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Toyota drivers can buy Nationwide UBI through their cars

One more partnership between an auto manufacturer and an insurer to provide driver insurance leveraging telematics.

"Nationwide and Toyota have partnered to help acquire usage-based insurance customers using the carmaker's connected vehicles.

Buyers of model year 2018 to 2020 cars with the Toyota Communications Module who buy a Nationwide SmartRide policy get an immediate 10% discount once they opt into sharing their data. It's currently available in Arizona, Ohio and Texas."

Digital Insurance Feb 25th 2020

Where is this leading? Also read: Will most car manufacturers & auto insurers disappear in less than a decade?

Branded as TIMS (Toyota Insurance Management Services) BrightDrive, the companies say that the program will help all parties by making it easy to get usage-based insurance with credible, vetted data directly from the car.

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