November 19, 2021
State Farm and Generali joined the $53 million financing round for Nexar, an artificial intelligence computer vision startup based in New York. The technology startup provides crowdsourced visual data that is contextualized with AI and is designed to provide insights …
November 2, 2021
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara cannot force insurers to repay consumers when they charge excessive rates, the California Court of Appeal in San Diego has ruled. The court held that State Farm will not have to pay more than $100 …
October 5, 2021
A Florida appeals court has reversed a trial judge, finding that a homeowner’s State Farm policy did not cover damages from a septic tank leak because of a fungus endorsement on the policy. In State Farm Florida Insurance Co. vs. …
September 14, 2021
Insurance companies could face fines or be suspended from doing business for refusing to comply with Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon’s order to cover the temporary living expenses of policyholders who evacuated during Hurricane Ida. But the one thing Donelon …
July 26, 2021
Anna Gabriela Garcia, also known as Anna Nuno-Garcia, 48, of Capistrano Beach, Calif., was sentenced in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana after pleading guilty to two felony counts of embezzlement and grand theft for collecting premium payments from …
June 10, 2021
Tony is an unusual dog. He never eats his food out of a bowl, always feeding from his human’s hand. He has a distinct physical appearance, having lost part of his tail as a puppy. And he’s an accelerant detection …
March 11, 2021
State Farm is returning $400 million to California mutual auto insurance customers due to better than anticipated claim results, the company announced this week. The announcement comes as the California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday said insurers in California …
February 25, 2021
Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies this week, contending that the companies charged excessive insurance premiums during the pandemic by failing to account for a drop in driving and crashes. The lawsuits acknowledge …
February 4, 2021
The National Fire Protection Association and State Farm have kicked off a funding awards application period for the eighth national Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on Saturday, May 1, which helps communities prepare for, and reduce, their risk of wildfire damage. …
January 25, 2021
Last week, Insurance Journal polled football fans, asking them to compare three NFL quarterbacks who also appear in insurance TV ads. The poll asked readers to rate Green Bay Packers future Hall-of-Famer QB Aaron Rodgers who sells for State Farm; …