New Jersey Insurance Law on Ride-Hailing Does Not Apply to Food Delivery: Court September 28, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A New Jersey court has ruled that an insurer is not required to provide coverage to an Uber Eats food...
Massachusetts High Court Nixes Gig Worker Ballot Measure Sought by Uber, Lyft June 15, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Transportation and delivery network companies including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart have been dealt a setback in Massachusetts as the...
Buckle Expands Rideshare Auto Insurance Into Tennessee February 1, 2021 Buckle, a tech-enabled financial services company, has expanded its rideshare-only auto insurance into Tennessee. Last year, the company launched the...
Lawsuit Alleges Uber Uses ‘Biased’ Rider Ratings to Fire Drivers October 27, 2020 By Josh Eidelson Uber Technologies Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of violating the U.S. Civil Rights Act by firing minority drivers based...
Farmers Expands Program, Now Insuring Uber Drivers in 14 States and D.C. January 7, 2020 Farmers Insurance has expanded its relationship with Uber by providing commercial automobile insurance to its ridesharing drivers in 12 additional...
James River Insurance Retains Rating After Dropping Its Biggest Customer, Uber October 18, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Ratings agency A.M. Best said its ratings of James River Insurance remain unchanged after the insurer said it would be...
Lyft, Uber Bypass House Panel Hearing on Transportation Safety and Labor Conditions October 17, 2019 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. skipped a U.S. House of Representatives hearing the ride-hailing industry, angering lawmakers who threatened...
How Cabbies Are Morphing Into Hybrid Taxi-Ridesharing Firms November 8, 2017 Taxi companies across the U.S. waged a bitter, high-profile battle to keep Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. from bringing...
Florida Uber Driver Shoots, Kills Would-Be Robber December 20, 2016 Police say an Uber driver fatally shot a would-be robber who tried to ambush him near an upscale South Florida...
Atlanta OKs Ridesharing Services at Airport September 21, 2016 The Atlanta City Council has approved a plan to allow Uber and other ridesharing services at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport....