Latest Uber Headlines
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‘Rideshare Guy’ Says 60-80% of Drivers Still Don’t Have Correct Insurance
Dec 8 2017 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv He calls himself “The Rideshare Guy” and he’s become one of the more prolific voices covering the still-burgeoning business. When Uber and Lyft were at the point in...
Florida AG Investigating Uber Over Data Breach Affecting 32K Drivers
Dec 7 2017 // Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says that the state is now investigating ride-sharing service Uber over an alleged cover up of a national data breach. Bondi said Dec. 1 that her office has issued a subpoena to Uber. The...
Uber’s UK Data Breach Exposed Accounts of 2.7M Customers in 2016
Nov 30 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. said information from 2.7 million U.K. customers was taken in a 2016 security breach that hit 57 million riders and drivers globally and that the company kept secret from the public and authorities...
Uber Paid Hackers to Hide Breach of 50 Million Customer, Driver Records
Nov 22 2017 // Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security...
Uber, Transitioning to Fleet Operator, Orders 24,000 Driverless Cars from Volvo
Nov 21 2017 // Uber plans to buy up to 24,000 self-driving cars from Volvo, marking the transition of the U.S. firm from an app used to summon a taxi to the owner and operator of a fleet of cars. The non-binding framework deal could...
Uber, Tech Firms Helping Their Contract Workers Sign onto Obamacare
Nov 14 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. and some smaller technology companies are launching campaigns to publicize Obamacare enrollment among their contract workers after the Trump administration slashed government marketing for the health...
How Cabbies Are Morphing Into Hybrid Taxi-Ridesharing Firms
Nov 8 2017 // Taxi companies across the U.S. waged a bitter, high-profile battle to keep Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. from bringing the sharing economy to cabs. They lost. Now the cabbies are adopting a...
Uber: Giving UK Drivers Workers’ Rights Would Cost Millions of Pounds
Oct 10 2017 // Uber said on Tuesday that paying National Insurance contributions for its British drivers would add tens of millions of pounds to the taxi app’s costs were they to be deemed employees. Uber currently classifies its...
Uber Drivers Will Need Licenses, Insurance in Australia’s Queensland
Oct 2 2017 // Ride-booking operators and drivers, such as those from Uber Technologies Inc., will need licenses to offer their services in the Australian state of Queensland under new regulations announced Sunday in Brisbane. The...
Fake Uber Driver in Illinois Accused Of Picking Up and Raping Women
Sep 29 2017 // Additional charges have been filed against a suburban Chicago man accused of posing as an Uber driver who picked up women outside bars and raping them. Musaab Afandi of Glenview appeared at a bond hearing Wednesday after...
Uber CEO Apologizes to Londoners for Taxi App’s Mistakes
Sep 26 2017 // Uber’s new boss Dara Khosrowshahi apologized to Londoners for the taxi app’s mistakes and pledged to make changes as the Silicon Valley firm tries to overturn a decision to strip it of its license in one of its...
London Decides to Strip Uber of Its License; Uber Will Appeal
Sep 22 2017 // London stripped Uber on Friday of its license to operate from the end of September in a huge blow to the taxi app that will affect more than 40,000 drivers in one of the world’s biggest cities. Regulator Transport...
Uber Provides Free Accident Insurance for More Than 450,000 Indian Drivers
Aug 29 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. rolled out a free insurance program for more than 450,000 drivers registered on its ride-hailing app in India, seeking to attract more drivers. The San Francisco-based company, which this week chose...
Is Colorado’s Pet Sitting Law Another Insurance Quagmire Waiting to Unfold?
Aug 21 2017 // If it barks like a dog… A new Colorado law that enables people to sit up to three pets without needing a license looks pretty much like just another piece of the growing gig economy. People can sell their services...
Court Upholds Uber Forced Arbitration, Ban on Customer Lawsuits
Aug 17 2017 // A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ruled in favor of Uber Technologies Inc. in a closely watched lawsuit over whether passengers gave up their right to sue the ride-sharing company when they registered for its service. The...
Uber CEO Claims Venture Capital Lawsuit Against Him Should Go to Arbitration
Aug 17 2017 // Ex-Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick said the lawsuit brought by venture-capital firm Benchmark seeking his ouster from the company’s board should be heard in private arbitration. In a...
Uber Improves Work Conditions for UK Drivers Including Tipping via App
Aug 14 2017 // Taxi app Uber will improve conditions for its British drivers with changes including in-app tipping, after criticism from lawmakers and unions for not giving them more rights. Drivers for Uber, food courier Deliveroo and...
Is Colorado’s Pet Sitting Law Another Insurance Quagmire Waiting to Unfold?
Aug 10 2017 // If it barks like a dog… A new Colorado law that enables people to sit up to three pets without needing a license looks pretty much like just another piece of the growing gig economy. People can sell their services though...
Challenge to Seattle’s Ridesharing-Union Law Dismissed
Aug 4 2017 // A judge has dismissed one challenge to Seattle’s first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce,...
AXA to Provide Accident Cover for Uber Drivers in France
Jul 25 2017 // Uber and insurance group AXA have joined forces in France to offer accident cover for drivers who work for the ride hailing service after it faced criticism over their treatment. In France, as in other countries, Uber has...
