China's auto insurers must keep pace with driverless tech: white paper

Liability frameworks lagging behind as high-tech cars hit public roads

20240902 Baidu robotaxi file photo

A robotaxi from Baidu's Apollo Go service is seen on a road in China's Wuhan. The rapid rise of such vehicles is a big challenge for auto insurers in the country.  © Reuters

WU YUJIAN and KELSEY CHENG, Caixin

The rapid rise of autonomous vehicles is exposing a critical gap in China's automotive insurance market, with providers needing to ramp up the design of new coverage strategies and liability frameworks to keep pace with technological advancements, according to a new white paper.

As more vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems, including Level 3 and Level 4 driving capabilities, transition from testing to public roads, new risks are emerging related to software safety and reliability as well as data and network security, according to the paper published by Taiping Reinsurance (China) and the China Asia Pacific Reinsurance Research Center.

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