Mobile devices have transformed the way we live, work and communicate. (Shutterstock) Mobile devices have transformed the way we live, work and communicate. (Shutterstock)

Mobile devices are now on the cusp of disrupting what might arguably be their most impressive feat yet — the notoriously staid, and unfailingly constant insurance industry — right from the palm of our hands.

Mobile devices also are at the center of the distraction that is wreaking havoc on the transportation system, as well as our systems and ways of thinking. Yet, these devices can help solve this very issue, serving as the link to understanding driver behavior through mobility data — not as a model but in real life, in real time.

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