All the headlines from our State Farm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jul 21 2009 // A court has upheld Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty’s denial of a 47.1 percent home insurance rate hike requested last July by State Farm Florida.According to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation...
Jul 16 2009 // State Farm Lloyds has submitted a rate filing to the Texas Department of Insurance to increase its homeowner’s insurance rates in Texas by a statewide average of 8.5 percent, beginning Oct. 1 for existing customers...
Jul 15 2009 // After months of trying, Florida state officials and State Farm Florida have been unable to agree on the details of the insurer’s plan for withdrawing from the state, so steps have been taken to have an administrative...
Jul 15 2009 // Today is an important deadline in the process of settling the terms of State Farm’s withdrawal from the Florida insurance market.Representatives of Florida insurance regulators and State Farm Florida had hoped to...
Jul 10 2009 // The Texas Supreme Court recently upheld an appeals court ruling that favors the insured in a dispute over the scope of an appraisal clause in a homeowners insurance policy.Delivering the written opinion of the Court in...
Jul 10 2009 // State Farm received the top honor and Liberty Mutual received the most Best of Show awards at the Insurance Marketing and Communications Association (IMCA) 2009 Showcase Awards, held during the IMCA Annual Meeting on June...
Jul 6 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said the 54 property insurers backed by nearly $5 billion in capital that have been admitted to the state since 2006 can’t be expected to absorb all of the policies left...
Jun 24 2009 // Siding with domestic insurers, consumer groups and the state insurance regulator, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist today vetoed a bill designed to keep State Farm from leaving and attract other large insurers to the state by...
Jun 22 2009 // Florida’s biggest private insurer of property, State Farm Florida, has told Gov. Charlie Crist it would “be willing to re-examine its options” and its decision to leave the state’s home insurance...