DG eCall Steering group meeting Brussels

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DG eCall Steering group meetingBrussels
November 2005
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Content

• Participants
• Status of work
• Open issues
• Next step

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Participants

• Confirmed
• CEA
• EurAPCo
• Thomas Miller
• Allianz AG
• Pending
• ABI
• GDV
• RBS

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Status of work

• The BC 4 team is currently being built, a meeting
  needs to take place to set guidelines and
  organize work between members, exact date to be
  confirmed
• Insurers welcome the initiative to improve
  emergency services efficiency and increase
  chances of saving lives as well as reducing the
  consequences of accidents
• First assumptions are
• e-Call business-case looks to be positive for the
  public sector but return for Insurance industry
  is not obvious and needs in-depth studies to be
  assessed
• If e-Call benefits can be proved for public
  sector, mandatory fitment by OEMs should be
  initiated by public institutions with or without
  public subsidy
• Stand-alone e-Call initiative might not reduce
  insurance costs but extended usage of technology
  like stolen vehicle tracking or insurance process
  enhancements in general may enable more concrete
  returns (to be assessed)
• E-Call is only one part of a series of measures
  with main focus on damage limitation, Insurers
  are also seeking for efforts in the prevention
  side

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Open issues

• Technical aspects
• Performance
• E-Call generator / transmitter
• Voice and data carriers
• Other infrastructures
• PSAPs
• Emergency services
• On-board e-Call platform
• Bluetooth and/or nomadic devices
• Device scalability
• Buisiness model for Insurance sector
• Define range of potential applications (tracking,
  PAYD, Claims )
• Build corresponding business cases
• Legal aspects
• System reliability / stability / maintenance
• Liability in case of failure / service not
  delivered
• cross-border cases / language issues

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Next steps

• Complete team building (by 09/12/2006)
• Organize BC4 meeting (late 05 - early 06)
• Agree on common approach
• Set guidelines and organize work
• Proceed with clarification paper
• Proceed with Insurance business-case