Latest State Farm Headlines

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5th Circuit Reverses Class Certification in Lawsuit Alleging State Farm Undervalued Total-Loss Claims

Dec 28 2023 // A federal appellate court reversed a trial court’s decision to certify a class of plaintiffs in a lawsuit that alleged State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. undervalued total-loss claims by Louisiana claimants.A...

AM Best Tweaks State Farm Outlook to Negative After Weather, Regulatory Issues

Oct 16 2023 // The AM Best financial rating firm has downgraded its outlook for multiple State Farm insurance companies due to weather losses and regulations that the rating firm said hinder the insurance giant’s ability to...

AM Best Tweaks State Farm Outlook to Negative After Weather, Regulatory Issues

Sep 25 2023 // The AM Best financial rating firm has downgraded its outlook for multiple State Farm insurance companies due to weather losses and regulations that the firm said hinder the insurance giant’s ability to adequately...

State Farm Seeks $1.5M From Owners of Manhattan Garage That Collapsed

Jul 27 2023 // The collapse of a New York City garage in April was caused by the negligence of the owners of the building, according to State Farm, which is suing them to recover $1.5 million in payments to the garage’s customers...

Former Employee With Bladder Condition Sues State Farm Alleging Disability, Racial Bias

Jul 19 2023 // A Georgia woman who was employed by State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. for 20 years is suing the insurer alleging she was discriminated and retaliated against because of her bladder disability.The employee, Elisa Brown,...

Climate Change, Wildfire Risk and State Farm’s California Decision

Jun 1 2023 // Several reasons were given within State Farm’s announcement last week the carrier was no longer writing new personal or business property/casualty policies in California – including a challenging reinsurance...

State Farm’s California Halt Reflects Overall Poor Underwriting Experience, Ratings Agency Says

May 31 2023 // State Farm’s announcement last week that the carrier was no longer writing new personal or business property/casualty policies in California “reflects the poor underwriting experience for California...

State Farm Stops Taking New Applications for Business, Personal Lines P/C in California

May 27 2023 // An insurer group was quick to respond over the weekend after State Farm announced it will cease accepting new applications for business and personal lines property/casualty in California to deal with increased risks and...

Is a Scooter a Vehicle? Appeals Court Says ‘Yes’ and State Farm Must Pay UM Claim

Apr 4 2023 // State Farm must pay an uninsured motorist claim for injuries caused by an electric motor scooter even though the scooter didn’t match the definition of “motor vehicle” in Florida statutes, a panel of the...

State Farm P/C Businesses Report $13B Underwriting Loss

Mar 1 2023 // Late last year, State Farm’s chief executive broke the news that the auto giant would record the largest underwriting loss in its 100-year history for 2022. On Monday, the news became official with a huge number...

Lawsuit Against State Farm Alleges Racial Discrimination in Claims Handling

Dec 16 2022 // State Farm’s claims handling process is the subject of a new lawsuit alleging disparities between the insurer’s treatment of claims from Black policyholders versus claims from white policyholders.The suit filed...

State Farm Still Dealing With Return of its Workforce: CEO Tipsord

Dec 12 2022 // State Farm CEO Michael Tipsord said the nation’s top property/casualty insurer will likely never be the same following the pandemic – and that may be a good thing.“I don’t think we’ll ever go back...

State Farm Will Start Hiking Auto Rates, Allstate CEO Predicts

Dec 9 2022 // Allstate’s chief executive officer said his company will likely continue pushing for auto insurance rate hikes next year, and he expects the carrier’s largest mutual competitor—State Farm—to move in the...

New Hampshire Body Shop Owner ‘Winging’ Own Case Beats State Farm in High Court

Nov 17 2022 // Collision repair shop owner Steve Piispanen didn’t hire an attorney because he considers them to be “not educated” when it comes to insurance law.He represented himself when he appealed a local...

Appeals Court Won’t Certify Class Action on State Farm’s Diminished Value Formula

Sep 28 2022 // Auto and property insurers in the last three months have settled class-action lawsuits in Southern states alleging the carriers systematically underpaid claims. A federal appeals court in Georgia has decided a similar...

State Farm Agrees to Settle Katrina Claims Lawsuit with Mississippi AG

Sep 19 2022 // Mississippi has quietly settled its lawsuit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly minimizing its Hurricane Katrina payments to policyholders, leaving the state to compensate homeowners.The settlement says...

State Farm Invests $1.2B in ADT; Adopts ‘Predict and Prevent’ Mindset

Sep 7 2022 // State Farm and ADT, a smart home provider, announced that State Farm will make a $1.2 billion equity investment in ADT, a move that will give the nation’s largest insurer a 15% ownership stake in ADT.The investment...

State Farm to Pay $100 Million to Federal Government for Hurricane Katrina Claims

Aug 25 2022 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and two former claims-adjuster sisters, who more than 16 years ago filed a lawsuit claiming the insurer committed fraud against the government’s National Flood Insurance Program...

State Farm Sues Amazon to Recover New York Homeowner Claim

Aug 23 2022 // State Farm Fire & Casualty is trying to get Amazon to reimburse it for a payment it made to cover damages to the home of one of its New York insureds. State Farm and its insured claim that the damage was caused by a...

State Farm Alleges $2.6M Auto Insurance Fraud by New Jersey Chiropractors, Doctors

Aug 5 2022 // Insurer State Farm is fighting what it says is a fraudulent medical scheme that has been exploiting New Jersey’s personal injury protection (PIP) benefits law since 2014.The insurer is seeking to recover $2.6 million...