Connected Car Insurance: Evolutions in the Connected Mobility Market

By 2022, the Connected Car & Mobility market in Italy has reached a value of 2.5 billion euros, +16% compared to 2021, according to research by the Connected Car & Mobility Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano.

Some numbers

• • Connected car solutions are worth 1.4 billion euros (+10% in one year), while Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (Adas) integrated into new models, such as automatic emergency braking or lane keeping, are worth 740 million euros (+16%).

• • Smart Mobility solutions in cities, primarily for parking management and sharing mobility, on the other hand, reached 340 million euros, +48%.

• • The diffusion of connected cars is also growing: at the end of 2022 there were 19.7 million in our country, one out of every two cars on the road (50%), one for every three inhabitants.

ADAS In Europe

Demand for ADAS in Europe has been spurred by European legal requirements, making these devices mandatory in new vehicles from 2022. Connected cars are to date a conduit for innovative services and features that can be unlocked for a fee, such as extending the battery life of an electric car.

Connected cars offer numerous benefits, such as fleet monitoring, responsible driving, and scheduled maintenance. Smart road projects, such as ANAS’s, improve road efficiency, from electrification to assisted driving.

Black Boxes

Black boxes, or telematics boxes, are devices that record data on driving and accidents, facilitating recovery and providing information on driving style. Insurance companies use them to calculate more accurate premiums based on information regarding vehicle safety.

The most popular solutions today are Gps/Gprs boxes for tracking and recording driving parameters for insurance purposes (10 million, up 4 percent from 2021), but growth is mainly driven by natively connected cars via sim (4.3 million, up 21 percent). More and more companies are also able to collect large amounts of data from vehicles: services in this area reach 480 million, +20% compared to 2021.