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Oklahoma AG Warns Against ‘Steering’ to Repair Shops by Insurers

Nov 9 2014 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is warning citizens of his state about the practice of “steering” — where insurers strongly push consumers to take their vehicles to “preferred” auto body...

State Farm Seeking Approval to Test Drones in Illinois

Nov 3 2014 // State Farm Insurance is seeking federal approval to test drones in evaluating property damage and responding to natural disasters.The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reported that the Bloomington, Ill.-based company has filed an...

State Farm Seeks to Test Drone Use for Damage Response in Illinois

Oct 27 2014 // State Farm insurance company is seeking federal approval to test drones in evaluating property damage and responding to natural disasters.The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reported that the Bloomington-based company has filed...

Homeowner Rate Hikes Go Unchallenged by Texas Commissioner

Sep 22 2014 // Texas’ insurance commissioner has allowed the three largest home insurers to impose significant rate hikes on many policyholders despite the objections of a state consumer advocate.Insurance Commissioner Julia...

Homeowner Insurance Rate Hikes not Challenged by Texas Commissioner

Sep 15 2014 // The Texas insurance commissioner has allowed the three largest home insurers to impose significant rate hikes on many policyholders despite the objections of a state consumer advocate.Insurance Commissioner Julia Rathgeber...

Insurance Experts: Does It Really Take One to Know One?

Sep 8 2014 // When an insurance agent is sued for professional negligence, a question arises as to whether the breach of the agent’s duty of care requires the testimony of another insurance agent or broker who testifies that the...

Louisiana AG Files Suit Against State Farm over Auto Repair Practices

Sep 8 2014 // Alleging “a culture of unsafe business practices” in its handling of vehicle repairs, Louisiana’s attorney general has filed suit against insurance giant State Farm.Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s...

State Farm Enhances Claims Reporting App with Object Recognition Technology

Aug 28 2014 // State Farm has added object recognition technology to their Pocket Agent app to make submitting an auto claim via a mobile device easier and simplify the claims process. This new technology reduces the need for typing by...

Louisiana AG Files Suit Against State Farm Over Auto Repair Practices

Aug 19 2014 // Alleging “a culture of unsafe business practices” in its handling of vehicle repairs, Louisiana’s attorney general has filed suit against insurance giant State Farm.Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s...

Small Businesses to Commercial Insurers: ‘You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling’

Aug 11 2014 // Insurers writing predominantly personal lines of insurance do a better job in satisfying their small business customers than insurers focused more on commercial lines, a new survey contends.According to the J.D. Power 2014...

State Farm Hurricane Deductibles in Louisiana Jump to 5%

Jul 21 2014 // State Farm’s 308,000 Louisiana homeowner’s customers are confronting an unpleasant change: their policies now include a mandatory 5 percent hurricane deductible.State Farm spokesman Gary Stephenson told The...

Washington Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Insurance Fraud

Jul 18 2014 // Jeremy B. Jeske, 43, a Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy, has been charged with two counts of insurance fraud in connection with a case that was investigated by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s...

Louisiana Commissioner Asks State Farm to Offer Lower Hurricane Deductible

Jul 17 2014 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has asked State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. (State Farm) to offer its Louisiana policyholders Louisiana the option of a 2 percent hurricane deductible on their homeowners’ insurance...

State Farm Increases Hurricane Deductible in Louisiana to 5%

Jul 10 2014 // One month into the hurricane season, State Farm’s 308,000 Louisiana homeowner’s customers are confronting an unpleasant change: their policies now include a mandatory 5 percent hurricane deductible.State Farm...

Best Upgrades State Farm General’s ICR; Affirms State Farm and Subs FSR’s

Jun 2 2014 // A.M. Best has upgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) of State Farm General Insurance Company, and...

Insurers See Claims Rising in Pennsylvania Following Last Week’s Hail Storm

May 29 2014 // Some insurers say they are seeing an increased volume of claims in Pennsylvania following last Thursday’s freak hail storm that caused widespread damage in communities in the eastern part of the state.State Farm said...

Florida Court: ‘Exploding Corpse’ Not Covered Under Property Policy

May 8 2014 // A Florida circuit court has found that a condominium owner’s property policy did not include coverage for the “explosion” of an advanced decompose body since it did not fall under a name peril listed in...

State Farm Stuck on ‘Pause’ in Face of NBA Owner’s Ban

Apr 29 2014 // In the face of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s banishment from the National Basketball Association on Tuesday State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance reaffirmed its stance that it’s taking...

NBA Team Owner’s Racist Comments Prompt State Farm ‘Pause’

Apr 28 2014 // Virgin America Inc. and CarMax Inc. ended their sponsorships with the Los Angeles Clippers, while State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance and Kia Motors Corp. suspended their involvement with the team being investigated by...

Indiana Body Shops Sue Insurers over Compensation for Vehicle Repairs

Apr 22 2014 // Indiana body shops and auto insurers are on a collision course over repair compensation practices, a dispute that could cost millions of dollars to patch up.In a federal lawsuit, 14 Indiana shops accuse State Farm...