Farmers to make virtual blimp, crop coverage available on FarmVille

The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is partnering with Zynga, maker of FarmVille, to make a likeness of its blimp appear on people’s farms.  Read Story

An Ossining, N.Y., man allegedly working as a taxi driver has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud against the New York State Insurance Fund.  Read Story

The so-called racial gap in breast cancer care has long been known by researchers, with black and Hispanic women less likely to get recommended breast cancer treatments than ...  Read →  Read Story

Duke wants AIG to reimburse it for lacrosse-stripper case costs

Duke University is seeking reimbursement from American International Group (AIG) for legal expenses related to the school’s court dispute concerning lacrosse team members accused of sexually assaulting a stripper.  Read Story

A Pennsylvania school district and its insurer will pay $1.2 million to settle two civil suits filed over its tracking of student laptop computers.  Read Story

Integrated Insurance Solution acquired Tango Insurance so it can break into the growing Spanish insurance market.  Read Story

Poizner’s actions on insurers’ Iranian investments ruled ‘improper’

The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) declared the state insurance commissioner’s actions against insurers holding investment relations with Iran to be “improper.”  Read Story

At a meeting of the Health Care Task Force at the Statehouse in Boise Monday, Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal said his department will need additional resources ...  Read →  Read Story

The widow of a worker whose murder on his employer’s premises remains a mystery is not entitled to workers’ compensation death benefits, Tennessee’s Supreme Court ruled.

The Wall Street Journal reported on October 9 that Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management is raising a $525 million fund to invest in life settlements, and the Financial ...  Read →  Read Story