Ross : I am based in California and I would like to know of pay- as- drive regulation for auto insurance.

Response : Good news for California auto insurance clients. The California department of Insurance has revised the draft pay as you drive regulations California’s insurance commissioner, Steven Poizner, has issued final pay-as-you-drive regulations, which will enable insurers to offer consumers rates that are based on actual miles driven as opposed to estimated miles driven.
“Pay as you drive is an innovative way to create financial incentives for California motorists to drive less, leading to lower-cost auto insurance, less air pollution and a reduced dependence on foreign oil,” said Poizner.
This allows the insurance companies to offer discounts to drivers who would prefer to have a auto insurance policy which is based on the mileage. The insurance company must get the auto insurance program approved from the California department of Insurance before they launch this program including the pay- as- you-drive-program.
The mileage have to be verified from a variety of methods like the odometer readings which can be seen by the insurer or its agents or vendors, auto repair dealers, smog check stations, self-reporting by the policyholder or a technological device placed in the consumer’s vehicle. As per the final regulations explicitly prohibit insurers from gathering location data from consumers for automobile rating purposes through the addition of a technological device.
The regulations would not affect existing multipurpose devices such as GM’s Onstar system or the use of a technological device as part of an emergency roadside assistance program.
“The primary changes from the initially proposed regulations to the final, submitted regulations include:

• Language that encourages insurers to offer a price per mile, or prepaid mile option for drivers.
• An allowance for insurers to apply to sell mileage verification policies in addition to mileage estimation policies; or they may apply to sell mileage verification policies only.
• Language that requires an insurer that offers a pay-as-you-drive plan to specify when filing with the department the exact types of mileage verification the insurer will accept.
• The final regulations explicitly require insurers to offer and make available all mileage verification methods equally, to all applicants and insured drivers with a mileage verification policy.
• The use of location data is still prohibited for most purposes. However, the final regulations make it clear that they do not prohibit insurers and motor clubs from offering optional devices to drivers to identify the location of the vehicle for the purpose of an emergency road service, theft service, map service or travel assistance service.” (extract from the publication by California Insurance regulation)

This measure is also for the saving of the environment and the green house effect. As per the data available Last August, the Environmental Defense Fund estimated that if 30 percent of Californians participate in pay-as-you-drive coverage, California could avoid 55 million tons of CO2 emissions between 2009 and 2020, which is the equivalent of taking 10 million cars off the road. This would save 5.5 billion gallons of gasoline and save Californians $40 billion in car-related expenses. Additionally, the California Air Resources Board has recommended the adoption of pay-as-you-drive as one of the means to meet future climate change gas reduction targets.
Starting October 2009 the, consumers will be able to purchase a pay-as-you-drive policy.
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