Your Insurer’s App May Soon Judge Your Driving From Your Phone

LexisNexis driving scores can run inside an insurer’s existing phone app. The company says raw driving behavior stays on the device; scores reach insurers. Existing programs show why phone use and passenger detection need scrutiny. Plenty of us have an insurance app on our phone. They offer the opportunity to pull up proof of insurance at the drop of a hat. We can check our coverage, request changes, and more quite quickly. Now, a new partnership between LexisNexis Risk Solutions and IMS could enable that app to track your driving behavior without an OBDII dongle. Drivers would have to agree to participate, according to the companies. The question is whether…

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