Uber to offer 'per mile' insurance for drivers. Enough coverage? - CSMonitor.com
Uber is teaming with Metromile, which offers pay-per-mile insurance usually marketed to people who don’t drive long distances. Uber drivers plug in a Metromile tracking device when they accept a trip, letting the insurer distinguish between miles drivers travel on calls and their personal travel.
Smart phones displaying Uber car availability in New York. Uber will partner with an insurance startup to offer 'per-mile' insurance to drivers in select cities, the ride share company announced this week.
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Uber, the increasingly popular (if consistently controversial) ridesharing service, has struck a deal to make insurance available for at least some of the drivers who use its platform.
The company is teaming with fellow startup Metromile, which offers pay-per-mile insurance usually marketed to people who don’t drive long distances. Under the deal, drivers would plug in a Metromile tracking device when they accept a trip. Doing so would let the insurer distinguish between miles drivers travel on calls and their personal travel.
Drivers will get $1 million in primary commercial auto liability coverage through
Uber to offer 'per mile' insurance for drivers. Enough coverage? - CSMonitor.com
Uber is teaming with Metromile, which offers pay-per-mile insurance usually marketed to people who don’t drive long distances. Uber drivers plug in a Metromile tracking device when they accept a trip, letting the insurer distinguish between miles drivers travel on calls and their personal travel.
Smart phones displaying Uber car availability in New York. Uber will partner with an insurance startup to offer 'per-mile' insurance to drivers in select cities, the ride share company announced this week.
Julio Cortez/AP/File
View Caption
Uber, the increasingly popular (if consistently controversial) ridesharing service, has struck a deal to make insurance available for at least some of the drivers who use its platform.
The company is teaming with fellow startup Metromile, which offers pay-per-mile insurance usually marketed to people who don’t drive long distances. Under the deal, drivers would plug in a Metromile tracking device when they accept a trip. Doing so would let the insurer distinguish between miles drivers travel on calls and their personal travel.
Drivers will get $1 million in primary commercial auto liability coverage through
Smart phones displaying Uber car availability in New York. Uber will partner with an insurance startup to offer 'per-mile' insurance to drivers in select cities, the ride share company announced this week.