All the headlines from our Ridesharing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 17 2016 // Farmers Insurance has introduced rideshare insurance coverage for ride-hailing drivers in Tennessee.Mariel Devesa, head of product innovation for Farmers Insurance said Farmers has developed this Rideshare Insurance...
Feb 12 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. said it will pay $28.5 million to settle claims that a $1 “safe rides fee” charged to riders was misleading because its background checks on drivers aren’t as rigorous as the...
Feb 11 2016 // Mercury Insurance is offering ridesharing insurance to cover Uber, Lyft and other transportation network company drivers in Arizona.The new coverage will provide drivers with insurance that will bridge the gap between...
Feb 8 2016 // A key New Mexico House panel has approved a bill aimed at welcoming and regulating ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.The House Judiciary Committee passed the proposal unanimously Thursday. Rep. Monica Youngblood, an...
Feb 5 2016 // What a difference a year makes in the world of ridesharing. Just 18 months ago, only one state (Colorado) had passed comprehensive legislation legalizing and regulating the emerging market of transportation network...
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...
Jan 29 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost its bid to pause a lawsuit by California drivers demanding to be treated as employees that has grown dramatically in both size and potential liability.The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
Jan 27 2016 // Ride-hailing service Lyft has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit in California by giving drivers additional workplace protections but without classifying them as employees, removing a major threat to its...
Jan 26 2016 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is on board with letting Uber offer rides in West Virginia.Tomblin spokeswoman Shayna Varner says the governor plans to introduce a bill letting ridesharing companies, including Uber and Lyft, operate...
Jan 26 2016 // A Utah county reached an agreement over the weekend with ridesharing company Uber to stop operating helicopter flights at the Sundance Film Festival.Summit County said helicopter companies agreed to cease operating in...
Jan 25 2016 // The changing excess and surplus insurance landscape was an oft discussed topic at a recent California meeting, with experts describing the challenges and opportunities going forward.“The business that we have and the...
Jan 21 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved a new insurance product by USAA designed to close the gap in insurance coverage for drivers driving for all ridesharing companies.The product is now available to...
Jan 12 2016 // The City Council in Montgomery, Ala., has voted to allow ridesharing companies such as Uber to begin operating within the city.Multiple media outlets report that city council approved the ordinance Jan. 5. Ridesharing...
Jan 11 2016 // The changing excess and surplus insurance landscape was an oft discussed topic on Monday, with experts describing the challenges and opportunities going forward.“The business that we have and the risk we see is going...
Jan 7 2016 // Aviva Canada aims to offer ride-sharing insurance to Ontario drivers who use their own vehicles to carry paying passengers starting next month, a service that could solve a major headache for ride-hailing company Uber...
Jan 6 2016 // Drivers in Billings, Mont. who are hoping to join Uber are getting their vehicles inspected while waiting for the app-based ride service to get started after the Montana Public Service Commission gave statewide approval...
Jan 5 2016 // Farmers has introduced a new Rideshare Insurance Coverage designed to make rideshare insurance coverage options available for ride-hailing drivers in Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and...
Jan 5 2016 // Ridesharing services have started operating in Birmingham, Ala.Tom Maguire, general manager of Uber in Alabama told Al.com that users would be able to hail rides from their smartphones as of Dec. 29. Ride-hailing services...
Jan 4 2016 // Farmers Insurance has introduced its new Rideshare Insurance Coverage endorsement designed to provide coverage options for ride-hailing drivers in Texas.Farmers said it worked with representatives of the Texas Department...
Dec 30 2015 // Ridesharing, drones and medical marijuana garnered a lot of attention from the insurance industry in 2015, and readers in the Southeast were no exception. Among the most popular stories in the Southeast included...