Latest Ridesharing Headlines
All the headlines from our Ridesharing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi and West Virginia Governors Both Sign Ridesharing Laws
Apr 7 2016 // Mississippi and West Virginia have become the 30th and 31st states to pass legislation to create a statewide regulatory framework for ridesharing services offered by transportation network companies like Uber and...
Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Regulating Ridesharing Services
Apr 7 2016 // Mississippi will regulate Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing services on a statewide basis. Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1381 Monday, which puts the state Insurance Department in charge of overseeing the services....
Missouri Bill Requiring Rideshare Vehicle Insurance Advances
Apr 6 2016 // The Missouri House has advanced legislation that would impose statewide regulations on app-based ride-hailing services, a move companies Uber and Lyft support. House members voted 113-38 to give initial approval to a bill...
Uber Driver Mugged in Downtown Vegas
Apr 6 2016 // Police are looking for a suspect who knifed and robbed of an Uber driver in downtown Las Vegas. Authorities say the attack happened Friday around 2:15 a.m. near the Golden Nugget hotel. According to police, the driver...
Ridesharing Gets Green Light in West Virginia
Apr 4 2016 // Companies like Uber and Lyft can soon start offering rides in West Virginia under a new law approved by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. The Democrat signed a bill in March letting ridesharing companies operate in the state. The...
Progressive Insurance Snags Texas Uber Drivers Account
Mar 31 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. will use Progressive Insurance to provide coverage for drivers in Texas beginning on Friday, in a pilot that could lead the ride-hailing market leader to diversify its U.S. insurance purchasing from...
Atlanta Airport, Uber Battle Over Background Checks for Drivers
Mar 29 2016 // A battle over background checks for Uber drivers at the world’s busiest airport comes as cities like Los Angeles and Austin, Texas, consider more thorough screenings to prevent criminals from getting behind the...
Startup Slice, Offering Insurance for On-Demand Workers, Raises $3.9M
Mar 29 2016 // Slice Labs Inc., an instech startup set to launch an on-demand platform to sell insurance to participants in the on-demand economy, said it has secured $3.9 million in seed funding led by Horizons Ventures and XL...
Uber Launches Service in Montpelier, Vermont
Mar 28 2016 // The ride-hailing service Uber is now operating in Montpelier, Vermont. The San Francisco-based company says riders requesting a car in Montpelier can be dropped off at points outside the city, including in Barre, Hyde...
Uber, Lyft Will Begin Operations at Seattle Airport
Mar 24 2016 // Ridesharing services, like Uber and Lyft, will soon be allowed to pick up riders at Washington’s Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Seattlepi.com reported the Port of Seattle announced this week it would allow the...
South Dakota Opens the Door to Ridesharing
Mar 23 2016 // South Dakota has become the 29th state to implement statewide rules governing the operation of transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft, with news that Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed the ridesharing measure...
Rideshare Insurance Bill Signed by South Dakota Governor
Mar 23 2016 // Legislation addressing insurance gaps for commercial rideshare drivers has been signed by South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) reported. House Bill 1091 was...
Ridesharing Firm Could Bypass Drivers by Building Own Autonomous Fleet
Mar 21 2016 // Ride-hailing service Uber has sounded out car companies about placing a large order for self-driving cars, an auto industry source said on Friday. “They wanted autonomous cars,” the source, who declined to be...
Why Ridesharing Won’t Hurt Car Sales
Mar 21 2016 // Car sharing usage will significantly increase, particularly in urban areas among young residents, however most consumers will still opt to own their own cars and car sharing will not significantly hurt car sales, according...
HOT Markets: Drones, Cyber and More
Mar 21 2016 // Looking for new sales and opportunities in 2016? Here are a few of the top market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry this year. Sky’s...
Florida Assignment of Benefits, Ridesharing Bills Reach Dead End
Mar 21 2016 // Florida lawmakers will not provide resolution for two controversial issues currently facing the Florida insurance industry, this year at least. At the close of the 2016 Florida legislative session on March 11, attempts to...
California Bill Would Enable Independent Contractors to Unionize
Mar 21 2016 // A longshot proposal introduced in mid-March would make California the first state to allow rideshare drivers and all other independent contractors to unionize. The legislation came one week after the U.S. Chamber of...
U.S. Chamber Files Suit against Seattle over Uber, Lyft Ordinance
Mar 21 2016 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the city of Seattle over an ordinance that allows drivers of ridesharing apps Uber and Lyft to unionize, saying it violates federal antitrust laws. Seattle last year became the first...
New Mexico Governor Signs Ridesharing Bill
Mar 21 2016 // New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez arrived earlier this month in her first Uber ride and signed a bill allowing ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft to operate in the state. The Republican governor said the measure ends the...
Missouri Lawmakers Favor Statewide Regulations for Uber
Mar 18 2016 // Missouri lawmakers in both chambers say passing statewide regulations for app-based car services will lead to thousands of new jobs. Uber’s general manager for Missouri Sagar Shah said that regulations making their...