Latest State Farm Headlines

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State Farm Owes $310M in Refunds, Texas Regulators Say

Nov 17 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance has ordered State Farm Lloyd’s (SFL) to refund a total of $310 million to policyholders after finding that the insurer had overcharged customers beginning in 2003.It’s a...

California Agents Win Case Against State Farm

Nov 15 2009 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is going to have to pay the defense costs of two former agents it fired, and then sued, according to a court decision handed down recently.The well-known dispute between the two agents...

California Agents Win Case Against State Farm

Nov 6 2009 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Company is going to have to pay the defense costs of the two former agents the insurance company fired, and then sued, according to a court decision handed down last week.The well-known dispute...

Washington State Woman Pays State Farm

Nov 2 2009 // A Snohomish County woman who admitted to forging thousands of dollars in receipts for an insurance claim has paid $69,610 in restitution to her insurance company, State Farm, according to the Washington State Insurance...

Georgia Court Blocks ‘Stacking’ of Business Auto Policies

Nov 1 2009 // The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that injured motorists are not entitled to maximize their coverage by combining commercial auto insurance policies on several vehicles to cover one accident, a tactic known as...

Georgia Supreme Court Blocks ‘Stacking’ of Auto Insurance Policies

Oct 20 2009 // The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that injured motorists are not entitled to maximize their insurance coverage by combining commercial auto insurance policies on several vehicles to cover one accident, a tactic known as...

Nationwide to Drop 60,000 Policies in Florida

Oct 19 2009 // Nationwide Insurance Co. of Florida plans to reduce its personal lines property exposure in the state of Florida by nonrenewing 60,000 homeowners policies across the state.Nationwide said that Tower Hill Group, a Florida...

Florida Insurance Chief Grilled by Lawmakers

Oct 8 2009 // Some insurance companies could go out of business if a major hurricane hits Florida, the state’s insurance commissioner told a Senate panel this week.But after more than an hour grilling by lawmakers, Commissioner...

Nationwide Insurance to Drop 60,000 Home Policies in Florida

Oct 8 2009 // Nationwide Insurance Co. of Florida plans to reduce its personal lines property exposure in the state of Florida by nonrenewing 60,000 homeowners policies across the state.Nationwide said that Tower Hill Group, a Florida...

Mississippi Ruling on State Farm Rate Hike Expected Next Month

Oct 7 2009 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says he will decide soon whether State Farm can boost homeowners’ rates in three coastal counties. Chaney told the editorial board of The Clarion-Ledger newspaper that...

Florida Home Insurers Losing Money; Will State Farm Stay?

Oct 5 2009 // Homeowners insurers doing business in Florida – established as well as new – are losing money and the state regulator says rates may need to go up.Also, the state’s largest private home insurer, State...

West Virginia Accustomed to Being Leader in Deer Collisions

Sep 30 2009 // In West Virginia, where there’s roughly one deer for every two people and the largest city boasts an annual deer hunt within its boundaries, it’s no surprise the animals pose a common hazard for motorists.This...

Mississippi’s Chaney on State Farm 45% Hike: No Way

Sep 21 2009 // Mississippi’s insurance regulator has given State Farm extra time to try to justify its request to raise coastal homeowners insurance rates an average 45 percent even though he has already indicated he won’t...

Homeowners Insurance Rates Going Up in Alabama

Sep 14 2009 // Insurance rates are going up for many Alabama homeowners.Officials with three of the four companies that insure the most homes in Alabama say that they are raising rates. The company that sells the most homeowners...

Mississippi’s Chaney Not Backing Down in Fight Against State Farm 45% Hike

Sep 10 2009 // Mississippi’s insurance regulator has given State Farm another 30 days to try to justify its request to raise coastal homeowners insurance rates an average 45 percent even though he has already indicated he...

State Farm Scrapping Some Florida Homeowners’ Discounts

Sep 7 2009 // State Farm Florida has been given the green light to eliminate some homeowners insurance discounts but the insurer must continue to offer discounts for storm mitigation steps unless it supports that change with more...

Mississippi Insurance Chief Criticizes State Farm’s 45% Coastal Rate Hike

Aug 25 2009 // State Farm is looking to raise coastal homeowners insurance rates in Mississippi an average 45 percent but the state regulator isn’t very receptive to the idea.“I am not going to approve the present...

Florida Allows State Farm to Scrap Some Insurance Discounts

Aug 6 2009 // State Farm Florida has been given the green light to eliminate some homeowners insurance discounts but the insurer must continue to offer discounts for storm mitigation steps taken by insureds unless it supports that...

Couple Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review in Katrina Case

Aug 3 2009 // Lawyers for a Louisiana couple whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a jury’s award for allegations that an insurance company acted in bad faith when it denied...

State Farm Florida Withdrawal Plan May Go To Judge

Aug 3 2009 // After months of trying, Florida state officials and State Farm Florida have not been able to agree on the insurer’s plan for withdrawing from the state, so steps have been taken to have an administrative law judge...