U.S.-based Verisk Insurance Solutions has announced a new strategic alliance with Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. of Waterloo, Ontario, a leader in connected-car technology, because of IMS’s “well-defined and proven approach to deploying successful insurance telematics programs worldwide.”The strategic alliance “signifies the extension of IMS strategy to continue offering insurers best-of-class choices for driver analytics insight,” notes a statement Thursday from Verisk Insurance Solutions, a Verisk Analytics business, which provides information about property and casualty insurance risk.