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Florida Approves 18.8% State Farm Rate Increase

Apr 12 2011 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has approved a statewide average 18.8 percent rate increase in State Farm’s homeowners’ policies, which is roughly 10 percent below the 27.9 percent it initially...

State Farm Denied Rate Hike in Louisiana; Citizens Gets 6.5% Increase

Apr 4 2011 // Louisiana insurance regulators rejected a rate increase from the state’s largest insurer of homes, but the board of the state’s property insurer of last resort approved a rate hike, albeit smaller than the one...

State Farm Homeowners’ Rate Hike Rejected in Louisiana

Mar 24 2011 // Louisiana insurance regulators have rejected a rate increase from the state’s largest insurer of homes. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. wanted an average 14.3 percent rate hike for its 301,000 customers who get...

State Farm Sponsors ‘Stay-in-School’ Campaign with Heat’s James

Mar 22 2011 // LeBron James studies statistics all the time. One in particular is jumping out at him these days. And it has nothing to do with basketball. James will help lead a new stay-in-school initiative being unveiled in Washington...

State Farm Posts $1.8 Billion Net Income for 2010 Despite Underwriting Losses

Mar 3 2011 // State Farm reported $1.8 billion in after-tax net income in 2010, compared with $800 million in 2009. The improvement “was driven by the P-C companies’ improved results,” said the bulletin, which also...

State Farm Florida Cites Sinkhole Claims in Rate Hike Bid

Feb 18 2011 // Citing sinkhole losses and higher operating expenses, State Farm Florida asked state regulators this week for a 28 percent premium increase on its homeowners policies. Sinkhole claims, which are approaching $2 billion over...

Texas Judge, a State Farm Customer, Withdraws from Overcharges Case

Feb 18 2011 // A Texas judge who’s a State Farm Insurance customer has withdrawn from hearing the company’s fight against paying $350 million in alleged overcharges. The case has been reassigned to Judge Rhonda Hurley. No new...

State Farm Florida Seeks 28% Home Insurance Rate Hike

Feb 1 2011 // State Farm of Florida is requesting a statewide average 27.7 percent homeowners insurance rate increase citing the rising costs of sinkhole claims. The request comes as Florida lawmakers are trying to broker a deal over...

State Farm Plans Small Hike in Tennessee Auto Rates

Jan 25 2011 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest insurer of autos in Tennessee, is increasing its overall rate level in the state an average of 0.4 percent effective Feb. 21. After this rate change is implemented,...

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Insurers in 2 Uninsured Motorist Cases

Dec 16 2010 // The Supreme Court of Georgia has ruled in favor of insurance companies in two cases involving how much people injured in car wrecks should get under uninsured motorists coverage. At issue was whether the two injured...

Insurer Launches Ad Campaign Within Facebook Game ‘Car Town’

Dec 15 2010 // Building its brand messages directly into the game play of the popular social game Car Town – the only game on Facebook built around licensed automotive brands –State Farm today launched a six-month advertising...

California Approves Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance Programs

Dec 2 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has approved filings by the Automobile Club of Southern California and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance to offer pay-as-you-drive insurance. The PAYD Insurance program...

Judge Schedules Motions in State Farm Whistleblower Suit in MIssissippi

Oct 29 2010 // A federal whistleblower lawsuit filed against State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. will not go to trial Dec. 1 as scheduled. Instead, U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr. has decided to hold a status conference on the...

State Farm Florida Ratings Lowered by A.M. Best

Aug 4 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B- (Fair) from B (Fair) and issuer credit rating to bb- from bb of State Farm Florida Insurance Co., which is based in Winter Haven. The outlook for both...

State Farm Lowers Rates in West Virginia

Aug 4 2010 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest insurer of autos in West Virginia and in the nation, is decreasing its overall rate level in West Virginia an average of 0.2 percent effective Aug. 30. After this...

State Farm Won’t Add New Flood Policies but Agents Will Still Sell Them

Jun 21 2010 // State Farm Insurance Co. has decided to discontinue writing new flood insurance policies with the National Flood Insurance Program but the company says it will still service existing policies, and State Farm agents will...

State Farm Won’t Add New Flood Policies but Agents Will Still Sell Them

Jun 8 2010 // State Farm Insurance Co. has decided to discontinue writing new flood insurance policies with the National Flood Insurance Program but the company says it will still service existing policies and State Farm agents will...

State Farm First To Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance in Calif.

Jun 1 2010 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is the first insurer to submit an application to the California Department of Insurance to offer a program that rewards drivers who voluntarily drive fewer miles with lower auto...

State Farm First Insurer to Apply to Offer Californians Pay-As-You-Go

May 26 2010 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.is the first insurer to submit an application to offer an program that rewards California drivers who voluntarily drive fewer miles with lower auto insurance rates. State Farm is...

State Farm to Seek Home Insurance Rate Hike in Mississippi

May 26 2010 // State Farm will file a rate increase with Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney in the next few months. Company spokesman David Majors said that details are still being worked out. Last year, State Farm boosted...