Latest Ridesharing Headlines

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Local Regulations Prompt Uber to Stop Service in Alabama City

Jan 30 2015 // The ridesharing service Uber has left Auburn, Ala. in its rearview mirror.The Opelika-Auburn News reported that the popular service that lets users book rides using a mobile app sent emails to drivers and customers last...

MetLife to Provide ‘Complete’ Rideshare Insurance for Lyft Drivers in Colorado

Jan 29 2015 // MetLife Auto & Home and Lyft, a nationwide transportation network company (TNC), have launched an auto insurance policy in Colorado tailored specifically for Lyft drivers that covers every stage of the trip.The growing...

Metromile Insurance Option for Uber Drivers Approved by California Commissioner

Jan 28 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved a filing that will enable Uber drivers purchasing coverage through Metromile to add a new coverage endorsement to their personal auto policy.That endorsement will...

Uber Drivers Fined After Series of Florida Stings

Jan 28 2015 // Palm Beach County officials have fined the ride-hailing service Uber and six of its drivers more than $44,000. The Palm Beach Post reports the county conducted stings last week in Boca Raton and Delray Beach, issuing...

California Motor Vehicles Revokes Notice on Commercial Plates for Uber

Jan 26 2015 // California has retracted a notice that said private drivers for ridesharing companies such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. must have a commercial license plate or risk getting a citation.The California Department...

Uber Auto Policy Meets State Requirements, Says Florida Regulator

Jan 26 2015 // Florida’s insurance regulators have determined that a ridesharing company’s automobile commercial liability policy meets state regulations, but legislative action is likely necessary to clarify whether that...

USAA to Offer Pilot Ridesharing Coverage in Colorado

Jan 26 2015 // USAA announced it will offer auto insurance coverage in Colorado that will protect ridesharing drivers from the moment their ridesharing mobile apps are turned on until they are matched with a passenger.The pilot program,...

Insurance Groups Criticize Mass. Rideshare Regulations

Jan 26 2015 // Insurance industry associations say Massachusetts’ newly developed rideshare regulations are vague and woefully deficient in addressing the insurance concerns.The regulations, crafted by Massachusetts Department of...

Personal Auto Insurers Wade Cautiously into Ridesharing Waters

Jan 23 2015 // In recent months, controversy over the potential “uninsured” status of drivers for app-based transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft has finally started to settle down. Those two services —...

Insurance Groups Criticize Massachusetts Rideshare Regulations

Jan 20 2015 // Insurance industry associations say Massachusetts’ newly developed rideshare regulations are vague and woefully deficient in addressing the insurance concerns.The regulations, crafted by Massachusetts Department of...

Boston Taxi Owner Suit Latest Legal Salvo in Rideshare Wars

Jan 20 2015 // Taxi owners accused Boston officials of violating their constitutional rights by permitting Uber Technologies Inc. and other ride-sharing services to operate on city streets.The cabbies, in a lawsuit filed last Friday by...

South Carolina Orders Uber to Halt Operations

Jan 20 2015 // South Carolina has ordered Uber to stop its ride-sharing service that operates in four cities.The Public Service Commission issued a cease-and-desist order on January 15. Uber launched its ride service in Charleston,...

Oregon City Fining Uber $2K A Day For Running Without License

Jan 16 2015 // Eugene, Ore. fines against Uber now total $120,000 and are going up $2,000 a day that the ride-hailing business operates without a license. A lawyer for Uber says the license requirement does not apply because Uber does...

Farmers Introduces Rideshare Coverage in Colorado

Jan 15 2015 // Farmers Insurance is introducing the company’s first rideshare coverage endorsement in Colorado.The product is designed to provide drivers with the insurance coverage specified in Colorado’s new ridesharing...

New York City Council Members Take Aim at Uber Surge Pricing

Jan 14 2015 // New York’s turf war on wheels reached fever pitch Monday as City Council members grilled representatives of the app-based Uber service — a fierce competitor of the city’s 13,000 yellow cabs hailed with a...

California Wholesalers Stress Opportunity Theme at Convention

Jan 13 2015 // Opportunity was a theme that came up often at the annual California Wholesaler Industry Days convention from Sunday through today in La Jolla, Calif. at Hilton Torrey Pines.The three-day conference organized by the...

Uber Drivers Issued Citations in Idaho City

Jan 8 2015 // Two drivers for the ridesharing company Uber that Boise, Idaho officials say failed to have commercial transport service driver’s licenses but picked up passengers have been cited.City spokesman Mike Journee told...

USAA to Offer Pilot Ridesharing Coverage in Colorado

Jan 7 2015 // USAA announced it will offer auto insurance coverage in Colorado that will protect ridesharing drivers from the moment their ridesharing mobile apps are turned on until they are matched with a passenger.The pilot program,...

Idaho City Issues Cease and Desist Letter to Uber

Jan 2 2015 // Boise, Idaho officials say Uber ignored its promise to not charge for driver services within city limits while negotiating an operating agreement for the rideshare company.The city sent Uber a cease and desist letter...

Debate Heats Up Over Proposed Ridesharing Rules in Massachusetts

Jan 2 2015 // Taxicab drivers and owners decried proposed Massachusetts regulations on popular transportation companies like Uber and Lyft, while rideshare drivers defended their jobs at a packed and heated public hearing...