P2P Tesla sharing platform, Beast Rent, partners up with Omocom for insurance

Beast Rent is an Estonian-founded app-based Tesla rental service and car-sharing platform, allowing users to rent a fully-contactless Tesla within a couple of minutes. Their newest program, Beast Partners, is for individuals to share their Teslas and give the users the opportunity to earn a lucrative passive income from their electric vehicle. Beast Partners platform could perhaps be described as an Airbnb for Teslas, which gives the partners the opportunity to manage how much they’d like to rent out their Tesla, and thus can also control how revenue their vehicle generates.

Regarding insurance during the time of the rental in Finland, Beast has teamed up with a Swedish insurtech company, Omocom.

The proved and seamlessly integrated Omocom insurance includes 24/7 roadside assistance, and first-class claims handling when a damage has occurred. The insurance is automatically included in all finnish Beast rentals.

Apart from both Beast Rent and Omocom being two fully-contactless digital platforms, they both strive to create a greener future by decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. By enabling sharing of existing Tesla electric vehicles with other individuals they minimize congestion, optimize parking space and reduce CO2 emissions.

Fully electric vehicle sharing is one of the best optimizations to reduce congestion, traffic and need for parking, not to mention it’s also great for lowering the wear of roads, removing tailpipe emissions, and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.

How Beast Rent works in 4 simple steps:

• Download the Beast Rent app Available both for Android and iOS.

• Pick your Tesla or book ahead Check out available Teslas, including their features and pricing.

• Sign Up Verify your driver’s license and add payment details.

• Start driving You’re good to go! Insurance, charging and roadside assistance are always included in the price.

Beast Rent is now available in Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Espoo, Vantaa, Riga, Kaunas, Vilnius, and Prague. Read more at https://beast.rent/

Omocom has the risk capacity to operate in 20+ European markets and the UK. Read more at https://www.omocom.insurance/

Risk carrier of the insurance is Dina Försäkring AB.

Är "Earth Hour" fortfarande en grej?

Sedan starten 2007 har Earth Hour varit känd för kampanjen "Släck ljuset" (Eng: "Lights off") som engagerade människor över hela världen. Kampanjen skapades ursprungligen både som en symbolisk handling för att stödja miljön, men även som ett sätt att främja och uppmuntra samhällen och företag att fatta miljömedvetna beslut i sina vardagliga liv. Earth Hour skapades för att visa hur dessa miljontals beslut tillsammans kan leda till en stor förändring.

Under tidigare år har man till och med släckt ljuset i Eiffeltornet i Paris, Operahuset i Sydney, Akropolis-teatern i Aten och Colosseum i Rom.

Sedan Earth Hours inleddes 2007 har kampanjen utvecklats och består nu även av alternativa och enkla (och roliga!) förslag på åtgärder för att stödja planeten. Temat för 2023 års Earth Hour översätts "Investera i vår planet" (Eng: "Invest in Our Planet"), vilket tydligt framgår av listan över föreslagna och alternativa sätt att delta i kampanjen. Du finner listan här nedan:

20 alternativa sätt att delta i Earth Hour:

1. Släck ljuset

2. Middag i mörkret

3. Lyssna på en podcast

4. Ha en kväll med sällskapsspel eller bokläsning i levande ljus.

5. Öka dina kunskaper om klimatförändringar

6. Titta på en pedagogisk video

7. Lägra i din trädgård eller i ditt vardagsrum

8. Plocka upp skräp i din lokala park.

9. Rensa ut din garderob och donera oönskade kläder till välgörenhet.

10. Byt ut icke miljövänliga föremål i ditt hem mot hållbara alternativ.

11. Öva på nattfotografering.

12. Installera energieffektiva glödlampor i huset.

13. Ta en promenad utomhus.

14. Använd Google Lens för att lära dig mer om växter och djur i ditt närområde.

15. Titta efter stjärnor

16. Ta ett skogsbad.

17. Meditera utomhus

18. Fågelskåda

19. Organisera din sopåtervinning, hemma eller på jobbet

20. Delta i ett Earth Hour-evenemang nära dig

(Källa: Euronews)

Switch of the lights and grab a book...

Earth Hour 2023 äger rum lördagen den 25 mars mellan 20:30 och 21:30 lokal tid. Läs mer på: https://www.earthhour.org/

Rental is the new black – Flecto and Omocom in new collaboration

Flecto is the platform that helps businesses thrive in the circular economy by centralising all the essentials to manage rental operations in one single platform: from managing stock all the way to building online rental stores.

Flecto was founded in Portugal back in 2016 and went by Rnters at the time, a rental marketplace. They had big ambitions and wanted to make renting easy with their marketplace for all types of products: from the smallest, like a camera or a speaker, to the largest, like a surfboard. The success was outstanding and, as of 2022, as they continued to believe that equipment should be affordable and accessible to everyone, Rnters rebranded themselves and became Flecto, a rental management software for businesses and retailers.

Since 2023, Flecto and Swedish founded insurtech company Omocom have entered a

collaboration that enables t all Flecto rentals to be insured during the rental period.

In addition to providing greater safety, the insurance program isi also lowering the threshold for companies that typically would hesitate to let others rent valuable products. The Omocom insurance is automatically included in the offer, and the insurance solution is seamlessly embedded in Flecto’s digital flows for a smooth and seamless user experience.

Flecto is available worldwide, though Omocom’s Insurance solution will only cover the

Portuguese and Spanish markets for now. Omocom will therefore also provide claims support in local language, which is always included and a natural part of the service provided.

100% hassle-free customer experience

Both Flecto and Omocom value and put big effort and pride into providing smooth and

hassle-free experiences for all involved parties.

Whenever a user decides to enable this first-of-its-kind integration, insurance will protect every item that is registered in a Flecto rental against theft and damage.

The customer experience will therefore be fully seamless, all the way from a Flecto rental to an Omocom claim and reimbursement.

Circular incitements

The name Flecto is latin for curve, bend or curl, which means the change of direction needed in retail: to support a new generation of people and businesses redefine consumer habits.

The name Omocom originates from the Swedish saying ”om och om”, which translates ”again and again” and refers to things to be used over and over again to increase the use of existing resources, for a more sustainable future.

Just like Omocom, Flecto’s goal is to support a new generation of people and businesses by redefining consumer habits, for a sustainable future.

W. R. Berkley is risk carrier of the insurance.

Read more about Flecto and Omocom.