All the headlines from our State Farm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
May 11 2011 // State Farm Insurance Co. has released its top 10 states for claims involving dog bites, with California on top in number of claims and Florida recording the highest cost per claim.The Bloomington-based State Farm reported...
May 10 2011 // California leads the nation in the number of claims made and paid out by State Farm Insurance for dog bites, according to the Bloomington, Ill.-based insurer. The insurer recorded 369 claims were made, and $11.3 million...
May 6 2011 // Major U.S. insurers jostled on Capitol Hill this week over control of 800,000 former State Farm flood insurance policies as lawmakers tried to advance reform of the nation’s flood insurance system.The conflict began...
May 5 2011 // Major U.S. insurers jostled on Capitol Hill this week over control of 800,000 former State Farm flood insurance policies as lawmakers tried to advance reform of the nation’s flood insurance system.The conflict began...
Apr 18 2011 // State Farm Insurance plans to open a retail storefront in Chicago this summer where it apparently doesn’t plan to sell anything.The Bloomington-based insurer says it plans use it the location in Chicago’s...
Apr 14 2011 // A middle school teacher in Florida has been award $3 million in damages after a jury found State Farm refused to live up to its contract on a 2008 car accident. David Bowler sued State Farm for damages and medical costs...
Apr 14 2011 // Texas State Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio has announced he is terminating his policyholder relationship with State Farm Insurance Co. because of the company’s persistent refusal to pay back customers that have...
Apr 14 2011 // State Farm plans to begin increasing or lowering some of its Illinois policy holders’ rates next year based on how far they drive.The Bloomington-based company says its new Drive Safe and Save program will only be...
Apr 12 2011 // A judge in Austin, Texas, has ruled that State Farm Insurance Co. must comply with a state insurance department directive to repay policyholders in a long running dispute between the insurer and Texas insurance regulators...