Usage-Based Insurance

Insurance Telematics

Integrate smartphone-based telematics into your insurance products to capture real driving behavior, score risk continuously, and power usage-based programs — all through your policyholders’ existing mobile devices, with no hardware to deploy.

Industry Impact

Per-Trip

Risk Scoring

Crash Event

Detection

100+

Behavioral Parameters

Zero

Hardware Required

How Damoov Helps Insurers

Challenges

Solutions

Limited Visibility into Driving Risk

Traditional underwriting relies on demographic proxies — age, location, credit score — rather than actual driving behavior. Without continuous risk measurement, insurers cannot differentiate drivers who share the same profile on paper but behave very differently on the road.

Continuous Behavior-Based Risk Data

Damoov’s SDK captures per-trip driving data from policyholders’ smartphones: speeding, harsh braking, rapid acceleration, cornering, phone distraction, and time-of-day patterns.

That continuous behavioral stream is a stronger foundation for risk segmentation, pricing models, and portfolio analysis than static rating factors alone.

Low Engagement Between Policy Events

Most insurers interact with policyholders only at renewal, billing, or claims — missing the opportunity to build ongoing relationships, encourage safer behavior, or demonstrate value between policy milestones.

Data Foundation for Policyholder Engagement

Damoov provides the behavioral data and engagement building blocks: safety scores, driving tips, reward tokens (Drivecoins), and gamification mechanics.

Insurers use them to build in-app experiences between renewals — more frequent contact, better retention.

Incomplete Data Around Claims Events

When accident-related data is limited to policyholder self-reports, claims assessment depends on incomplete, subjective information. This slows adjudication, complicates liability determination, and creates opportunity for misrepresentation.

Structured Driving Context for Claims

Damoov’s SDK captures crash event data: sensor readings, GPS coordinates, trip context, and pre-incident driving behavior.

Insurers can fold that timestamped file into claims workflows alongside traditional evidence.

Slow Time-to-Market for Telematics Products

Launching a telematics-based insurance product traditionally requires selecting hardware, managing device logistics, building data infrastructure, and navigating lengthy integration cycles — often delaying market entry by 12–18 months.

Faster Launch with a Software-Only Approach

Damoov’s SDK removes the hardware layer. Integrate it into the insurer’s mobile app and driving data starts flowing.

With ready-to-use APIs, configurable scoring models, and a scalable data platform, telematics programs can launch in weeks rather than months.

Powerful Features for Your Business

Feature 1

Behavioral Risk Scoring

Move past demographic rating factors. The SDK measures acceleration, braking, cornering, speeding, phone distraction, and time-of-day exposure on every trip.

Per-driver risk scores and behavioral breakdowns flow through APIs so actuarial and underwriting teams can refine segmentation and support usage-based pricing.

Per-Trip

Risk Scores

100+

Behavioral Parameters

Feature 2

Crash Event Detection & Data

The SDK detects crash events using smartphone accelerometer and GPS data. It captures sensor readings, impact context, coordinates, speed, and pre-crash driving behavior.

This structured crash payload is delivered through APIs and webhooks — objective, timestamped evidence that can supplement claims intake, support subrogation, and add context to liability assessment.

Sensor-Based

Crash Detection

Timestamped

Event Data

Feature 3

Engagement Building Blocks

Turn the insurance app into something policyholders open between renewals. Damoov is the data layer for in-app driving scores, personalized safety tips, reward tokens (Drivecoins), and gamification mechanics.

Insurers build those into experiences that encourage safer driving and create value beyond the policy itself.

Scores, Tips

& Rewards Data

SDK-Powered

Engagement Layer

Common Use Cases

Usage-Based Insurance Programs

Launch opt-in telematics programs where policyholders share driving data in exchange for personalized pricing. Attract better risks into your portfolio, differentiate your product, and build pricing models grounded in actual behavior rather than proxies.

Pay-How-You-Drive (PHYD)

Use continuous driving behavior data to support behavior-based pricing models. Per-trip scores and behavioral breakdowns give underwriters the granularity to move beyond age and zip code toward risk assessment based on how each driver actually operates.

Young & New Driver Programs

Provide structured driving data for programs targeting new drivers — safety scores, behavioral event tracking, and trend data that support coaching, parental visibility, and incentive structures tied to demonstrable improvement over time.

Why Mobile Telematics?

Scale Globally Without Hardware

No devices to ship, no SIM cards to manage, no import logistics to navigate. Mobile telematics turns any smartphone into a powerful sensor — ready to collect high-quality driving data from day one, anywhere in the world.

No Hardware to Buy or Maintain

Eliminate device procurement, installation, cellular plans, and ongoing hardware maintenance. Mobile telematics is a pure software model — no physical inventory and no replacement cycles.

Configure and Update in Hours

Forget firmware rollouts and device recalls. With mobile telematics, configuration changes and model updates go live in hours, not months — across your entire user base. And because modern smartphones pack powerful processors and advanced sensor arrays, you can run sophisticated algorithms on-device that no dedicated hardware tracker can match.

Connects to the Systems You Use Now

Stream telematics data into your fleet management, insurance, or mobility platform through well-documented APIs. No middleware, no custom connectors — just clean integration that fits your existing technology stack.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does smartphone-based telematics work for insurance?
The Damoov SDK collects driving behavior data via smartphone sensors during each trip. This data is processed into safety scores and risk metrics that insurers use for usage-based insurance (UBI) pricing, claims evidence, and fraud detection.
What insurance models does Damoov support?
Damoov supports pay-how-you-drive (PHYD), pay-as-you-drive (PAYD), and usage-based insurance (UBI) models with per-trip risk scoring across 100+ behavioral parameters.
Do policyholders need to install special hardware?
No. The SDK runs on the policyholder's smartphone — no OBD-II dongle, plug-in device, or professional installation is required. This eliminates hardware costs and speeds up enrollment.
Can Damoov data support claims assessment?
Yes. The SDK captures crash events with accelerometer readings, GPS coordinates, pre-crash driving behavior, and timestamped context. Insurers use this as objective evidence alongside traditional claims intake to support liability assessment and subrogation.
How quickly can insurers launch a telematics-based product?
Because the SDK eliminates hardware deployment, most insurers move from integration to a production pilot in 6–12 weeks — compared to 6–18 months for traditional OBD-II programs that require hardware procurement and enrollment logistics.