Abstract
SBD provides a detailed and comprehensive insight into the current status and factors that vehicle tracking manufacturers need to address in order to secure future market growth.
In a number of European markets, insurance providers have responded to changes in car crime patterns by drawing up standards for vehicle tracking operation and fitment. SBD details the position adopted by the insurance industry on a pan-European basis and delivers an informed assessment of future developments that will impact on customer demand and insurers' willingness to reduce premiums on vehicles protected by tracking systems.
This report focuses on the Technical Analysis and gives full details of insurance industry requirements in Europe and provides an invaluable reference source for compliance to OE and aftermarket insurance requirements.
The Market Analysis assesses the current market status and the key issues that will determine the successful growth of vehicle tracking in the future.
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Table of Contents
1. Executive summary
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Summary
- 1.3 Future trends and risks
2. Scope of this report
3. Top-level comparison of tracking system requirements
4. Design issues for compliance across focal markets
- 4.1 Integration of additional functions
- 4.2 Attack test requirements
- 4.3 Driver recognition
- 4.4 Backup battery
- 4.5 Location accuracy
- 4.6 Resistance to false movement alarms
- 4.7 Remote engine restart inhibit
- 4.8 Summary of compliance requirements
5. Future developments
- 5.1 Remote immobilisation
- 5.2 Attack testing
- 5.2.1. GSM/GPS jamming
- 5.2.2. Resistance to conventional attack methods
- 5.3 Differentiation between vehicle types
- 5.4 Influence of CEN/TC 278 criteria
- 5.5 Changes to Belgian criteria
6. Overview of insurance requirements
- 6.1 Belgium: Tracking systems requirements and evaluation
- 6.2 Italy: Tracking system requirements and evaluation
- 6.3 The Netherlands: Tracking system requirements and evaluation
- 6.4 Norway: Tracking system requirements and evaluation
- 6.5 Spain: Tracking system requirements and evaluation
- 6.6 United Kingdom: Tracking system requirements and evaluation
- 6.7 Pan-European tracking system requirements and evaluation
7. Detailed analysis of tracking system requirements
- 7.1 Belgian tracking system requirements
- 7.2 Italian tracking system requirements
- 7.3 Netherlands tracking system requirements
- 7.4 Norwegian tracking system requirements
- 7.5 Spanish tracking system requirements
- 7.6 United Kingdom tracking system requirements
- 7.6.1. Thatcham Category 5 requirements
- 7.6.2. Thatcham TQA requirements
- 7.7 CEN (Pan-European) tracking system requirements
List of Tables
- Table 1. Overview of current insurance requirements for vehicle tracking systems
- Table 2. Top-level comparison of European countries with tracking system requirements
- Table 3. Comparison of driver recognition requirements
- Table 4. Comparison of backup battery requirements
- Table 5. Comparison of location performance requirements
- Table 6. Comparison of movement alert detection requirements
- Table 7. Comparison of remote engine restart prevention requirements
- Table 8. Tracking system requirements for compliance across the focal markets
- Table 9. Belgian requirement - main technical changes
- Table 10. Summary of Italian tracking system performance requirements by level
- Table 11. Overview of UK vehicle tracking system requirements
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Vehicle tracking system criteria introduction timeline
- Figure 2. Assuralia requirement web download
- Figure 3. CEB requirement order screen
- Figure 4. Assuralia approvals list
- Figure 5. CEI requirement web download
- Figure 6. IMQ approvals list
- Figure 7. SCM requirement web download
- Figure 8. SCM approvals list
- Figure 9. Norwegian requirement web download
- Figure 10. Thatcham Category 5 criteria request
- Figure 11. Belgian vehicle tracking system requirement detail
- Figure 12. Italian vehicle tracking system requirement detail
- Figure 13. The Netherlands vehicle tracking system requirement detail
- Figure 14. Norwegian vehicle tracking system requirement detail
- Figure 15. Spanish vehicle tracking system requirement detail
- Figure 16. United Kingdom Category 5 vehicle tracking system requirement detail
- Figure 17. United Kingdom TQA vehicle tracking system requirement detail
- Figure 18. CEN (Pan-European) vehicle tracking system requirement detail

