State farm News

Investigation Leads to Woman’s Insurance Fraud Conviction in Washington

An Edmonds, Washington, woman pled guilty to committing insurance fraud after an investigation completed by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. Eden Gebru pled guilty to the charge of false claims or proof on Feb. 23 in King County …

State Farm P/C Businesses Report $13B Underwriting Loss

Late last year, State Farm’s chief executive broke the news that the auto giant would record the largest underwriting loss in its 100-year history for 2022. On Monday, the news became official with a huge number attached: $13 billion. “We …

Tesla, Insurers Address Expensive Repairs in Sharply Different Ways

Tesla Inc.’s electric vehicles are expensive to repair – so much so that the automaker and insurers are addressing the issue in sharply different ways. Chief Executive Elon Musk says Tesla is making design and software changes to its vehicles …

Top 10 Midwest Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

Allstate buying office space in downtown Chicago, State Farm suing Tesla over a car fire, and Geico being ordered to settle with a woman who contracted an STD in an insured’s car were some of the most-read stories in Insurance …

Lawsuit Against State Farm Alleges Racial Discrimination in Claims Handling

State Farm’s claims handling process is the subject of a new lawsuit alleging disparities between the insurer’s treatment of claims from Black policyholders versus claims from white policyholders. The suit filed Dec. 14 against State Farm Fire & Casualty Company …

State Farm Still Dealing With Return of its Workforce: CEO Tipsord

State Farm CEO Michael Tipsord said the nation’s top property/casualty insurer will likely never be the same following the pandemic – and that may be a good thing. “I don’t think we’ll ever go back to March 11,” said Tipsord, …

State Farm Will Start Hiking Auto Rates, Allstate CEO Predicts

Allstate’s chief executive officer said his company will likely continue pushing for auto insurance rate hikes next year, and he expects the carrier’s largest mutual competitor—State Farm—to move in the same direction. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs 2022 U.S. Financial …

New Hampshire Body Shop Owner ‘Winging’ Own Case Beats State Farm in High Court

Collision repair shop owner Steve Piispanen didn’t hire an attorney because he considers them to be “not educated” when it comes to insurance law. He represented himself when he appealed a local judge’s decision to dismiss a $1,093.37 claim against …

Intensifying Storms Are Fueling a Record $17 Billion Bond Barrage

Bonds sold to help US utilities recoup losses from natural disasters are seeing an unprecedented boom, with the latest burst of issuance generated by the deadly February 2021 storm that paralyzed Texas as it struck a large swath of the …

Appeals Court Won’t Certify Class Action on State Farm’s Diminished Value Formula

Auto and property insurers in the last three months have settled class-action lawsuits in Southern states alleging the carriers systematically underpaid claims. A federal appeals court in Georgia has decided a similar issue in favor of the insurer, noting that …