Insurance underwriting will flip from driver risk to systemic risk as FSD matures

Insurance underwriting will flip from driver risk to systemic risk as FSD matures | insurance for now is absolutely the hidden governor on autonomy adoption, but it's transitional, right? Because as safety data improves the underwriting drops and you flip from driver risk to systemic risk.

Watch events: Waymo 1M rides/wk (end-2026); Tesla Robotaxi scaling; NHTSA AV rules

insurance for now is absolutely the hidden governor on autonomy adoption, but it's transitional, right? Because as safety data improves the underwriting drops and you flip from driver risk to systemic risk.

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