Risk & Business Magazine Jones DesLauriers Insurance Fall 2015 | Page 7
To Be, or Not To Be!
Driverless Vehicles, Trucking and Your Insurance
BY: JIMMY CANNAVICCI, PARTNER AND ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, JONES DESLAURIERS INSURANCE
A
nyone who has paid much attention
to the news over the last decade
knows that driverless vehicles are not
only being manufactured, but they
are already in use on the roads. In the
United States, for instance, the state of
Nevada has already approved driverless
commercial trucks for use on the
road. What we don’t hear about often,
however, are the potential effects that
these driverless vehicles could have on
the economy and insurance rates. These
topics,