Latest State Farm Headlines
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Mississippi Supreme Court Refuses to Dismiss State Farm Katrina Lawsuit
Mar 20 2017 // The Mississippi Supreme Court won’t dismiss a state lawsuit against an insurance company over Hurricane Katrina claims. The Sun Herald reports that Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance giant...
State Farm Lost $7 Billion on Auto in 2016
Mar 1 2017 // State Farm joined the ranks of property/casualty insurers reporting challenges in their auto insurance line of business. State Farm said it lost $7 billion on its auto insurance underwriting in 2016. The State Farm...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Fines State Farm, Others
Feb 13 2017 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in January totaling $15,000 against insurance companies, agents and brokers for violating state insurance regulations. Following are the entities, the fines and...
California Judge Denies State Farm’s Request to Delay Rate Reduction Order
Jan 27 2017 // Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal has denied State Farm’s request for a temporary restraining order in an attempt to delay California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ enforcement of his order directing the...
California Department of Insurance Issues Notice of Noncompliance to State Farm
Jan 17 2017 // The California Department of Insurance has issued a noncompliance notice to State Farm General Insurance Co. for refusing to reduce policyholders’ rates as mandated by an order from Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones...
Judge Denies State Farm’s Bid to Stop California Rate Reduction Order
Dec 8 2016 // California Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal has denied State Farm’s emergency request to stay Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’s order directing State Farm to reduce homeowner and renter rates by 7...
Supreme Court Upholds Katrina Fraud Verdict Against State Farm
Dec 6 2016 // The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to two whistleblower sisters by upholding a jury verdict that found State Farm defrauded the U.S. government when the insurance company assessed damage caused by Hurricane...
Supreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict
Nov 21 2016 // The Supreme Court appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance company defrauded the U.S. government when it assessed damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf of Mexico...
California Commissioner Orders State Farm to Reduce Homeowner Rates
Nov 8 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday issued a decision requiring State Farm Insurance Co. to reduce its dwelling insurance rates by an average of 7.0 percent, resulting is $78.6 million in annual savings...
State Farm Agrees to Cut Rental Rates in California by 40%
Nov 7 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones late last month announced he obtained an agreement from State Farm General Insurance Co. to reduce their rental dwelling program policyholders’ rates statewide by an...
Supreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict
Nov 2 2016 // The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance company defrauded the U.S. government when it assessed damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along the...
State Farm Agrees to Cut Rental Rates in California by 40%
Oct 19 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday announced he has obtained an agreement from State Farm General Insurance Co. to reduce their rental dwelling program policyholders’ rates statewide by an...
State Farm Reminds Alabama Drivers to Watch Out for Deer
Oct 4 2016 // Alabama motorists are getting a costly reminder to look out for deer while driving. State Farm, Alabama’s largest auto insurer, says in a statement that there were 28,794 insurance claims connected to deer collisions...
U.S. Judge Allows Class Action Alleging State Farm Bankrolled Judge
Sep 20 2016 // Some customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. claim the company conspired to help elect an Illinois Supreme Court candidate so he could vote to throw out a $1 billion award against the company. Now they will...
California Commissioner Approves Rate Reductions on State Farm Commercial Policies
Sep 6 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved rate reductions for several State Farm commercial policies that he said will bring millions of dollars in premium savings for tens of thousands of small businesses,...
California Commissioner Approves Rate Reductions on State Farm Commercial Policies
Aug 24 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved rate reductions for several State Farm commercial policies that he said will bring millions of dollars in premium savings for tens of thousands of small businesses,...
California Commissioner Asks Consumer Watchdog to Retract News Release
Aug 10 2016 // California Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday asked Consumer Watchdog to retract a news release about State Farm that he said “includes inaccurate statements and is misleading.” The Consumer Watchdog news...
California Administrative Law Judge Orders State Farm to Refund $85M
Aug 9 2016 // An administrative law judge at the California Department of Insurance found that State Farm overcharged customers $85 million and ordered the carrier to issue refunds and reduce rates. The judge determined that since July...
California Watchdog Group Wants State Farm to Reduce Rates by 40%
Aug 3 2016 // Consumer Watchdog filed a petition in California challenging State Farm’s proposed rates for its homeowners insurance and wants the insurers to cut its rates by as much as 40 percent. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based...
Delaware Judge Says State Farm Off the Hook in Paintball Injury Suit
Jun 10 2016 // Be careful with that thing. It could put someone’s eye out. That’s the upshot from a Sussex County, Delaware, judge’s ruling that State Farm doesn’t have to indemnify a policyholder in a paintball...
