Personal Lines
Is State Farm General a Sinking Ship? California Emergency Rate Request Dropped to 17%
Lawyers for State Farm General, the California Department of Insurance and Consumer Watchdog presented opening arguments in a hearing to determine the fate of State Farm's request for an emergency ...
$1 Trillion! 2024 P/C Industry Direct Premiums At Record Level
An industrywide direct written premium total of $1.05 trillion in 2024 marked the first time in the history of the industry that U.S. property/casualty insurer premiums eclipsed $1 trillion, ...
Root, Hyundai Capital America Strike Embedded Insurance Deal
Root, Inc., the parent of Root Insurance Company, and Hyundai Capital America announced a strategic embedded insurance partnership this week. The two companies said they will deliver innovative ...
Trump’s Auto Tariffs to Cover Hundreds of Billions of Dollars of Vehicle, Parts Imports
U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 percent auto tariffs will cover hundreds of billions of dollars worth of imports of vehicles and auto parts imports annually, according to a ...
IRC Finds Personal Auto Insurance Affordability Better Than in the 2000s
According to a new report from the Insurance Research Council, auto insurance is more affordable now than at the start of the 21st century. The IRC, an affiliate of The Institutes, concluded that the ...
Revisiting California’s Wildfires: A Personal Journey
PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SERIESI had been determined not to visit the scene of such grief and despair ...
State Farm Wins Dismissal of Homeowners’ Class Action Over Use of Xactimate Software
A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action filed on behalf of Pennsylvania homeowners who believe that State Farm undervalued their property damage claims in its use of the Xactimate ...
Insuring ‘Red Zone’ High-Value Homes
When the calendar flipped to 2025, Lacey Garrison Strom was optimistic. As the executive vice president of private client services at California-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers, Garrison Strom ...