Allstate's Arity agrees to buy INRIX traffic and roadway data assets

Arity, The Allstate Corporation's mobility data subsidiary, has agreed to buy substantially all of INRIX's assets, adding transportation intelligence and mobility analytics to a dataset covering more than three trillion driving miles.

The transaction would bring driving behaviour, traffic and roadway information into one insurer-owned data business. That combination is relevant to carriers using mobility data for motor pricing, risk and safety decisions.

The companies said on 16 October that they expect the deal to close in 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

Chicago-based Arity was founded in 2016. It turns driving behaviour data into intelligence for insurers, brands and public-sector partners, with uses spanning pricing, risk, marketing and safety.

INRIX was founded in 2004. The business converts data from connected devices and vehicles into mobility insights. GeekWire described the company as a traffic data pioneer facing acquisition after more than two decades.

Gary Hallgren, president of Arity, said in the announcement: "Transportation operates as one connected system, yet the intelligence used to understand it remains fragmented across industries and data sources."

Hallgren said combining Arity's predictive information on driving behaviour and risk with INRIX's transportation and mobility analytics would give the group a fuller view of how people, vehicles, goods and roads interact.

Bryan Mistele, co-founder and chief executive of INRIX, said the combination created an opportunity to improve mobility intelligence and transportation effectiveness for public and private-sector customers.

The announcement identifies insurers managing risk as users of transportation data, alongside businesses moving goods and public agencies working on safety and infrastructure. Arity already applies its driving data to insurance pricing and risk.

The acquisition would broaden that information base. Driving behaviour shows how a vehicle is used, while INRIX supplies intelligence about the transport system around it. Bringing those sources together could give Arity more information for the insurance, commercial and public-sector products it already supports.

Completion remains subject to customary conditions and is expected during 2026.

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Sources

• PR Newswire: Arity to acquire INRIX
• Insurance Innovation Reporter: Arity to acquire INRIX
• GeekWire: Traffic data pioneer INRIX to be acquired by Allstate's Arity

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