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What unique tools does DriverCare offer to those within the fleet industry? There’s a few tools that I would recommend. Firstly DriverCare’s free mobile app ‘Crash Assistant’ contains industry-leading technology allowing drivers to report their first notice of loss and claim forms in a matter of minutes all from their mobile phone. This app also provides the driver with live updates of their repair & claim journey. DriverCare’s live ‘Online Client Portal’ equips our clients with dashboards, visual graphs, reports, and tools allowing them to manage their fleets with live data minimising downtime and reducing accident rates overall. Through this portal clients also have access to comprehensive under and over excess crash data which they would not otherwise have without DriverCare’s services. This data can also be used by the client to reduce insurance premiums. DriverCare’s bespoke ‘Interactive’ software is unique to DriverCare and our Licensed Repairer Network. Through this system, the entire accident & claims management process is expedited and streamlined for our clients with automatic and real-time alerts, valet door to door pickup and delivery for all quotes, repairs & replacement vehicles and works in conjunction with our expert 24/7 customer care team who provide immediate assistance at the first point of contact. Finally DriverCareRisk offers our clients access to award-winning global risk management solutions. These solutions are used by many of the world’s largest fleets and are proven to reduce motor vehicle collisions by more than 50 percent. Through online driver safety training and targeted education modules, we help fleet drivers and their families get home safely every day. DriverCare has been “innovating for over 26 years”. In what ways is this true and how have things changed over the years? DriverCare has invested heavily in technology to improve the quality and efficiencies of our services and meet the ever-changing requirements of the fleet industry. Over our 26 years, we have seen clients transition from inhouse fleet management divisions to external leasing companies and vica versa, and now under relevant workplace, health, and safety legislation effective October 2018, a business faces significant risk if it falls short of its duty of care to employees. For employee drivers, this means proactively ensuring a safe working environment which includes identifying hazards, risks, providing information, instruction, and ongoing training. Through our technology already mentioned such as our mobile app, online client portal, interactive software & risk management solutions we assist our clients in making these transitions leading them to reduced costs, greater driver safety, and efficiencies in their business. Some other innovations that are not necessarily technologybased are our valet door to door service meaning that drivers don’t need to leave there home or place of work for quoting, repairs & replacement vehicles. Our independent assessors who we engage to adjust all quotes to be fair & reasonable, further mitigating our clients repair costs and of course our expert customer care specialists who are readily available to provide our clients with 24/7 accident assistance 24 ISSUE 23 2020 / WWW.AFMA.ORG.AU