Latest State Farm Headlines
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State Farm Ordered to Pay $3M in Damages to Mississippi Katrina Whistleblowers
Mar 16 2014 // A federal judge has ordered State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. to pay legal fees and damages of $3 million in a whistleblower lawsuit after a jury found the insurer defrauded the government in a policyholder claim after...
State Farm Wants to Increase Homeowners Business in Florida… a Bit
Mar 6 2014 // One of Florida’s largest homeowner insurers has announced it will once again begin writing new business in the state, just several years after canceling a substantial portion of its book of business. State Farm...
State Farm Managed Underwriting Profit in 2013 Despite Loss on Auto
Mar 5 2014 // Even though State Farm’s auto businesses suffered a loss in 2013, the property/casualty companies reported a $230 million underwriting gain, State Farm reported. The $230 million gain of $230 million on earned...
Wisconsin Court’s Uninsured Motorist Decision Goes Against State Farm
Feb 24 2014 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against State Farm Insurance Co. in a case in which a policyholder who was in an accident in 2010 tried to apply uninsured motorist coverage from another vehicle they owned to collect more...
State Farm $3M Gift Creates Wilson Chair at American Enterprise Institute
Feb 20 2014 // State Farm has donated $3 million to the conservative, pro-business think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C. to create a research chair in the name of the late political scientist and Harvard,...
Wisconsin High Court Rules Against State Farm in Uninsured Motorist Case
Feb 10 2014 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled against State Farm Insurance Co. in a case that deals with tapping uninsured motorists coverage on up to three vehicles to collect more in claims. The unanimous court upheld a 2013...
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Jan 27 2014 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, which covers about one in every three cars in Louisiana, is raising insurance rates for drivers. The company announced that the increases will average 3.4 percent, starting Feb. 17....
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Jan 21 2014 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, which covers about one in every three cars in Louisiana, is raising insurance rates for drivers. The company announced on Jan. 17 that the increases will average 3.4 percent,...
State Farm Canada Selling Insurance, Mutual Fund Businesses to Desjardins Group
Jan 16 2014 // Desjardins Group, a leading cooperative financial group in Canada, has agreed to purchase State Farm Canada’s property/casualty and life insurance businesses, as well as its Canadian mutual fund, loan and living...
State Farm Among First Advertisers on Pandora Car Radio Service
Jan 6 2014 // Pandora Media Inc., the online radio service, has begun selling advertising that only listeners in automobiles will hear, creating a potential new revenue source. BP Plc, Taco Bell, Ford Motor Co. and State Farm insurance...
Allstate, State Farm, Farmers Plan to Raise Home Insurance Rates in Texas
Jan 5 2014 // Texas’ three largest home insurers are kicking off 2014 with steep increases in policyholder premiums, according to a report published on Jan. 4. The Dallas Morning News reports that Allstate, Farmers and State Farm...
State Farm: No Unusual Claims Activity in Northeast From Weekend Snowstorm
Dec 17 2013 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. says last weekend’s snowstorm that dropped as much as 17 inches of snow in parts of the Northeast didn’t have much of an impact in terms of claims activities in the...
N.H. Expands Highway Safety Patrol With Help From State Farm
Dec 10 2013 // The state of New Hampshire is expanding its highway safety patrol, which helps stranded motorists. The patrol is now operating in Nashua, Merrimack, Bedford, Hooksett and Concord. The expansion, which started last...
Older Drivers Catching Up with Younger in Distracted Driving: Survey
Nov 12 2013 // Cell phone use and texting while driving are on the rise along with accessing the internet while driving — and it’s not just young people engaging in these dangerous activities behind the wheel. State Farm today...
State Farm Likely to Move Some Bloomington, Illinois Jobs
Nov 4 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. says it will likely move at least some of its claims services employees out of Bloomington, Ill. State Farm spokeswoman Holly Anderson said that the company told employees that the potential move...
State Farm Building National Operations Center in Georgia
Nov 4 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. plans to build a national operations center in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. The facility will be built on a nearly four-acre site across from the Dunwoody MARTA station. City officials said the...
State Farm to Build Operations Center in Georgia
Oct 20 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. plans to build a national operations center in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. Dunwoody city officials announced the plans last Thursday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the facility...
Florida to Hear State Farm Rental Dwelling Rate Hike Bid
Oct 8 2013 // Florida insurance officials will hold a public hearing tomorrow on State Farm Florida Insurance Co.’s proposed double-digit rate increase for its rental dwelling line of business in the state. State Farm Florida is...
State Farm Raising Louisiana Homeowner Insurance Rates
Oct 3 2013 // State Farm is raising Louisiana homeowner rates an average of 8.7 percent statewide for its nearly 308,000 policyholders. According to State Farm’s filing with the insurance department, the statewide increase will...
State Farm Sponsors Tollway Help in $1.8M Deal
Sep 4 2013 // State Farm Insurance is spending $1.8 million to sponsor tow trucks that rescue motorists who are stranded on the Illinois Tollway. WJBC Radio reports the three-year sponsorship is the first of its kind of the northern...
