Jenny Tola Review

Confession: I never bothered to get renters insurance. I know, I know, I'm damn lucky my death trap of an apartment never caught on fire while I was trying to "cook" in the kitchen or whatever. But now that I'm a HOMEOWNER (insert jazz hands here) I figured I should insure that big investment I just made. And, well, you know - the bank makes me.

I turned to Yelp and found a few insurance agents. I narrowed it down to 3, and ended up going with State Farm in the end.

Was it because of Jenny's warm and fuzzy business approach? No. Honestly, I never talked to Jenny - I only dealt with her assistant Ben. Ben was awesome and shouldn't be assisting anyone and should be selling  - I was upfront with her (Ben is a woman, FYI) and let her know that I wanted to go with State Farm (it's somewhat of a family tradition), but a competitor was beating their price by $100 for identical coverage. I basically said, "convince me to spend more money with you."

Ben was pretty direct with me, which I love, and in the end she sold me. She made the process of getting insurance easy, worked with my mortgage broker on all of the appropriate paperwork, responded to all emails nearly instantly, and overall was a pleasure to work with. Thumbs up, Ben. (You should really hit up your boss for a promotion.)

And State Farm, you'll be happy to know that based on my most recent "cooking" experiment, I (and my entire neighborhood) discovered that my smoke detectors work REALLY well. And I might be a little deaf.

Minus one star because I never got the gift card they offer on their Yelp page. Sad, pouty face. I could have used that towards cooking lessons!

State Farm Insurance
4083 N Broadway St
Chicago, IL 60613
Neighborhood: Uptown

(773) 883-8660