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
Email Migration - 6th - 9th November 2026
MDS will be migrating their email mailboxes to the Microsoft cloud from 6th to 9th November. The work will commence at the close of business on Friday 6th November. While the mailboxes cut over there may be brief downtime as the location is physically changed and the mail records propagate. During that period MDS may have reduced access to full email history for personal and system mailboxes. We are retaining our ability to send emails automatically from our applications, so there will be no downtime for reports or auto response emails from our web sites. This work is specific to our email system only and will not affect the following services for MID2, MID2 type 2, MID1, MIDI or scanning: API, SFTP, MID2 Portal, and MIDI portal. 05/10/2026 09:37:00
MDS MID2 Portal Updates
We have deployed an update to our MDS MID2 Portal to make it easier for mobile users to administer their vehicles. All the vehicle pages and the policy page have received a refresh. The navigation of the site has not changed, only the ease of accessing buttons and inputting data. 17/09/2026 12:47:00
Server Maintenance - 15th October 2026
MDS will be performing essential maintenance between 12:00 and 15:00 on Thursday 15th October 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. 11/09/2026 10:22:00
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