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The episode discusses the role of insurance in the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles in the UK.

Why are driverless cars taking so long? And what role does insurance play in getting autonomous vehicles safely onto UK roads? In this episode of The Digital Lighthouse , host Zoe Cunningham speaks with David Williams , a senior executive and non-executive director with more than 30 years’ experience in insurance. David previously worked at AXA Insurance UK, where he led work on connected and autonomous vehicles, including involvement in five government-backed consortia. He was also chair of the Association of British Insurers Motor Committee. Zoe and David explore the future and present of driverless vehicles, and the role insurance plays in helping new technology reach the road safely. David explains why many vehicles described as autonomous are still driver assistance systems, why insurance relies so heavily on data, and what happens when a new technology has no historic claims data to draw from. They also discuss the UK’s role in supporting autonomous vehicle development, how data and machine learning have changed insurance, and why driverless cars are designed to avoid accidents rather than make moral judgements about human life. Discover Why driverless cars are closer than…

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