According to a recent announcement by UK commercial vehicle insurer, Swinton, security is top priority for van drivers’ when choosing a new vehicle. They conducted an online survey of 1,200 Swinton Commercial customers and revealed that 36% thought van security was the most important ... [More]

SBD’s last in a three part series entitled “Understanding the UK car insurance system” has been released. “Part 3 – An introduction to Thatcham and their expanding global influence” explains who Thatcham are and the activities they are responsible for con... [More]

SBD’s second in a three part series entitled “Understanding the UK car insurance system” has been released. “Part 2: How to gain competitive UK insurance ratings” explains how to gain competitive group ratings in the UK car insurance system at minimal cost. It ... [More]

In May 2008, Trafik försäkrings föreningen (TFF), the insurance association for Sweden, announced that it had made an agreement with Thatcham to integrate the UK New Vehicle Security Assessment (NVSA) into its insurance rating process. TFF began making public announcements of its ... [More]

Senior technical analyst, Antonio Maresca, was interviewed for Automotive Engineer magazine on SBD’s low speed impact benchmarking activity.  AE_jul-aug09.pdf (156.90 kb) UK firm, SBD, is putting together a benchmarking consortium to look at low speed damageability. It could he... [More]

Toyota Land Cruiser V8 was awarded best Large 4X4 in this year’s British Insurance Vehicle Security Awards held at Thatcham on June 17th. SBD security specialist, Paul MacSweeney, collected the award on behalf of Toyota. Paul said “To maintain this position, ahead of some very stiff competition, is a credit to Toyota and SBD who have worked hard to provide the very highest level of vehicle security on this top of the range model.” [More]

SBD’s Head of Technical for SBD Japan, Jeremy Worthington, talks about the possible effects of the recession on global car theft [More]

This report provides an analysis of the insurance situation, theft trends and legislation changes relating to vehicle security Canada and the USA; collectively referred to as ‘North America’ in this report. [More]

Paul Burnley, Senior Security and Cost of Ownership Specialist, presents the focus of security developments in 2009. [More]

This research addresses the security and insurance issues faced by vehicle manufacturers and suppliers so they can compete in this rapidly expanding market. [More]