h&z Center for Future Mobility welcomes R+V in their partner network as the first insurance firm
The many different prospects in the realm of future mobility are affecting ever-more industries – the insurance industry is one of them.
“Future mobility solutions will require a very different approach to insurance than what we are used to today. We expect more flexibility, more short-term contracts, and a fundamental shift in the actual risks we are insuring” says Matthias Schmidt, head of the innovation department MO14 at R+V.
Given that the insurance industry is adapting to a still rather unknown set of technologies, with different approaches to autonomy and new risks, they require a pragmatic approach to understanding the technologies they will one day insure. R+V follows such a pragmatic approach. They were among the first to bring a people mover onto public streets (see for example https://www.ruv.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/ruv-autonomer-bus). By doing so, they gained valuable insights into the real-life strengths, weaknesses and customer interactions while also going through the partly painful certification process. R+V continues to conduct hands-on test projects in a variety of fields including platooning and truck parking.
We are happy that our h&z Center for Future Mobility now entered a partnership with R+V and supports their journey towards the automotive insurance of the future: “Our regular exchanges have always been very fruitful and R+V’s pragmatic and enabling approach to future mobility aligns perfectly with our approach to consulting with head, heart, and hand” says one of our experts Benjamin Scher. “We value the great expertise, especially in autonomous mobility at the Center for Future Mobility. Their continuous monitoring of the market and the technologies add a lot of value for our efforts”, adds Matthias Schmidt.
As a first project, we now cooperate with R+V in the field of autonomous truck solutions.
