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
Infrastructure Upgrade Work - 19th September 2026
MDS will be upgrading its hardware platform on Saturday the 19th of September 2026. The work will commence at 7:30am and during this period all MDS services (MID1, MID2, MID2 type 2, MIDI or scanning) & systems (SFTP,API & Platforms), including email will be unavailable. The expected duration of the work is 14 hours. Please ensure that this downtime is considered when planning your data submissions to MDS. A news item will be added to the landing page of the MDS MID2 portal under the news section to alert policyholders & brokers to this work. Once the work has been completed, all MDS systems will come back online, and all remaining scheduled MID uploads for the day will run as usual. MDS will update this email once all systems are back online. 21/08/2026 09:06:00
Server Maintenance - 10th September 2026
MDS will be performing essential maintenance between 12:00 and 15:00 on Thursday 10th September 2026. Our systems will be unavailable during this time. SFTP, API, Scanning, Email, MIDI, MID1, and MID2 platforms will all be impacted by this planned maintenance. Once our systems come back online, all outstanding data will be sent to MID no later than 10pm the same day. 06/08/2026 15:00:00
MID2 Mobile friendly policy list
For smart phone users there has been an update to the layout. The "vehicles" button is now visible via the policy page without the need to swipe or turn your phone to landscape mode. 18/12/2025 12:58:00
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