Latest State Farm Headlines

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State Farm Files for Rate Reduction

Aug 18 2006 // State Farm Insurance, California’s largest auto insurer, has applied for an 8 percent average reduction for its policyholders while simultaneously implementing new auto rate regulations, according to the Department...

State Farm Trying to Improve its Image After Hurricane Katrina

Aug 16 2006 // Representatives of State Farm Insurance Co. are on a media tour in Mississippi to give a more positive image to the company as it and others in the industry fend off lawsuits filed in the aftermath of Hurricane...

Another Katrina Suit Filed Against State Farm by Mississippi Insured

Aug 14 2006 // Judy Dutruch has long questioned why her insurance company refused to send an engineer to investigate Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of her Diamondhead home on Aug. 29, 2005, before denying her claim. Batesville...

State Farm to Reduce W.Va. Homeowners Rates

Aug 9 2006 // State Farm announced Tuesday in Charleston, W.Va. it is lowering homeowners insurance rates in West Virginia by an average of 5 percent starting in December. It marked the first time since 1989 that State Farm has won...

Texas denies State Farm rate hike

Aug 7 2006 // Texas insurance officials on July 21 rejected proposed homeowner rate increases by State Farm, the state’s largest home insurer. State Farm had filed for a pair of statewide rate increases on May 31: a 9.1 percent...

Sample Partnership

Aug 7 2006 // State Farm has launched a series of initiatives to expand its markets while contributing to the economic vitality and safety of low-income neighborhoods. To help reach its goals, State Farm has developed a long-term,...

Texas denies State Farm rate hike

Aug 7 2006 // Texas insurance officials on July 21 rejected proposed homeowner rate increases by State Farm, the state’s largest home insurer. State Farm had filed for a pair of statewide rate increases on May 31: a 9.1 percent...

Texas Denies State Farm Rate Hike

Jul 24 2006 // Texas insurance officials on July 21 rejected proposed homeowner rate increases by State Farm, the state’s largest home insurer. State Farm had filed for a pair of statewide rate increases on May 31: a 9.1 percent...

State Farm to Boost Property Insurance Rates More Than 50 Percent

Jul 20 2006 // State Farm, one of Florida’s largest insurers, will raise property insurance rates by an average of 52.7 percent this year under a plan approved Tuesday by state regulators. The Bloomington, Ill.-based company said...

Commissioner Comments On State Farm’s 52.7 Percent Rate Request

Jul 19 2006 // According to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation State Farm Florida Insurance Company is now requesting a statewide average rate hike of 52.7 percent, an amended rate request that agrees with OIR calculations. On...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Case Law Watch

Jun 19 2006 // Commercial Liability-Auto Bauer v Century Surety Company (Wis. App. May 2, 2006) Ruling: Unloading constitutes “Operation” under Wisconsin coverage statute. The court held that the commercial liability insurer...

News Currents

Jun 19 2006 // State Farm adjusts rates in Texas State Farm Insurance recently submitted several filings to the Texas Department of Insurance, aiming for a balance with rate adjustments that include a reduction auto rates but an increase...

Comment Sparse in Florida on 80% State Farm Insurance Hike

Jun 7 2006 // Lynn Martin took a day off work and drove all the way from Punta Gorda to Lake Buena Vista, Fla. to talk about homeowner’s insurance. In just under a decade, the 51-year-old has seen her State Farm premiums rise 300...

Case Law Watch

Jun 5 2006 // ArkansasWorkers’ Compensation Jones Brothers Inc. v. Whitlock, et al. (Ark. May 4, 2005) Prime contractor liable for workers’ compensation benefits owed to employee of uninsured subcontractor: The Supreme Court...