US insurer Travelers has partnered with Notion , a provider of smart home sensors . As part of the arrangement , the insurance company will sell smart home - monitoring systems to its clients for $ 50 . The systems , which normally cost $ 200 , consist of sensors that can detect water pressure , changes in temperature , smoke alarms going off and open doors . They will be initially available to select Travelers home insurance customers in 2013 . In the future , the insurer hopes to fully subsidise the cost of the sensors .
US insurer Travelers has partnered with Notion, a provider of smart home sensors. As part of the arrangement, the insurance company will provide smart home-monitoring systems to its clients for $50. The systems, which normally cost $200, consist of sensors that can detect water leaks, changes in temperature, smoke alarms going off and open doors. They will be initially available to select Travelers home insurance customers in California. In the future, the insurer hopes to fully subsidise the cost of the sensors.