AVs Could Alter Trucking Insurance Landscape


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Panelists (from left) Joseph Richley of Kenan Advantage Group, Jack Legler, Mike Dorfman, Clayton Cavell and Andrew Roth discuss AVs and the future of trucking insurance. He warned that insurance products need to be properly implemented for the entire industry. “I think we’ve got to be really careful when we start building insurance products for AV trucks,” Dorfman said. “I think about the massive amounts of traffic data that’s available to insurance today,” said Andrew Roth, director of insurance at Koop Technologies. So, from an underwriting perspective, it’s intense.”For underwriting, data is critical for understanding the risk.