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Uber & Ola Drivers’ Strike Paralyzes Ride Hailing Services in India’s Capital

Feb 13 2017 // A strike led by drivers’ unions in the Indian capital demanding better pay from Uber and Ola has paralyzed the ride-hailing services that have grabbed business from traditional taxi and rickshaw operators with their...

Uber Offers Guaranteed Revenue for French Drivers, Avoiding Wage Law

Feb 8 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. offered to guarantee revenue for its most financially strained French drivers, temporarily averting a new law that would force a minimum wage for all chauffeurs.The company proposed a 21 euro...

Anchorage Considering A Second Chance for Ridesharing

Feb 7 2017 // Anchorage, Alaska officials are set to consider a proposal that would allow ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate in the city this coming year.The ordinance has been drafted by Anchorage Assembly member...

Uber Suspends Service in Taiwan After Authorities Raise Fines

Feb 2 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. said it will suspend its service in Taiwan from Feb. 10, firing the latest salvo in the ride-hailing service company’s long-running dispute with the island’s authorities.Uber’s move...

Federal Judge Dismisses Taxi Companies’ New Jersey Lawsuit Over Uber

Jan 23 2017 // A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by taxi and limo companies against the city of Newark over what they claim is preferential treatment given to ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft.The judge ruled Thursday that...

Uber Wants to Help Cities Better Understand Traffic Patterns

Jan 23 2017 // Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ridesharing service.The assistance will come in the form of a free website, called...

Uber Wants to Help Cities Better Understand Traffic Patterns

Jan 23 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ridesharing service.The assistance will come in the form of...

Pennsylvania Uber Driver Refused Ride, Beat New Jersey Man Unconscious

Jan 17 2017 // A southern New Jersey man has filed a lawsuit against ride-sharing giant Uber that alleges he was assaulted by a driver who refused to take him home from a holiday party in Philadelphia.The federal lawsuit states that...

Tech Firms Collecting Data: How Much Do Consumers Know or Care?

Jan 17 2017 // Nearly every technology startup wants the same thing: more data.But in the rush to collect all manner of information about customers, tensions are rising in Silicon Valley over whether such practices amount to a form of...

Uber Seeks to Help Cities Better Understand Traffic Patterns

Jan 10 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ride-hailing service.The assistance will come in the form of...

Insurance, Business Laws Keeping Uber, Lyft Out of Sioux Falls, S.D.

Jan 9 2017 // Conflicting insurance and business regulations passed by the South Dakota Legislature last year mean Sioux Falls won’t get Uber, Lyft or other ride-hailing services anytime soon, according to a state lawmaker.Rep....

Uber Prepares for First Public Hearing in New York Over Disclosure Rules

Jan 6 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. is starting off the year preparing for a new political fight. As New York City seeks more information about ride-hailing drivers’ activities, it’s shaping up to be Uber’s second...

Uber Drivers Are Employees, Not Freelancers, Says Swiss Insurance Agency

Jan 5 2017 // An Uber driver is an employee for which the company must pay social security contributions, a Swiss insurance agency has ruled, dealing a blow to the U.S. ride-hailing platform that says drivers are independent...

Top 12 Insurance Trends and News Stories of 2016: Countdown

Dec 27 2016 // In the year 2016, as in past years, there were the familiar or continuing stories including reinsurers still wishing and hoping for a hardening market; property/casualty insurance carriers reporting financial results...

Fleet of Self-Driving Uber Cars Gets Warm Welcome from Arizona Governor

Dec 27 2016 // Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is happy about the arrival of a fleet of Uber self-driving cars delivered via a self-driving truck that transported them from California.Ducey’s office says the governor welcomed the truck...

Uber, Lyft Drivers in Maryland Won’t Have to Submit Fingerprints

Dec 27 2016 // Uber and Lyft drivers in Maryland won’t have to submit their fingerprints for background checks after the ride-hailing companies complained about the proposal. The Maryland Public Service Commission announced...

Uber Capitulates, Takes Self-driving Cars off Streets of San Francisco

Dec 22 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets after California regulators cracked down on the week-old program because the company had not obtained a permit to test the vehicles.The...

Lawmakers OK Uber, Lyft to Operate in New Jersey

Dec 21 2016 // New Jersey lawmakers have given their OK to ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.Lawmakers on Monday approved a measure to make the services legal. If approved by Republican Gov. Chris Christie, the measure would allow...

Florida Uber Driver Shoots, Kills Would-Be Robber

Dec 20 2016 // Police say an Uber driver fatally shot a would-be robber who tried to ambush him near an upscale South Florida mall.Aventura police spokesman Chris Goranitis told local media that the driver had picked up a passenger about...

California Attorney General Warns Uber over Self-Driving Cars

Dec 19 2016 // California Attorney General Kamala Harris has told Uber Technologies Inc. to pull its self-driving cars from San Francisco’s streets or it will seek a court order forcing it do so, saying the ride-hailing company...