All the headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 12 2017 // Irving, Texas-based QEO Group LLC (QEO) and Clear Blue Financial Holdings LLC (Clear Blue), headquartered in North Carolina, have agreed to a long-term, exclusive relationship for QEO to write its commercial automobile...
Oct 11 2017 // Starr Cos. announced it has introduced commercial primary auto coverages in all provinces and territories in Canada. “This allows Starr to better support our primary general liability accounts by offering commercial...
Oct 5 2017 // Starr Companies has added commercial auto coverage for aviation insureds. Auto coverage is available on an ‘any auto’ basis for fleets owned by companies operating in the aviation industry when purchased along...
Oct 2 2017 // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says charter bus companies should be graded for safety and the grades should be posted the way New York City posts restaurant letter grades.The New York Democrat says letter grades for bus safety...
Sep 27 2017 // Talk about rising above the masses. Dubai staged the first public test of its drone taxi service on Monday, offering a peek at what it might—or will—be like to commute by flying car.The self-piloting, electric...
Sep 26 2017 // Uber’s new boss Dara Khosrowshahi apologized to Londoners for the taxi app’s mistakes and pledged to make changes as the Silicon Valley firm tries to overturn a decision to strip it of its license in one of its...
Aug 29 2017 // A judge is holding a final case review for the last of four defendants charged in the murder-for-hire killings of a Delaware couple.Monday’s court proceeding comes as a trial looms for Dominique Benson in the 2013...
Aug 7 2017 // Pulling the wool over the insurance company’s eyes seems like a victimless crime. After all, if a few dollars are saved by saying a car is a personal vehicle instead of the commercial work truck it really is, who...
Jul 31 2017 // Labor unions are urging a slowdown as lawmakers fast track legislation to allow self-driving vehicles on the road, a potential boon to some union jobs and an existential threat to others.The House Energy & Commerce...
Jul 24 2017 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May signed a budget bill into law allowing self-driving and self-parking cars to be tested for one year on New York public highways.Prior to this law going into effect, the technology was...
Jul 19 2017 // Anil Lewis was behind the wheel of his Ford Mustang convertible on a sunny Atlanta day in 1988, when he nearly hit a pedestrian who appeared in a crosswalk ahead of him, seemingly out of nowhere.It was then Lewis realized...
Jul 18 2017 // Johnson Umeh has plenty of experience as a taxi driver, and he says the job has never been as tough as it is now.Like many drivers, his business is being sapped by Uber and Lyft – the popular ride-hailing apps that...
Jul 6 2017 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May signed a budget bill into law allowing self-driving and self-parking cars to be tested for one year on New York public highways.Prior to this law going into effect, the technology was...
Jun 1 2017 // A judge is meeting with attorneys as the trial date nears for two men charged in the murder-for-hire killings of a Delaware couple.Tuesday’s pretrial conference involved Dominque Benson and Aaron Thompson, who are...
May 12 2017 // Uber faces the biggest challenge yet to its European roll-out after the region’s top court was advised to rule that the U.S. ride-hailing firm is actually a transport service not an app.Although the opinion of the...
May 2 2017 // Texas Department of Public Safety authorities say two people are dead after a head-on crash involving a pickup truck and a chartered bus carrying 34 coaches and athletes from seven El Paso high schools returning home from...
May 1 2017 // The commercial auto market has a long road ahead to reach profitability after five consecutive years of underwriting losses from 2011-2015. While many insurers upped rates in 2016, the year appears to be coming in with...
Apr 21 2017 // Taxi app Uber could face an increase in operator license fees in London under proposed changes by the city’s transport authority, the latest in a series of moves by regulators to rein in a firm that has disrupted the...
Apr 21 2017 // A Bavarian start-up is developing a five-seat “flying taxi” after successful test flights over Germany of a smaller version of the electric jet, the company said on Thursday.Munich-based Lilium, backed by...
Apr 19 2017 // Uber Technologies sees opportunities to expand in the Europe Union, despite withdrawing its ride-hailing service from Denmark and facing the possibility of an EU court ruling that could mean tougher rules for the firm, an...