All the headlines from our Ridesharing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 6 2015 // Farmers Insurance has launched what is believed to be the state’s first rideshare insurance coverage designed to provide seamless coverage for ridesharing drivers in Utah.The coverage comes less than two months after...
Jul 6 2015 // Uber is staying in South Carolina. After the transportation network company (TNC) was halted by the state’s Public Service Commission in January and then granted a temporary license through June 30, South Carolina...
Jul 6 2015 // Montana Microcosm“What we are seeing in Montana is a reflection of what is happening around the world. Temperatures are increasing.” —Montana State University researcher Fabian Menalled said widespread...
Jul 2 2015 // Staff and drivers for ride-hailing company Uber gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday, June 30, to protest legislation that would put limits on for-hire vehicles while the city conducts a study on whether the sharp growth...
Jul 2 2015 // Uber is staying in South Carolina. After the transportation network company (TNC) was halted by the state’s Public Service Commission in January and then granted a temporary license through June 30, South Carolina...
Jul 1 2015 // A new law requiring that ridesharing drivers and companies have liability insurance coverage during all three periods in which they use the ride-sharing application goes into effect today.The rules are in effect under...
Jun 30 2015 // French police have detained two executives from Uber for questioning as a government clampdown intensifies on the U.S.-based taxi and ride-sharing service.Thibaud Simphal, manager of Uber France, and Pierre-Dimitri...
Jun 26 2015 // Sacha Simmons used to dread taking a taxi to her high school or someplace else to hang out with her teenage friends when her parents weren’t around to give her a ride. Sometimes, the cab drivers wouldn’t show...
Jun 25 2015 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is urging potential drivers for rideshare services like Uber and Lyft to consult with their insurance companies to ensure adequate coverage for themselves and...
Jun 24 2015 // New York City’s taxi regulatory agency on Monday approved new rules governing how Uber and other app-based car services operate within the five boroughs.Part of the proposal unanimously passed allows the companies to...
Jun 24 2015 // This question of whether an Uber driver is an employee doesn’t matter just to Uber.As you may have heard, the on-demand car-service juggernaut lost a case early this month before the California Labor Commissioner on...
Jun 23 2015 // Roughly three quarters of ridesharing drivers don’t have ridesharing insurance, and nearly eight-in-10 conduct their ridesharing activities covertly and keep their insurer or agent in the dark.Two informal polls from...
Jun 22 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 at a price...
Jun 22 2015 // A Utah cab company lawyer says it’s frustrating that new limits on airport cab fares won’t apply to ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.Yellow Cab attorney Rocky Anderson said last week that cab companies...
Jun 22 2015 // A California ruling requiring Uber to classify a San Francisco-based driver as an employee instead of an independent contractor could potentially change how sharing-economy companies operate, but it is unlikely to dent...
Jun 19 2015 // New York officials announced Thursday that rideshare firm Lyft has agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties as part of a settlement with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the New York State Department of Financial...
Jun 19 2015 // If you’re a freelance writer who occasionally sells articles to a website, are you actually an employee? If you live in California, I think the answer might be — yes?The California Labor commissioner has ruled...
Jun 18 2015 // GEICO has unveiled a new auto insurance product in Texas for drivers of on-demand transportation network companies (TNC) like Uber, Lyft, Sidecar that covers both personal and ridesharing needs.GEICO Senior Vice President...
Jun 18 2015 // When Utah’s brief legislative session came to a close in March, proponents of ridesharing services offered by transportation network companies rejoiced. The state had passed S.B. 294, sponsored by state Sen. Stuart...
Jun 17 2015 // An Uber driver is an employee not a contractor, according to a California Labor Commission ruling on Wednesday that opens the door to more scrutiny over the rideshare giant’s business model.Earlier in the day some...