Latest Ridesharing Headlines
All the headlines from our Ridesharing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Regulations For Uber, Lyft Clear Another Nevada Hurdle
Aug 12 2015 // Nevada lawmakers gave preliminary approval Monday to regulations for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft, a move that puts the rules one hurdle away from being final. The 12-member Legislative Commission this week...
Uber Drivers Want to Streamline Suit in California over Employee Status
Aug 7 2015 // Drivers suing Uber Technologies Inc. for better pay and benefits are proposing to pursue their group lawsuit in phases focused first on whether they qualify as employees. If they win that round, then the two sides can...
Lafayette, Louisiana Officials Mull Insurance, Regulations for Uber
Aug 6 2015 // The Lafayette City-Parish Council is considering new regulations to require Uber and similar companies to do regular background checks on contract drivers, inspect vehicles and carry insurance above and beyond what state...
Nevada’s Draft Rules for Ridesharing Providers Suggest $300K Fee
Aug 6 2015 // Before Uber, Lyft and other so-called transportation network companies can rev up to offer rides in Nevada, a state agency’s draft rules have a few more steps to navigate. The Nevada Transportation Authority this...
Uber Ready to be First App-Based Firm to Apply for Montana License
Aug 6 2015 // Hailing a ride through a smartphone app is closer to becoming a reality in Montana. The Public Service Commission voted unanimously this week to approve rules regarding a new class of license for firms that use apps to...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Pennsylvania
Aug 4 2015 // After launching a new ridesharing product in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland and Texas earlier this year, GEICO is now expanding its ridesharing offering to drivers in Pennsylvania. New and existing drivers that have been...
Uber Driver Case Tests ‘Sharing Economy’ Business Model
Aug 4 2015 // The most serious challenge to Uber Technologies Inc.’s “Be your own Boss” business model might also present an early test to the wider sharing economy as well as undermine its own $50 billion...
Uber, Driver Attorneys Steering Toward Crucial California Hearing
Aug 3 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. is jostling with drivers suing for reimbursement of their expenses in advance of an important hearing next week in the fight over whether drivers are independent contractors or employees entitled to...
Insurers Unprepared for Self-Driving Car Disruption: KPMG
Aug 3 2015 // The majority of property/casualty insurers do not expect autonomous or self-driving vehicles to have a real impact on their auto insurance business for another decade and have not adjusted their business models to prepare...
Declarations
Aug 3 2015 // A Moving Target “It seems to be a moving target. I think the important part of this is (the settlement has been reached), and where will the money eventually end up and who will have the eventual say on where it...
Despite Truce, Uber Agreement Keeps Tensions High at NYC City Hall
Jul 27 2015 // The deal that, for now, decided the ride-hailing behemoth Uber’s future in New York City began with a phone call to Rome. New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on Tuesday, July 21, called Mayor Bill de...
Ridesharing Rules Make it Through North Carolina Senate
Jul 27 2015 // A deal brokered between North Carolina lawmakers and ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft to place regulations on the app-based companies has passed the Senate and will go to the House. The Senate passed a bill July...
NYC, Uber Reach Deal: No Cap on Company During 4-Month Study
Jul 24 2015 // Uber cars can continue to be a growing presence on the streets of New York City now that an agreement has been reached between the ride-hailing company and the city. Just before a City Council vote that could have capped...
Uber to Open Miami Headquarters
Jul 22 2015 // The popular ridesharing service Uber has announced plans to set up a Miami headquarters. The company announced July 20 that it has signed a lease for about 9,300 square feet of office space at Brickell City Tower, located...
Dispute Simmering Between Uber, de Blasio Over Access to NYC Streets
Jul 21 2015 // A dispute is simmering between the ride-booking service Uber and New York Mayor Bill de Blaiso’s City Hall, an increasingly pitched disagreement playing out on smartphones, over the airwaves and in the press over a...
Florida County Fines Lyft For Operating Without a Permit
Jul 21 2015 // The Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission is upholding a previous ruling that the commission can fine the ridesharing company Lyft for allowing drivers to operate without a county permit. The Tampa Tribune reports...
TNC Rain Dance Shows How NCOIL Is All Wet
Jul 20 2015 // “Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.” – Unknown Cowboy aphorisms have a lot to offer contemporary culture, in spite of their dubious origins. The National Conference of Insurance...
Judge in California Says Uber Must Face Taxi Suit over Safety Claims
Jul 20 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over its claims to being safer than taxis. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco on Friday allowed the case to proceed, finding that the app-based ridesharing...
California Agents Get Creative to Sell Rideshare Endorsement
Jul 20 2015 // Kathy Lamm, an insurance agent in Costa Mesa, Calif., over the past month or two has been busy selling a ridesharing endorsement that Farmers Insurance Group introduced in California in late May. Lamm started spreading the...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Georgia
Jul 20 2015 // 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 for less...
