A Texas jury ordered Volkswagen AGs Audi unit to pay $124.5 million to an 11-year-old boy who was left brain damaged in a 2012 rear-end collision.

McKinsey & Co. also finds that there is intense competition for market share, and small-biz owners are willing to buy their insurance online.

The needs and desires of auto manufacturers and insurance companies have been converging for a while, but it took automotive telematics to help bring the two industries into alignment.

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