Insurance sales exclusively for autonomous driving robots “Increasing needs in Corona” October 4, 11:08
In order to prevent infection with the new coronavirus, demonstration experiments of autonomous driving robots with little contact with humans are being conducted in various places.
A major non-life insurance company has created special insurance to prepare for such robot accidents.
Various companies and research institutes have demonstrated that self-driving robots that carry things unattended and perform work such as disinfection are effective in suppressing the infection of the new coronavirus because they reduce the chances of contact with people. I am doing.
However, because there is no dedicated insurance to prepare for accidents, Sompo Japan has created a new insurance specializing in autonomous driving robots.
If an autonomous driving robot injures a person or damages a product it is carrying, prepare a plan to compensate for the damage, and assume a company, university, research institute, etc. that conducts a demonstration experiment as a sales destination. It means that it is.
Masafumi Shinkai, leader of the Sompo Japan Autonomous Driving Task Force, said, "In Corona, there is a growing social need to deliver things rather than moving people, so providing insurance will contribute to the implementation of autonomous driving robots. I want to do it. "
As the spread of the new coronavirus infection demands new lifestyles, insurance companies are likely to move further to deal with new risks.