Latest State Farm Headlines

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State Farm Settles Immigration Discrimination Case with Justice Department

Oct 29 2024 // The Justice Department announced that it secured a settlement agreement with State Farm resolving the department’s determination that one of State Farm’s corporate offices in Richardson, Texas, violated the...

State Farm Campaign Aims to Provide Smoke Alarms to 1,300+ Texas Homes

Oct 22 2024 // State Farm will provide smoke alarms to more than 1,300 Texas homes during the Out to Alarm Texas 2024 campaign, the Insurance Council of Texas shared.The initiative was created in 2005 as a way mitigate the loss of life...

State Farm Posts Worst HO Loss Ratio Since 2011; Peers Recover: S&P

Sep 26 2024 // State Farm was the only one of 10 major players in the homeowners insurance market reporting a worse second-quarter loss ratio for the line than it did in 2023, according to a new analysis.The outlier result came even as...

State Farm: Catalytic Converter Thefts Drop 74%

Sep 12 2024 // For the second year in a row, State Farm auto claims data has revealed a significant drop in catalytic converter theft claims.There was a 74 % drop for the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. There were...

Lyft is a Motor Carrier and State Farm Can Be Sued Directly, Georgia Court Says

Aug 28 2024 // Georgia lawmakers this year put an end to direct-action lawsuits against trucking companies’ insurers, but that did not come soon enough to bar litigation brought by people involved in accidents with ride-sharing...

Allstate, State Farm Sued Over $4 Billion Maui Fire Settlement

Jul 22 2024 // A half-dozen Maui wildfire victims sued a group of insurers, including State Farm and Allstate, accusing them of throwing a wrench into a tentative $4 billion deal to settle their claims.The lawsuit filed Friday in state...

Woman Used Photos from Another Person in State Farm Claim, NCDOI Says

Jul 11 2024 // North Carolina authorities have charged one woman and are on the lookout for another in connection with a scheme to defraud a State Farm insurance company of more than $195,000. India Ayesha Wilkerson, 25, of Greensboro,...

State Farm Seeking Large Rate Increases in Wildfire-Prone California

Jul 3 2024 // State Farm has applied for large rate increases in California, a year after the carrier got rate approvals of 7% and 20%—adding fuel to a burning homeowners crisis in a state that’s seen an increasing number of...

Patents for Sale? State Farm Reveals Website of Inventions

May 16 2024 // State Farm announced that it has launched a new website to showcase some of its patented technology, and making it available for licensing, purchase or collaboration opportunities.“State Farm is more than just an...

Oregon Division of Financial Regulation Fines State Farm $200K

Apr 10 2024 // The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation issued a $200,000 fine against State Farm after the company reportedly failed to send notices over the past six years informing its insureds of their ability to request an annual...

US Dog-Related Injury Claims Hit $1.12 Billion in 2023: Triple-I, State Farm Report

Apr 9 2024 // US insurers paid out $1.12 billion in dog-related injury claims in 2023 according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and State Farm.The number of dog bite and related injury claims was 19,062 in 2023, an...

AM Best Downgrades Ratings of State Farm General

Apr 1 2024 // Roughly a week after State Farm announced that it would nonrenew tens of thousands of homeowners and commercial apartment policies in California, AM Best has downgraded the company that offered those policies.Last week,...

Louisiana’s Temple Seeks Reform in Response to State Farm’s California Cuts

Mar 28 2024 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple pointed to State Farm’s decision to non-renew policies in the California market as a warning for lawmakers to modernize Louisiana’s regulatory framework and address...

State Farm Nonrenewing 30K California Homeowners, Renters

Mar 20 2024 // State Farm General Insurance Co. said it will non-renew 30,000 California homeowners, rental dwelling, and other property insurance policiesState Farm announced in May last year it had stopped accepting new policy...

State Farm Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment

Mar 18 2024 // State Farm Insurance brought forth a subrogation lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over damages to a pair of East Palestine, Ohio homes allegedly caused by the railroad company’s February 2023 train derailment.State...

State Farm Announces New CEO; Farney Succeeding Tipsord June 1

Mar 15 2024 // The State Farm Mutual board of directors has selected President Jon Farney as the company’s next chief executive officer. Farney will succeed retiring CEO Michael Tipsord on June 1.Farney joined State Farm in 1993...

State Farm Sets Another Record With $14B Underwriting Loss in 2023

Mar 1 2024 // A year after recording the largest underwriting loss in the company’s 100-year history, State Farm eclipsed it in 2023.The underwriting loss figure climbed to $14 billion for 2023, with a nearly $5 billion...

State Farm Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment Damages

Feb 26 2024 // State Farm Insurance brought forth a subrogation lawsuit last week against Norfolk Southern over damages to a pair of East Palestine, Ohio homes allegedly caused by the railroad company’s February 2023 train...

Georgia Saw Most Frozen-Pipe Claims in 2022-2023, State Farm Says

Jan 18 2024 // Georgia was, by far, the state with the most frozen pipe and water damage claims, State Farm Insurance reported as much of the country faces the first deep freeze for winter 2024.The insurer said in an article on its...

State Farm Owes $2.6M to Florida, Court Says in Reading of ‘Dense’ Tax Code

Jan 18 2024 // State Farm Insurance and its subsidiaries owe the state of Florida more than $2.6 million in back taxes and interest after a state appeals court ruled against the insurer on an interpretation of state and federal tax...