Insurance visibility

A method that facilitates providing visibility of a cost of insurance, comprising:

• employing a processor to execute computer executable instructions stored in memory to perform the following acts:
• gathering one or more parameters related to a vehicle covered by an insurance policy and one or more parameters related to a vehicle operator while the vehicle is being operated;
• selectively creating, while the vehicle is being operated, a modified cost of the insurance policy as a function of the one or more parameters related to the vehicle and the one or more parameters related to the vehicle operator;
• and
• presenting the modified cost of the insurance policy to the vehicle operator while the vehicle is being operated, wherein the modified cost is presented in real-time in a manner that does not cause operator distraction while the vehicle is being operated,
• wherein the presenting the modified cost of the insurance policy comprises:
• outputting a plurality of lights that vary in intensity across a color spectrum, wherein a midpoint of the color spectrum represents the current cost of the insurance;
• changing an illumination of the plurality of lights in a first direction to represent a surcharge;
• and
• changing the illumination of the plurality of lights in a second direction to represent a discount.