Insurance News - Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Wednesday, December 30, 2015:

• City of Toronto won’t block Uber’s new $5 commuter service but it is doing a legal review.
• Another legal battle for Uber as the Seattle city council votes to treat Uber drivers as employees by giving them collective-bargaining rights.
• California sets rules for self-driving cars; must have steering wheel and licensed driver behind the wheel. Google is not happy.
• Google plans to make its self-driving cars unit, which will offer rides for hire to compete with Uber, a stand-alone business under the Alphabet Inc. corporate umbrella in 2016,
• The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that’s supposed to lead to a world without accidents, is achieving the exact opposite right now.  Because driverless cars obey the laws, humans don't so much.
• Google and Ford are about to announce they are forming a partnership to build self-driving cars.
• Wawanesa Insurance is asking policy holders if they are driving for Uber. And cancelling policies if the answer is yes.