Motor Data Solutions
IT Solutions for the Motor Insurance Database
Motor Data Solutions Ltd offers specialist IT and data supply services to the UK MID industry. We can process your insurance data to the MID.
MDS offers MID supply services to fleet operators and brokers. For more information on how MDS can help please contact us.
MDS News
MDS.uk email changes
As a part of the introduction of our new MID2 platform MDS has registered a new domain name: MDS.uk. All emails sent from the MID2 application will come from @mds.uk. In line with this, as of 1 May 2025, all MDS staff have started to use this new domain for their personal email addresses. So, MDS staff emails will become, for example jb@mds.uk. All other mailboxes will also use the new domain. MDS will retain the existing @motordatasolutions.co.uk email addresses alongside the new ones, and all messages sent to those will be received as expected. Please note that our legacy MID2 and MID1 platforms will not move to the new domain initially, our legacy MID2 platform will keep the original domain until the platform shuts down and our MID1 platform will keep the original domain until a later date which is yet to be confirmed. For our customers who are already on the new MID2 platform, your reports and automated emails will change to the mds.uk domain from 1st May 2025. MDS intends to introduce the new domain for staff emails commencing 1st May 2025. Please ensure that all staff are aware of this coming change. 28/04/2025 12:33:00
Server Maintenance - 15 May 2025
MDS will be performing essential maintenance between 12:00 and 15:00 on Thursday 15 May 2025. Our systems will be unavailable during this time. SFTP, API, Email, MIDAS, MIDI, MID1, and MID2 platforms will all be impacted by this planned maintenance. The subsequent morning's planned MID runs will go as expected; the maintenance day afternoon MID runs will run but may be delayed. Once all systems are back online, the evening's internal processes will be lined up to prepare for the following morning which will run as normal. 25/04/2025 08:58:00
About MDS
Motor Data Solutions Ltd (MDS) is a privately owned company based in Sussex, specialising in the provision of MID services to the Motor Insurance industry.
We are an authorised supplier to many insurers, and are registered with the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) as Delegated Authority (DA) 060.
MDS was formed in 2001 and, having outgrown both the Bristol and subsequent London offices, has now settled in its new home in Haywards Heath.
We operate in three main areas:
- As an updating service for larger fleets, primarily for vehicle leasing companies and brokers, allowing them to support any of their customers with any insurer. Our outsourced approach to automating and auditing these fleets allows our clients to avoid the need for any of their staff to update the MID
- As a turnkey solution for insurers for the MID, including interactions with the MIB, a help desk for the policyholders, policy management, vehicle data collection and reporting, user management, compliance and reporting
- As an interface to the MID for those agencies (MGA’s, brokers, sub brokers) which underwrite on behalf of UK and offshore risk carriers but where there is no full cycle EDI solution available. As part of this interface, MDS can also arrange to collect vehicle lists from Motor Traders, which can be managed by the traders using their mobile devices with appropriate reporting flowing to the agency