Following a successful run in the US, SkyWatch.AI, an on-demand telematics-based insurance platform for commercial drones, has launched in the UK.
SkyWatch-based drone insurance platform Telematics.AI has launched third-party liability cover for UK commercial drone flyers, underwritten by Chaucer. The company offers drone pilots a risk map to help them plan fights, gather weather forecasts and avoid potential problems. It uses a feature called “Safety Score”, which can offer operators an industry benchmark and help lower premiums. Telematics works through on-demand, use-based insurance specialist Voom. The service already covers US drone flyers and the company said the number of approved drone pilots in the UK had risen 500% in the past nine years.