State Farm has announced that it has partnered with Hughes Telematics Inc. to offer its auto insurance customers the ability to use a device on the vehicle so they can lower their auto insurance rates.
State Farm is calling the program on the drive, and uses technology developed by Atlanta-based company telematics to give their policyholders in Illinois the opportunity to participate in the program since September. Other states may also be offered this program in 2012. The technology features are comparable to some of the popular service offered by OnStar.
This concept is not entirely new to State Farm because it has an alliance of five states with the OnStar system, including one in Illinois, which delivers performance and mileage-based program of discounted rates called "Drive Safe & Save ". The difference is that with the new program from the disk drive devices and OnStar subscription is not required to participate, as has been the case so far. The exception is California, where policyholders can opt to report their own mileage.
The rate reduction is obtained after good driving habits and mileage reporting under State Farm's OnStar, which collects data from private vehicles.
The new program the drive with Hughes Telematics expands the opportunity for savings for State Farm customers without OnStar. Customers have a small device (about the size of a normal mobile phone) that plugs into the diagnostic port of the vehicle is insured (usually located under the steering wheel). Compatible with most vehicles manufactured after 1995. The device is able to collect a number of different types of diagnostic data and security and has some tracking skills.
State Farm is calling the program on the drive, and uses technology developed by Atlanta-based company telematics to give their policyholders in Illinois the opportunity to participate in the program since September. Other states may also be offered this program in 2012. The technology features are comparable to some of the popular service offered by OnStar.
This concept is not entirely new to State Farm because it has an alliance of five states with the OnStar system, including one in Illinois, which delivers performance and mileage-based program of discounted rates called "Drive Safe & Save ". The difference is that with the new program from the disk drive devices and OnStar subscription is not required to participate, as has been the case so far. The exception is California, where policyholders can opt to report their own mileage.
The rate reduction is obtained after good driving habits and mileage reporting under State Farm's OnStar, which collects data from private vehicles.
The new program the drive with Hughes Telematics expands the opportunity for savings for State Farm customers without OnStar. Customers have a small device (about the size of a normal mobile phone) that plugs into the diagnostic port of the vehicle is insured (usually located under the steering wheel). Compatible with most vehicles manufactured after 1995. The device is able to collect a number of different types of diagnostic data and security and has some tracking skills.
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