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KART
KART
Objective
Korea Automobile Insurance Repair Research & Training Center, KART, has been established in order to improve benefits for insurance policyholders and insurance companies as a subsidiary of Korea Insurance Development Institute, KIDI. KART also contributes to the development ofthe insurance market through various activities, such as research on vehicle safety to mitigate personal injuries from traffic accidents, research on damageability and repairability of vehicles to reduce repair cost, research on repair time to maintain reasonable insurance repair cost, development of repair cost estimating & claim processing system for the effective claim process and training for insurance engineers on automobile technology and estimating, etc.
As of 2023, KART is financed by all car insurers(12-non-life insurers)
History
2022
- 02
- Registration of Clinical Practice Guideline for Minor Accidents(Korean Academy of Medical Sciences)
2020
- 04
- AOS Alpha(AI Repair Cost Estimating System) Open
2019
- 05
- Hosted a Korea-China-Japan Automotive Technology Exchange Conference
2018
- 07
- Hosted a International Seminar, “The 4th Industrial Revolution and InsurTech”
- 03
- Signed a MOU with Renault Samsung Motors
- 01
- Completion of Insurance Maintenance Council Standard Working Hours Research Service
2017
- 08
- MOU with Hyundai & Kia Motor co.
- 07
- Completion of new crash test facility
- 06
- Hosted a 16th Korea-Japan Automotive Technology Exchange Conference
- 03
- Hosted a 2th Korea-China Automotive Technology Exchange Conference
2016
- 11
- Hosted a Automotive Insurance Fraud Seminar
- 09
- Hosting RCAR Annual Seminar , Launching AOS 2017
- 07
- Preparation of Repair Criteria for Light Damage
2015
- 03
- Hosting RCAR Working Group Seminar
- 01
- Designated as a testing agency for performance quality of substitute parts
2014
- 02
- MOU with CAPA(Certified Automotive Parts Association, USA)
2013
- 06
- MOU with Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association
- 06
- Hosted a seminar inviting overseas experts to rationalize the price of imported auto parts
2012
- 11
- Hosted a seminar inviting experts to investigate the cause of accidents
- 11
- Held a practical seminar to activate WITKit utilization
- 06
- Completion of new training facility
- 04
- MOU with Gas Safety Corporation
- 03
- MOU with Busan Motor High School
2011
- 11
- Held Korea-Japan technology exchange meeting
- 05
- Held Icheon city traffic safety campaign
2010
- 12
- Hosted a seminar inviting experts from Thatcham(U.K.) automobile theft
- 11
- MOU with Sangmyung University
- 09
- MOU with the NFC(National Forensic Service)
- 04
- MOU with the Road Traffic Authority
2009
- 11
- MOU with JKC(Japan)
- 10
- MOU with Thatcham(U.K.)/Cesvimap(Spain)/JKC(Japan)
2008
- 04
- MOU Contract with IIHS
2007
- 04
- Enforcement of vehicle group rating system
2005
- 06
- Publication of KART repair time as a industry standard by government
- 03
- Designation as a compulsory training center for claim engineers
2004
- 12
- Completion of crash test facility
2003
- 08
- Development and distribution of AOS(Automobile repair cost computation On-line System)
2001
- 10
- Host of RCAR Annual conference in Seoul
1999
- 10
- Completion of new KART facility(Icheon, Gyeonggi-Do)
1994
- 06
- Joining RCAR as a full member
1992
- 03
- Establishment of KART as a subsidiary of KIDI(Korea Insurance Development Institute)
1991
- 10
- Decision of KART establishment by the agreement of 7 governmental bodies
- 09
- Proposal of KART establishment by the car insurance improvement committee