According to The Insurance Journal<\/a>, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, Deputy Chief of Staff, Monte Stevens said the Uber policy meets the state insurance requirements. So what is the problem?<\/p>\n \u201cThe uncertainty comes into play for drivers, when they are logged into the app but are waiting for a rider,\u201d said Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>. \u201cDuring this period, a driver\u2019s personal car insurance<\/a> is responsible for damages. Unfortunately, many personal auto insurance<\/a> policies would be likely to deny the claim because the driver is logged into the app, so it would fall into the commercial driving <\/a>category. During that time Uber\u2019s policy is \u201ccontingent,\u201d leaving gray area.\u201d<\/p>\n Many Florida lawmakers are arguing, \u201cIs this considered a taxi service or carpooling service?\u2019 \u00a0The state is deliberating new insurance requirements and ride-sharing regulation. Uber is hoping to get the issues picked up in the special June legislative sessions but it is unlikely that ride-sharing will be addressed by lawmakers until the 2016 session.<\/p>\n If you are a ride-sharing driver, agents at\u00a0GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a> can make sure you get the proper coverage for you and riders. Contact us today to discover all the auto insurance<\/a> and commercial insurance<\/a> options available for you. Getting a ride somewhere has been made easier than ever thanks to ride-sharing programs such as Uber and Lyft. The apps are convenient, but what happens if you are in an accident? Who is responsible for the damages is the source of debate in Florida. Uberstates, \u201cFrom the moment you are picked up until you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-auto-insurance","8":"category-commercial-insurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13946,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions\/13946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-8.06.44-AM\"](\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-8.06.44-AM.jpg\")
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