Georgia’s highest court has handed a victory to ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft. The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Atlanta taxi drivers and upheld a state law regulating and …
Farmers Insurance has introduced new rideshare insurance coverage for drivers in Georgia. According to Mariel Devesa, head of product innovation for Farmers Insurance, the coverage is available to ridesharing drivers as part of their Farmers personal auto insurance policies. Farmers …
GEICO has continued the expansion of its new auto insurance product for drivers of transportation network companies (TNC) with the addition of Georgia. GEICO offers ridesharing coverage through GEICO Commercial at a price lower than taxi and commercial rates. GEICO …
Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law two bills regulating the high-tech ridesharing industry in Georgia. Surrounded by young Uber drivers in black T-shirts and Lyft drivers wearing pink on Wednesday, Deal signed into law House Bill 225, sponsored by …
The Georgia Senate has expanded the requirements ridesharing companies must meet to operate in the state. The Senate voted last Thursday to add a requirement for drivers of companies such as Uber to display certificates of identification on their vehicles. …
The Georgia Senate has passed a slightly tweaked substitute measure to a House bill that apparently clears the way for Uber, Lyft and other ridesharing companies to keep operating in the state. The substitute, which makes minor changes to the …
The first of a slew of bills that would regulate popular car-hailing companies such as Uber overwhelmingly passed the Georgia House on Tuesday, but the San Francisco-based tech firm said it was not happy with the measure or several others …
Georgia legislators have filed a flurry of bills aimed at forcing ridesharing companies such as Uber to conduct more rigorous background checks on their drivers and raise liability insurance minimums for passengers. Uber spokesman Taylor Bennett said Wednesday that the …
The chairman of the Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee has sponsored a bill to regulate the popular ridesharing service Uber. Republican Rep. Alan Powell of Hartwell said Wednesday that House Bill 190 would require strict criminal background …
