All the headlines from our State Farm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 26 2011 // State Farm Insurance has paid $5 billion to its customers for weather-related catastrophes — damage to cars, homes and other property so far this year — the largest U.S. insurer of homes and cars said...
Sep 19 2011 // Florida’s highest court has upheld the so-called “household exclusion” clause in automobile policies that states the injuries suffered by family members residing with an insured driver are not covered...
Sep 16 2011 // Global insurance broker Marsh has appointed Bill Pieroni to the role of chief operating officer, effective Sept. 19. Pieroni comes from State Farm where he served as senior vice president. In his new role at Marsh, he will...
Sep 14 2011 // State Farm Insurance has filed notice seeking an average 10 percent increase in Texas homeowner rates.But company officials say discounts will be boosted to hold the actual premium hike to 1.4 percent statewide. The Dallas...
Sep 1 2011 // Florida’s highest court has upheld the so-called “household exclusion” clause in automobile policies that states the injuries suffered by family members residing with an insured driver are not covered...
Aug 26 2011 // In addition to advising their policyholders on what to do to protect against Hurricane Irene, property/casualty insurers and brokers are themselves taking precautions—and positioning their claims teams for the...
Aug 23 2011 // A Burien auto glass company owner who was sentenced for insurance fraud last week now has been ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution to several insurance companies for the overbilling scam.Michael Alan...
Aug 15 2011 // Indiana House Speaker Brian C. Bosma, R-Indianapolis, along with other House Republican legislators, hailed the passage of a bill to privatize giant State Farm Insurance.“This is yet another victory in our campaign...
Aug 11 2011 // State Farm Insurance plans to give its Illinois customers a chance to lower, or raise, their rates depending on their driving habits.The Bloomington-based insurer said that in September it will start putting a monitoring...
Jul 28 2011 // State Farm Insurance Company says it plans to reduce the size of a New Jersey operations center, sending about 500 jobs to New York and Pennsylvania.The company said it intends to downsize its Parsippany office over the...
Jul 21 2011 // A Burien, Wash., auto glass company owner has been sentenced to jail for a billing scheme that’s believed to have cost insurers more than $1.5 million, reports the state insurance commissioner.Michael Alan Perkins,...
Jun 22 2011 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., Louisiana’s largest insurer of homes, is asking state insurance regulators for permission to boost premiums by an average 8.5 percent.In a filing released by the state insurance...
Jun 17 2011 // State Farm claim representatives said it has paid nearly $1.75 billion to its customers from the destructive storms of April and May. The total claim payments have nearly doubled in less than three weeks.Earlier this week,...
Jun 9 2011 // The Chicago chapter of the National African-American Insurance Association (NAAIA) announced that its Chicago corporate sponsor, State Farm, presented scholarships to 10 academically-outstanding youth representing area...
Jun 9 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of State Farm General...
Jun 6 2011 // State Farm says it has paid almost $1 billion on about 300,000 catastrophe claims from devastating storms across the central and southeastern United States over the past two months. Around 284,000 of the claims are from...
May 31 2011 // State Farm says it has paid almost $1 billion on about 300,000 catastrophe claims from devastating storms across the central and southeastern United States over the past two months.The Pantagraph in Bloomington reported...
May 26 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa-” of Bermuda-based Top Layer Reinsurance Ltd. ; both with stable outlooks.The...
May 16 2011 // Major U.S. insurers are pushing to gain control of 800,000 former State Farm flood insurance policies as lawmakers contemplate reforms to the nation’s flood insurance system.The conflict began last year when State...
May 11 2011 // State Farm plans to close two dozen field offices in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan where 1,300 people work to save $8 million over the next five years. The Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington reported that the insurance...