Here in Queensland, Australia the Taxi Council Queensland have been going after Uber quite hard. TV, radio, print and in-taxi advertisements claiming that Uber is unregulated, uninsured and unsafe. However, if this deal struck with insurance companies in the US spreads to all of the other markets Uber is in: this really puts a nail in the arguments of interests against Uber. What other argument would there be? If passengers are covered by insurance, then what other arguments against Uber do Uber decriers actually have left?
Interesting move. Will be even more interesting to see how the taxi lobbyists react to this.