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State Farm to Distribute $195 Million Calif. Auto Policyholder Dividend

Mar 1 2007 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. announced that auto insurance policyholders in California will receive a dividend 15 percent of their semi-annual premium. The total amount to be distributed is estimated to total...

State Farm Announces $1.2 Billion Mutual Auto Policyholder Dividend

Mar 1 2007 //

Resetting State Farm’s Katrina punitive damages

Feb 26 2007 // At the trial of this cause of action, this Court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict...

Allstate says it paid Katrina claims of type State Farm denied

Feb 26 2007 // Giant insurer Allstate Corp., based in Northbrook, Ill., doesn’t have much to fear from a Mississippi class-action lawsuit that seeks to have insurers in the state reopen closed Hurricane Katrina claims, according to...

Katrina lawsuits: Are the winds of fortune changing for insurers?

Feb 26 2007 // In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when it became apparent that property losses would total billions of dollars, the insurance industry was understandably concerned that courts in Mississippi and Louisiana...

Bullies and barons

Feb 26 2007 // We’re looking a robber baron in the face. State Farm is not a responsible corporate citizen.” That’s Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood attacking State Farm after the insurer, still reeling from...

Miss. AG Hood picks fight with State Farm over pullback

Feb 26 2007 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will seek legislation aimed at blocking State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial policies in the hurricane-battered state. Hood’s...

Resetting State Farm’s Katrina punitive damages

Feb 26 2007 // At the trial of this cause of action, this court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict...

Allstate says it paid Katrina claims of type State Farm denied

Feb 25 2007 // Giant insurer Allstate Corp., based in Northbrook, Ill., doesn’t have much to fear from a Mississippi class-action lawsuit that seeks to have insurers in the state reopen closed Hurricane Katrina claims, according to...

News Currents

Feb 25 2007 // Miss. AG Hood picks fight with State Farm over pullback Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will seek legislation aimed at blocking State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial...

Editor’s Note: Bullies and barons

Feb 25 2007 // State Farm has been in a fight since Hurricane Katrina and, to be fair, Hood didn’t start it. The insurer threw the first punch when it took a hard-line stance on wind and water claims from Katrina. We’re...

Katrina lawsuits: Are the winds of fortune changing for insurers?

Feb 25 2007 // In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when it became apparent that property losses would total billions of dollars, the insurance industry was understandably concerned that courts in Mississippi and Louisiana...

Resetting State Farm’s Katrina punitive damages

Feb 25 2007 // By Judge L.T. Senter Jr. At the trial of this cause of action, this court submitted instructions to the jury for it to determine whether punitive damages should be awarded and, if so, in what amount. After deliberating,...

State Farm Eyes Auto Rate Cuts When Fla. No-Fault Law Expires

Feb 22 2007 // State Farm would cut its car insurance rates by about 16 percent if the state’s no-fault accident system ends in October as scheduled, the company said in a state regulatory filing. This week’s filing said that...

Lawyer: La. Citizens Nearing Mass Settlement of Hurricane Suits

Feb 21 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer is nearing a mass settlement with policyholders that would be the first deal of its kind in the state since hurricanes Katrina and Rita spawned thousands of lawsuits, an attorney for the...

Miss. Gov. Barbour Rejects Hood’s Call to Block State Farm

Feb 20 2007 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will seek legislation aimed at blocking State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial policies in the hurricane-battered state. Hood’s...

State Farm to Retain Coverage of Some Coastal Ala. Residents

Feb 20 2007 // Approximately 135 homeowners in the Fairhope-Daphne area whose policies were set to be non-renewed by State Farm Insurance are expected to have their coverage retained. Previously, State Farm notified the Alabama...

Miss. AG Hood Attacks State Farm as ‘Robber Baron’

Feb 16 2007 // In a second press conference in as many days, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood came out fighting against a recent decision by State Farm Insurance Co. to stop writing new home and commercial property policies in the...

Miss. Commissioner, AG Upset Over State Farm Cutback

Feb 15 2007 // Mississippi officials are concerned about the effect State Farm’s decision to curtail its insurance writings will have on rebuilding efforts and remaining insurance markets. State Farm, Mississippi’s largest...

Allstate Says It Paid Katrina Claims of Type State Farm Denied

Feb 15 2007 // Giant insurer Allstate Corp. doesn’t have much to fear from a Mississippi class-action lawsuit that seeks to have insurers in the state reopen closed Hurricane Katrina claims, according to the company’s chief...