What makes MileMeter different from other car insurance companies?
A. It’s a pure e-commerce organization. We actually trust people. We try to avoid hassling our customers, so we don’t track their miles. We don’t invade their privacy. We own our own technology, unlike most insurance companies. We also wrote all of our own policy and regulatory compliance software. We create a financial incentive to drive less. When a lot of individuals drive less, the community gets the benefit of less smog and fewer traffic fatalities. It really does create a better environment. We provide a transparent program. It’s a dagger up the heart of the insurance industry. Q. How has the economy affected the company? A. The financial market turmoil has both helped and hurt. It helped because it made everyone think again about their expenditures. We picked up business from people who had lost their jobs that were re-evaluating household expenses. It hurt us in October, November and December because so many large finance companies were failing left and right. Nobody was trusti
