Latest Commercial Auto Headlines
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Tough Times for Commercial Auto Insurance: Fitch
May 23 2016 // While the property/casualty industry has reported three consecutive years of significant underwriting profits, the commercial auto market as a whole reported an underwriting loss for the fifth consecutive year in 2015. In...
Business Travel Fuels Growth of Uber Use in Arkansas
May 20 2016 // Business travelers needing a ride in Arkansas are increasingly using their thumbs — not to hitchhike, but to tap the Uber app on their smartphones. And despite class-action lawsuits by drivers and some job actions,...
Uber Tells Judge Not to Trust Cab Companies in Battle Over Safety
May 13 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. fired back at taxi operators accusing it of lying about superior safety, telling a judge the cab companies “fabricated” a customer endorsement with a photo of MySpace’s co-founder...
New Orleans Uber Drivers Let Riders Hail Illegally on Street, Say Cabbies
May 6 2016 // New Orleans taxi drivers say competitors with ridesharing service Uber illegally let passengers hail them on the street. In papers filed this week in Orleans Parish Civil District Court,The Times-Picayune reported that 26...
Commercial Auto Insurance Remains a Loser on the Whole: Fitch
May 3 2016 // While the property/casualty industry has reported three consecutive years of significant underwriting profits, the commercial auto market as a whole reported an underwriting loss for the fifth consecutive year in 2015. In...
10 Things to Know About Taxis, Limos & Fleets
May 2 2016 // “Hiring and driver turnover are critical to review as they relate closely to the management of the business and loss control stability. Encourage your insured to develop hiring guidelines and to follow them....
Uber Agrees to $10M Fee in Deal With Newark, New Jersey
Apr 20 2016 // The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has released details on a tentative agreement he’s reached with ride-hailing company Uber to operate in the state’s largest city. The deal calls for Uber to pay Newark $1...
Rhode Island Bills Aim to Regulate Uber, Lyft
Apr 18 2016 // Rhode Island could become the latest state to set rules for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft, but first lawmakers must come to agreement on dueling bills — one favored by Uber and the other by traditional...
Women-Only Rideshare Services Raise Legal Questions
Apr 15 2016 // Ride-hailing companies catering exclusively to women are cropping up and raising thorny legal questions, namely: Are they discriminatory? In Massachusetts, Chariot for Women is promising to launch a service featuring...
Connecticut Cab Companies Drop Lawsuit Against Uber
Apr 14 2016 // More than a dozen taxi and limousine companies in Connecticut have dropped their federal lawsuit accusing ride-hailing company Uber of failing to follow state laws and regulations on taxi services, their lawyer said...
Uber, Lyft Campaign to Expand Operations Into Upstate New York
Apr 8 2016 // Uber and Lyft are gearing up for a campaign to expand their ride-hailing operations into upstate New York to include Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany. New Yorkers for Ridesharing, a coalition of more than 50 groups...
Wisconsin Limo Service Deemed a ‘Hazard to Public Safety’
Apr 7 2016 // A federal agency has ordered a Wisconsin limousine service involved in a fatal crash in Illinois last month to shut down immediately. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Edgerton-based Lyons Limousine...
After Mass. House OK, Senate Takes Up Uber Regulations
Mar 14 2016 // It seems likely based on recent legislative developments that Massachusetts will adopt regulations for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, but it’s still far too early to assume what the final rules might...
California Ridesharing Bills Stalled in Committee Where Chair Has Taxi Ties
Mar 14 2016 // Two California bills to ease regulation of Uber and other ridesharing companies have been bottled up for nearly a year in a committee chaired by a lawmaker whose brothers own a San Diego taxi company. But state Sen. Ben...
Florida Assignment of Benefits, Ridesharing Bills Approaching Dead End
Mar 8 2016 // It’s looking like Florida lawmakers will not provide resolution for two controversial issues currently facing the Florida insurance industry, this year at least. With just three days left in the 2016 Florida Session,...
Taxi Drivers Sue Jackson, Mississippi Over ‘Unfair’ Regulations
Mar 7 2016 // Two taxicab drivers are suing the city of Jackson, Mississippi, claiming the city has imposed restrictive regulations on the taxi industry. The Mississippi Center for Public Policy announced March 2 that taxicab drivers...
Valen Analytics Releases Risk Scoring Model for Commercial Auto Insurers
Mar 4 2016 // Valen Analytics, a provider of proprietary data, analytics and predictive modeling for property and casualty insurers, has launched Risk Score for commercial auto insurance within its InsureRight Platform. The predictive...
MetLife Auto & Home Launches Commercial Auto Insurance in Select States
Mar 3 2016 // MetLife Auto & Home has introduced its first commercial automobile policy. The product is now available in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, with more states planned in the near future. The commercial auto coverage is an...
Attacks by Michigan Uber Driver Renew Questions About Vetting Processes
Feb 23 2016 // The deaths of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who authorities say were shot by a driver for Uber Technologies Inc., have revived scrutiny over how the ride service vets its drivers, an issue that has plagued it for...
Vermont City Approves Rules for Taxi, Ride-Hailing Services
Feb 18 2016 // Burlington, Vermont, officials have approved new rules for ride-hailing services and taxi companies in the city. The Burlington Free Press reports city councilors on Tuesday adopted a proposed ordinance that permits...
