Automatrics invited to Brithish Insurance Vehicle Security Awards VW

Automatrics Invited to
Thatcham British Insurance
Vehicle Security Awards
Volkswagen win Best Manufacture
Automatrics were invited to the British Insurance
Vehicle Security Awards (BIVSA) held at Thatcham on the
11 October 2012.
The awards were established in 2004 to recognise those
manufactures who produced the most secure cars. The
winners received their awards from Jeremy Brown the
Minister of State for Crime Prevention
David Meader from Direct line (the UK’s largest motor insurer)
addressed delegates on some of the success’s through
owners who had fitted Thatcham Quality Assured after theft
recovery systems. However he detailed a relative low take up
of this technology highlighting the hassle to install and
transfer equipment.
Jeremy Brown further explained the Governments ‘Local to
Global’ new National Crime Agency which will be operational
by the end of 2013 in response to the new crime threats.
Minister of State for Crime Prevention
Jeremy Brown presents Vehicle Security
Manufacturer Award 2012 to VW’s David Ovendon
After ceremonies, Automatrics Director Richard Taylor
presented the Mtrack Active’s secure RF location technology,
portability, ease of installation and transference to
Volkswagen, Audi AG, Samantha Becket from NFU Mutual
and Anders Edvardsson from the Insurance association of
Sweden.
Automatrics were one of only three After Theft Recovery
security providers who attended the event run in association
with Thatcham.
In summary, the UK sets some of the highest vehicle security
standards. The award winning global manufacturers have
fully embraced security needs and continue to improve
security features.
Thatcham leads the world in vehicle security evaluation and
represents a key centre of excellence with Thailand and
Sweden now following the UK Thatcham Model.
Thatcham CEO Mr. Peter Shaw highlighted the importance
for the industry to keep ahead of evolving serious organised
crime. Peter detailed vehicle software weakness which
represented a new threat from hackers. This latest theft
trend of highly skilled criminals reprogramming vehicle key
codes through the vehicle Onboard Diagnostic Port (OBD).
Other statistics included a continuance of the downward
trends in theft frequency but with an upward trend in theft
claim value through an increase in higher valued vehicles
being stolen.
Ultimately vehicles will still be stolen through varying methods
including physically lifting vehicles. This reinforces
Automatrics supporting role as the Mtrack Active high
performance theft recovery service, a service derived from
proven technology with over 80,000 mtrack units
manufactured by Abax installed throughout Europe.
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* Complies with The British Insurance Industry’s Quality Assurance Process
Product Quality Assured by Thatcham Motor and Insurance Repair Research Centre.
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