Automakers Integrating Smartphones as Hubs

The demand for Internet technology is rising to new heights with the news today that by 2016, 92 million vehicles will feature technology to integrate smartphones into motor vehicles, according to a new report by Juniper Research, forecasting smartphone-automobile integration as “all but standard” within five years. Although insurers will see certain inherent risks, such as the potential for an increase in distracted driving incidents, the benefits will be in the technology’s ability to deliver commercial Telematics.