All the headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 15 2016 // Ride-hailing companies catering exclusively to women are cropping up and raising thorny legal questions, namely: Are they discriminatory?In Massachusetts, Chariot for Women is promising to launch a service featuring female...
Apr 14 2016 // More than a dozen taxi and limousine companies in Connecticut have dropped their federal lawsuit accusing ride-hailing company Uber of failing to follow state laws and regulations on taxi services, their lawyer said...
Apr 8 2016 // Uber and Lyft are gearing up for a campaign to expand their ride-hailing operations into upstate New York to include Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany.New Yorkers for Ridesharing, a coalition of more than 50 groups...
Apr 7 2016 // A federal agency has ordered a Wisconsin limousine service involved in a fatal crash in Illinois last month to shut down immediately.The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Edgerton-based Lyons Limousine to...
Mar 14 2016 // It seems likely based on recent legislative developments that Massachusetts will adopt regulations for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, but it’s still far too early to assume what the final rules might...
Mar 14 2016 // Two California bills to ease regulation of Uber and other ridesharing companies have been bottled up for nearly a year in a committee chaired by a lawmaker whose brothers own a San Diego taxi company.But state Sen. Ben...
Mar 8 2016 // It’s looking like Florida lawmakers will not provide resolution for two controversial issues currently facing the Florida insurance industry, this year at least.With just three days left in the 2016 Florida Session,...
Mar 7 2016 // Two taxicab drivers are suing the city of Jackson, Mississippi, claiming the city has imposed restrictive regulations on the taxi industry. The Mississippi Center for Public Policy announced March 2 that taxicab drivers...
Mar 4 2016 // Valen Analytics, a provider of proprietary data, analytics and predictive modeling for property and casualty insurers, has launched Risk Score for commercial auto insurance within its InsureRight Platform. The predictive...
Mar 3 2016 // MetLife Auto & Home has introduced its first commercial automobile policy. The product is now available in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, with more states planned in the near future.The commercial auto coverage is an...
Feb 23 2016 // The deaths of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who authorities say were shot by a driver for Uber Technologies Inc., have revived scrutiny over how the ride service vets its drivers, an issue that has plagued it for...
Feb 18 2016 // Burlington, Vermont, officials have approved new rules for ride-hailing services and taxi companies in the city.The Burlington Free Press reports city councilors on Tuesday adopted a proposed ordinance that permits...
Feb 12 2016 // Chicago’s taxicab industry has rolled out two official ride-hailing apps to compete with the likes of Uber and Lyft.The department that regulates Chicago’s taxi industry announced a marketing campaign to...
Feb 1 2016 // Ridesharing company Lyft has locked in a deal to operate at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.The Reno-Gazette Journal reported that Lyft obtained an agreement Friday to expand operations and will get to join Uber in doing...
Dec 28 2015 // New York State lawmakers returning to Albany for the usual debates over taxes and spending will also take on an issue even more basic to many New Yorkers — the options for getting home from the train station, the...
Dec 22 2015 // Two Honolulu council members want ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate more like taxi companies.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that the city bill includes a variety of changes. Among them, the measure...
Dec 15 2015 // Seattle’s City Council voted unanimously to give collective bargaining rights to drivers-for-hire, such as those who work for rideshare companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc.The bill, proposed by city council...
Dec 14 2015 // The Oregon Supreme Court ruled last week that a Portland taxicab company must pay unemployment insurance taxes for certain drivers because they were improperly classified as independent contractors.The case comes amid...
Dec 8 2015 // Ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft should continue to operating in Portland, Ore. after the City Council approved a new set of rules to govern taxis.The Oregonian reported that the council voted last week to allow...
Dec 4 2015 // A St. Louis judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing service Lyft.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a judge also lifted an injunction that barred Lyft from operating in St. Louis and St. Louis County....