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State Farm Reports 2014 Underwriting Loss, Operating Profit

Mar 4 2015 // State Farm reported an underwriting loss in 2014, though investment and other income still helped leave it with an operating profit.The insurer’s combined property/casualty underwriting loss landed at $939 million,...

A.M. Best: State Farm Lloyds Ratings Unchanged After Texas Settlement

Mar 4 2015 // A.M. Best says the financial strength rating of B++ (Good) and the issuer credit ratings of “bbb” of State Farm Lloyds in Dallas are unchanged following the announcement that it has reached a settlement...

State Farm to Pay $352.5M to Settle Texas Residential Overcharge Case

Feb 27 2015 // A settlement has been reached in a long-running dispute between the nation’s largest homeowners insurer and the state of Texas over premium overcharges.The Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) announced...

Mississippi Supreme Court to Hear Katrina Case of Home Hit by Casino Barge

Jan 26 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will consider whether a judge was wrong in finding that an insurance company was not liable for damage caused when the Grand Casino barge was torn from its moorings during Hurricane Katrina...

Katrina Whistleblower Case Set for Arguments in February

Jan 26 2015 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has appealed an order that it pay legal fees and damages of $3 million in a whistleblower lawsuit in which a jury found the insurer defrauded the government in a policyholder claim after...

Sisters’ Whistleblower Case Over State Farm’s Katrina Claims Nears Court Date

Jan 5 2015 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has appealed an order that it pay legal fees and damages of $3 million in a whistleblower lawsuit in which a jury found the insurer defrauded the government in a policyholder claim after...

Juror Witnesses Firsthand What the Hail Is Going on in Texas

Dec 8 2014 // The trial was representative of thousands of hail damage lawsuits presently pending in courts across Texas. The homeowner alleged that her roof was damaged in an April 2011 hail storm. Three months later, on June 23, 2011,...

State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana

Dec 1 2014 // State Farm is increasing auto insurance premiums in Louisiana for liability, collision and comprehensive coverage by a statewide average of 3.7 percent.The auto rate increase will generate $40.4 million annually from State...

State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana

Nov 19 2014 // Auto insurance rates will increase by an average of 4.4 percent beginning Dec. 8 for Baton Rouge, La., customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.State Farm is Louisiana’s largest auto insurer, covering...

Oklahoma AG Warns of Insurer ‘Steering’ to Body Shops

Nov 17 2014 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has issued a warning to citizens of his state regarding the practice of “steering” — where insurance companies strongly push consumers to take their vehicles to...

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...