Insurance News - Monday, January 11, 2016

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Monday, January 11, 2016:

• Sidecar, the third-biggest U.S. ride-sharing service, has ceased operating as the company is squeezed out by better-known competitors Uber and Lyft.
• Plaintiff’s lawyers are encouraged at the prospects for big court awards from accidents self-driving cars. With no one behind the wheel, lawyers say they can go after almost anyone even remotely involved.
• General Motors and ride-sharing company Lyft are forming an unprecedented partnership that could help them beat their rivals to the self-driving future.
• The big data of bad driving, and how insurers plan to use technological to assess risk and set premiums.
• Aviva Insurance plans to support Uber drivers in Canada with special coverage, a move that could give comfort to users of the ride-sharing service, and one that will likely disrupt the taxi industry further.