Whether it means lower cost of insurance for your customers, avoiding damage to your reputation or understanding the legal requirements for product approval, SBD can help you develop your strategy for world markets.
Our global studies on car theft trends and insurance requirements take you step-by-step through approval processes, give insight into best practice and summarise the future theft and market trends that will have an effect on your products.
We also offer comprehensive market research, strategic advice, design and test support to identify the appropriate level of features or performance to meet present and future requirements.
Europe
An introduction to the UK insurance system with an explanation of how it works, the effect of recent changes to the system and the main factors that influence a car’s insurance rating. This report sets the background behind the UK system, explains what effects recent changes to the insurance rating system have had and introduces the main factors that influence the final rating of a new model. The report also describes how low speed crash performance and parts pricing are used to set the initial group rating, and how security performance is used to modify the final insurance group.
An insight into how to develop an efficient strategy to reduce insurance costs without increasing the vehicle cost. This report explains how to gain competitive group ratings in the UK car insurance system at minimal cost. It provides best practice using worked examples and suggests ways in which to manage the whole process in order to offer drivers the benefit of lower insurance costs.
An explanation of the range of activities that Thatcham conduct for UK insurers and how their influence and methods are attracting interest outside of the UK. This report explains who Thatcham are and the activities they are responsible for conducting on behalf of the UK insurers. It also identifies the markets they are already working with outside the UK and the growing influence they are having within the automotive, insurance and repair industries globally.
The Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) market has never looked so competitive. The key influencer for fleet and private buyers is security and cost of ownership so ignoring the benefits of security fitment is no longer an option.
But who is fitting what security and what are the market drivers?
SBD applies its trusted analysis on security market and technical trends in the LCV marketplace and answers these questions with emphasis on the European LCV market.
An essential, up-to-the-minute overview and analysis of the different steps being taken, in terms of technical requirements, across the continent. They will serve as a valuable tool for all manufacturers looking to design-in security features that will benefit their customers not only affording better protection, but also in attracting lower insurance costs.
An essential, up-to-the-minute overview and analysis of the different steps being taken, in terms of market requirements, across the continent. They will serve as a valuable tool for all manufacturers looking to design-in security features that will benefit their customers not only affording better protection, but also in attracting lower insurance costs.
This report explains in detail how insurers in Sweden have recently updated their criteria for vehicle security. Vital information about the approval processes and how vehicle security can affect cost of ownership is presented; allowing vehicle manufacturers and security system suppliers to keep up-to-date with developments in these two markets.
This report explains in detail how insurers in Belgium have recently updated their criteria for vehicle security. Vital information about the changes to the technical requirements include rules on immobilisation, tracking and alarm fitment.
In response to the latest status on the Brazilian government’s mandate, SBD offers new research as an update to previous studies detailing the technical requirements for OE tracking systems, the approval processes and the future outlook for the tracking market, theft trends and telematics added value services.
This report examines the legislation introduced in 2008 in India that increased the insurance requirements relating to vehicle security and creates a new market opportunity for vehicle manufacturers and suppliers.
The introduction of legislation relating to the fitment of tracking systems on all new vehicles from 2009, will require significant design modification to vehicles and manufacturers will also have to develop new partnerships with service providers in order to meet the new requirements.
This assessment on the status of the PARP star ratings for imported vehicles and gives an independent evaluation of the impact of this initiative on the automotive industry. This report describes the market and insurance situation in Russia and provides a summary of the 11 car test results together with analysis and recommendations for vehicle manufacturers who are looking to expand their car sales in the Russian market.
Knowledge is power when it comes to planning an appropriate vehicle specification for the Chinese market.
And SBD gives that power with trusted and reliable insight in its latest report titled "A guide to car theft and insurance in China".
This research addresses the security and insurance issues faced by vehicle manufacturers and suppliers so they can compete in this rapidly expanding market. This report also forms part of SBD's BRICs security reports that explain the market influences of Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
In Europe, there is a very strong relationship between car theft and the cost of car insurance. SBD's latest report shows the results of its research into the Japanese car insurance market to determine if there is a similar relationship in Japan.
SBD scrutinises levels of vehicle crime in Japan and their impact on the domestic insurance industry in its new security report. Using both historic and up-to-the-minute data and assessing the latest developments within the Japanese insurance industry, it demonstrates how the fitment of more sophisticated vehicle security systems is having an impact on car theft, but not on insurance costs.
This report provides analysis of the market status in the USA and Canada. Recent legislative changes allowing the deletion of the steering lock when an electronic immobiliser is fitted gives vehicle manufacturers cost saving opportunities. This research is essential for any company focused on North America, providing a comprehensive and cost-effective guide to the world’s biggest market.
This report provides a detailed overview of the Malaysian insurance requirements for vehicle security. It contains both market and technical information on the current insurance situation, as well as important changes being considered for the future.
If the expected changes are made vehicle manufacturers will, for the first time, see a clear insurance benefit for the fitment of security systems. This report explains why the Malaysian market should be monitored by manufacturers.