Exigen PAYD Media Room

Welcome to our PAYD media room. We hope that you find our information on pay-only-as-you-drive insurance useful. If you can’t find what you’re looking for or have a suggestion on what relevant research or links to add, please email us on pr@exigeninsurance.com.

To schedule interviews and for journalist enquiries, please contact Kevin Haydon at 1.845.797.2976

Just Released! PAYD Survey Report: Insurers Cautiously Moving Toward PAYD Product Offerings
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View our Nov. 5 Webinar: Pay Only As You Drive Insurance - Coming Ready or Not
What Are the Business, Technology and Regulatory Realities of PAYD that You Need to Know?
Hosted by National Underwriter P&C;  Presenters from Hollard Insurance; TowerGroup; Exigen Insurance Solutions
The Webinar proved extremely popular, attracting 244 attendees including 163 insurance company representatives from 91 individual insurers. A PDF of the presentation is also available.

Press Releases:

• Exigen Insurance Solutions' Survey Shows Insurers Cautiously Moving Towards Offering Pay-Only-As-You-Drive Insurance
• Hollard's Real Insurance Rolls Out World's First "Trust-based" Pay Only As You Drive Product Using Exigen Insurance Solutions

Backgrounder: What is pay-as-you-drive auto insurance?

Fact Sheet: Hollard's Real Insurance "Pay As You Drive^TM" Product

Project Overview:  Hollard Australia Implements Exigen Policy, Billing and Claims Solutions (PDF)

Real Insurance Pay As You Drive ^TM Media Room

Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance: A Simple Way to Reduce Driving-Related Harms and Increase Equity, a Brookings Institute, Hamilton Project research report, July 2008

Backgrounder: What is pay-as-you-drive auto insurance?

What is pay-as-you-drive auto insurance?

• Pay-as-you-drive insurance is like buying gasoline: the less you drive, the less you pay. Insurers offer motorists a per-mile rate that incorporate existing rating factors, such as a driver's crash history or geographic location.
• The insurance premium is calculated dynamically, typically according to the amount you drive. There are two types of pay-as-you-drive, also known as usage based insurance:
  
  • Cover is based on the odometer reading of the vehicle.
  • Mileage is monitored using a secure black-box device in the vehicle, linked to a national network of satellites and data recorders.

• Evidence suggests that low-mileage drivers are a large untapped market.
• Car insurance is currently sold like an all-you-can-eat meal plan: once you've made the purchase, you may as well gorge. Traditional low-mileage discounts don't come close to capturing the difference in accident risk between high- and low-mileage drivers; those who drive less are penalized.

Benefits

• For consumers: Access to more affordable insurance and more control over their insurance costs.
• For society: Initial research estimates that pricing insurance by the mile could cut total driving by 5 to 15 percent. This would slash the huge environmental impacts of the automobile and lessen the number of accidents and claims. A 10 percent reduction in driving is estimated to result in a 17 percent reduction in accidents. A study also showed that a recent reduction of 2.7% in driving resulted in a 20% actual reduction in US car crash fatalities¹. According to the New York Times², current research puts the total social benefit at $52 billion a year.
• For taxpayers: Reduced driving would also save money on roadwork. Oregon Environmental Council, a nonprofit group working to pilot PAYD in Oregon, estimates that PAYD insurance could trim the state's road-related costs substantially over the next 20 years.
• For insurers: They may see an increased market share and a growing reputation as an innovative, customer-oriented, and socially responsible company. They achieve better alignment of insurance with actual risk and improved customer segmentation. They may also have fewer claims.

¹. "Is The U.S. On The Path To The Lowest Motor Vehicle Fatalities In Decades?" by Michael Sivak for the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
2. “Not-So-Free Ride,” New York Times Magazine, by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt; Published: April 20, 2008

Fact Sheet: Hollard's Real Insurance "Pay As You Drive^TM" Product

• With Pay As You Drive ^TM, if you drive less than the average profile for your age and your area you will pay less.
• Pay As You Drive^TM is ideal for people who catch public transport and don't drive their car often or have a second or third car and use that car sparingly.
• People who qualify get “Comprehensive” car insurance with a minimum annual premium and purchase usage-based insurance for the kilometres they expect to drive. 
• If the kilometre limit is exceeded before the period of insurance ends, you have a more limited form of cover, i.e. fire or theft only, for the reminder of the period of insurance. We call this “Third Party, Fire and Theft cover.”
• Unused kilometres never expire – they can be transferred year to year or they can be refunded. 
• If you are about to run out of kilometres you can apply to purchase additional kilometres from Pay As You Drive^TM simply by calling Customer Service. Topping up kilometres is easy.
• Pay As You Drive^TM reminds you when you may need to top up your kilometres with a sticker  for your windscreen and an SMS.
• If you have not had a claim against any of your Pay As You Drive^TM policies for three years in a row, you will receive 10% of the total premiums paid to us during that time. 
• The odometer reading on your car will have to be verified if you lodge a claim and, if requested by us, when you cancel your insurance.
• No other company offers PAYD^TM in Australia.  There are approximately 18 companies offering something similar globally but all rely on GPS systems in the vehicles to monitor distance driven. 

Go to www.payasyoudrive.com.au to find out more

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