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ITAbout IMS
CONNECTING CARS AND DRIVING CHANGE
IMS (Insurance & Mobility Solutions) is a vehicle and driving data business, delivering enterprise solutions to over 350 customers including mobility operators, insurers and governments.
IMS is an established global leader in vehicle connectivity and actionable data insights, serving some of the world’s leading insurers, mobility operators, vehicle OEMs and governments across multiple countries.
Our proven, award-winning technology platform, IMS DriveSync, offers unparalleled access to vehicle and driving data, bridging the past, present and future thanks to its unique capabilities to connect all vehicles – from older pick-up trucks to the concept cars of tomorrow.
With our focus on making driving safer, smarter and greener, IMS DriveSync now lies at the center of a wider ecosystem that includes the development of smart cities, smart cars and autonomous vehicles.
Leading-Edge Innovation
IMS is the only technology partner with direct-to-consumer insurance expertise having run a successful insurance arm in the UK. This has enabled us with a real-world testbed for our technologies and products, enabling us to prove, refine and optimize the effectiveness of our solutions before we offer them to the markets and customers we serve.
Driven by innovation and collaborating with numerous academic institutions, we now have nearly 150 connected car patents to our name. Along with being ISO 27000 compliant and certified in the UK, we are also members of ITS America, ITS Canada, the CVTA, Leaseurope, the APMA Connected Vehicle Group, the British Vehicle Rental & Leasing Association and ngConnect.
Executive Group
Nick Corrie
Founder & CEO
Nick Corrie is CEO of IMS and founder of IMS holding company Trak Global Group. An economics graduate and former Royal Air Force officer, Nick established the telematics technology business Trak Global in 2009 and usage-based-insurance broker Carrot in 2011, prior to acquiring IMS in 2018.
Paul Stacy
Global Sales Director, IMS
Prior to joining IMS, Paul founded Wunelli, a UK based telematics service provider, and Coverbox, a UK based PAYD Young Driver insurance product. Wunelli was acquired by LexisNexis Risk Solutions in 2014 at which point Paul spent 6-years establishing LexisNexis Global Telematics Exchange and the European OEM Vehicle Data Exchange.
Bob Skerrett
Chief Operations Officer
Before joining IMS in 2015, Bob was Telematics Director at RSA Insurance Group where he established a Group Centre of Excellence for Telematics, launching three UBI products. Bob qualified as a chartered accountant and read chemistry at Oxford University.
Nik Southworth
Chief Technology Officer
Nik Southworth is an experienced technology and business leader. Having spent nearly 20 years leading technology teams in building industry disrupting platforms across multiple sectors, Nik joined IMS in 2020 to drive our technology transformation strategy.
Ivan Bumstead
Chief Financial Officer
A highly-experienced CFO, Ivan trained as a chartered accountant with PwC in 1999, joining First Choice (now TUI Travel Group) before becoming CFO of LateRooms.com in 2009. He has spent a decade in various global M&A roles.</P
Claire Birks
Chief People Officer
Claire is responsible for defining and leading the people agenda of our business. She has 25 years of experience across a breadth of different sectors. She joined in early 2017 having led HR and worked with Exec teams across EMEA, APAC and North America.
Alan Cottrill
Founder and Director
Prior to co-founding the group, Alan spent over 20 years in the automotive industry and fleet claims. Previous experience includes Akzo Nobel and Solera/Audatex where he was Commercial Director for 10 years and grew market share from 30% to >80%.
Andrew Brown-Allan
Executive Vice President, Marketing
Andrew has over 25yrs experience of helping companies to create value through disruptive thought and creativity. Customer-centric, entrepreneurial and insight-driven. Ran an award-winning agency for over a decade, co-founded Carrot Insurance and is now responsible for all aspects of communications, marketing and customer proposition development at IMS.
Ed Rochfort
Chief Product Officer
Previously at Towergate Insurance, Ed joined in 2011 to found and run sister company Carrot Insurance as Managing Director. Drawing from his background in product development, Ed then joined IMS where he has helped establish a centralized Product function and solutionize IMS data and technology for insurance customers.
Peter Finch
Chief Information Officer
Joining IMS shortly after its formation, Peter is an insurance IT systems specialist who has worked with all major insurance administration platforms. Prior to joining the company, he spent 6 years at Carole Nash, the UK’s largest motorcycle insurance broker.