Tag: peers

Market News: Peers announces 2 new products

Peers, a member-driven organisation to support the sharing economy movement, launched two new products on December 4th: Homeshare Liability Insurance and Keep Driving. Homeshare Liability Insurance is a comprehensive personal liability insurance for homeshare hosts/owners. Hosts and home owners are insured for up to $1 million for personal injury or damage to property sustained by a homesharing guest/renter. Homesharing Liability Insurance…  Read more

Peers relaunch: making the sharing economy work for the people who power it

Peers, a member-driven organisation to support the sharing economy movement, relaunched its website on the 12th of November. The website now focuses on supporting the people who work in the sharing economy by making new tools available on the website. It now has the following: income discovery tool to help people find work, a support…  Read more

2013: The Year of Collaborative Consumption

While it’s hard to believe that yet another year is over, it has certainly been an amazing one for collaborative consumption! The Sharing Economy has received a lot of buzz and energy from both the press and the global community since the early months of 2013 and it hasn’t stopped since. Since the launch of…  Read more

Q&A with Natalie Foster of Peers

Peers is a movement of people who believe that the time for sharing and peer collaboration has come. What were you doing prior to Peers, and what attracted you to this new movement? Peers exists at the intersection of technology and social movements, which is a space I’ve lived in for a long time. Working…  Read more

Have You Taken the PEERS Pledge?

Today marks the launch of Peers, a grassroots movement to grow, mainstream and protect the sharing economy. Peers focuses on users of collaborative consumption startups and services, aiming to unite collaborative people and help push forward the sharing economy. Rachel Botsman, founder of Collaborative Lab and Collaborative Consumption, will serve on the board of the new…  Read more