will center around the growing fields of driver safety and [...]
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Where the rubber meets the road for insurance companies and customers is payday. That is, how much does coverage cost, and how is it calculated? And, are these auto insurance models, whether traditional, Pay As You Drive, or Pay How You Drive, fair? The traditional insurance payment model has remained largely unchanged for years. You [...]
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Last fall, Zendrive launched #FundMyStreets, a program designed to support local solutions to local traffic safety programs. Lyft, Uber, Juno, HopSkipDrive, Bird, Lime, StopDistractions.org, Together for Safer Roads and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) partnered with Zendrive to invite communities across the country to send [...]
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The wireless landscape is shifting, thanks in no small part to the Internet of Things (IoT). Not too long ago, business models for mobile network operators (MNOs) were simple. Pricing for phone plans revolved around “minutes” and messages used. Remember those days? Not much has changed. Even amidst the rise of mobile and IoT, revenues [...]
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Driver Benchmarking to Fix the Fleet Driver Shortage The fleet industry keeps the world running on-time and supplied with the resources it needs to keep life full of all the modern comforts, amenities, and advancements we’ve come to enjoy. But what keeps the fleet industry running is drivers – qualified, certified, highly-trained drivers [...]
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The world is getting smarter, and insurers, usage-based insurance (UBI) and insurance telematics are getting brainier as well. Both insurers and customers are finding smarter ways to buy and sell insurance. And it’s all thanks to the rise of insurance telematics. As discussed before, telematics is real-time data measured across [...]
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The way we understand our roads is rapidly changing. Thanks to new breakthroughs in personal mobility, the role of the traditional car, and the traditional insurance model, is shifting. Bike shares, electric scooters, ride-hailing apps, and autonomous vehicles are claiming more space on our roads than ever before. But what does that mean [...]
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The commercial auto insurance industry is shifting. And how it underwrites, prices, and sells fleet insurance is creating new profitability challenges. Commercial Auto Insurance Profits As Andrea Wells writes in Insurance Journal, modern cars continue to rack up more miles, and distracted drivers account for more of those miles, so [...]
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Gamification has been around for nearly ten years. But with few able to do it well, adoption has lagged behind for driver coaching. Its left many fleet managers wondering if it’s a key factor for 2019. Let’s take a look at some of the key considerations. The Benefits of Gamification According to Wikipedia, gamification “employs [...]
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Automotive telematics data holds plenty of promise. The insurance industry is extremely interested in using telematics for things like automated claims processing. And usage-based insurance (UBI) may revolutionize the way drivers shop for rates and providers. But despite the many effective applications of automotive telematics, there [...]
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