ridesharing News
Allstate Roadside Services to Offer Assistance for Lyft Drivers
Allstate is getting involved in the ridesharing market with the announcement that Allstate Roadside Services is now offering 24/7 pay-per-use roadside assistance to drivers on the Lyft platform. Lyft ...
Toronto Cab Drivers Sue to Halt Uber’s Advance
Toronto taxi drivers are launching a class-action lawsuit against ride-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc, seeking more than C$400 million ($307.27 million) in damages and an injunction to stop it ...
Allstate to Offer Ride for Hire Policy
Allstate will start insuring drivers who pick up passengers through ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft. The insurer said Wednesday that the Ride for Hire policy will cost $15 to $20 a year on ...
Uber Pulls Out of Kansas Due to Stricter Ridesharing Regulations
Ride-hailing service Uber on Tuesday said it ceased operations in Kansas after the state legislature decided to override Governor Sam Brownback's veto of a bill that will impose stricter regulations ...
Compromise Should Ease Enactment of Much-Needed Laws Clarifying TNC Coverage Issues
Heading into the 2015 state legislative sessions there was no doubt what issue would be the most closely tracked and worked on by the property/casualty insurance industry: insurance coverage ...
GEICO Wants to Expand Ridesharing Policy Nationally: CEO Nicely
Giant auto insurer GEICO plans to roll out its new ridesharing insurance policy across the country, according to the company's CEO. "We want to insurer Uber drivers," GEICO CEO Tony Nicely told Liz ...
Uber Investor Google May Be Ramping Up Its Own Ridesharing Service
Uber faces an ever-growing cast of adversaries that includes dubious regulators, litigious drivers, hostile members of the press, and some well-funded rivals. But the most significant threat to the ...
Uber Internal Review: Privacy Program Needs Improvement
Uber Technologies Inc. should expand its privacy program to improve disclosures, training and employee accountability, according to an internal review that the company commissioned after a ...