All the headlines from our State Farm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2008 // The Blame Game“It stretches both credibility and past experience with bridge structural failure to find causation through a single factor.” —Minnesota State Rep. Jim Oberstar on Oct. 26 criticized the...
Nov 16 2008 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Cos. made questionable decisions in handling Hurricane Katrina claims, but a nearly two-year study found no pattern of fraud in Mississippi.The report by the Mississippi Insurance Department...
Nov 16 2008 // The 2008 hurricane season came very close to presenting, on a large scale, the potential quandary caused by successive losses. On Sept.1, 2008, Hurricane Gustav came ashore and caused substantial damage from the Louisiana...
Nov 4 2008 // Nebraska State Treasurer Shane Osborn announced that effective Nov. 1, 2008, OFI Private Investments (OFIPI), a subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds Inc., will become the new investment manager and service provider for the State...
Nov 3 2008 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Cos. made questionable decisions in handling Hurricane Katrina claims, but a nearly two-year study found no pattern of fraud in Mississippi, according to a state agency report released Oct....
Oct 17 2008 // A Wisconsin appeals court says the estate of a police officer killed in a car crash six years ago cannot collect on his insurance policy.The ruling overturns a judge’s decision awarding Robert Etter’s estate...
Oct 6 2008 // Insurers are not allowed to bring equitable subrogation actions premised on professional negligence against attorneys, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled.According to State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., as subrogee of...
Sep 22 2008 // Marion County, Indiana prosecutors say a company that offered to inspect roofs for hail damage after a 2006 storm tried to scam insurance companies by having employees damage roofs.Prosecutors say CPM Construction offered...
Sep 22 2008 // It took three years for Mississippi resident, Scott Gordon, to resolve the dispute that Hurricane Katrina spawned with his insurance company. Anything resembling a full recovery from the storm will take much...
Sep 22 2008 // Alabama Beach Progress“Unlike a hurricane which can strike swiftly and forcibly, it often takes time and deliberation to implement changes in policy but members of the Beach Pool are proud to report the significant...
Sep 17 2008 // Insurers are not allowed to bring equitable subrogation actions premised on professional negligence against attorneys, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled.According to State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., as subrogee of...
Sep 16 2008 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a Biloxi, Miss. couple over damage to their home from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.Terms of the settlement were not disclosed Sept. 15 in U.S....
Sep 10 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty ordered State Farm Florida to issue credits or refunds totaling $120 million to current and former policyholders who did not apply for or who did not receive the windstorm loss...
Sep 10 2008 // A Mississippi couple who accused their insurance company of using fraudulent Hurricane Katrina damage reports to keep from paying claims now says there’s no evidence the insurer acted negligently or in bad faith.A...
Sep 5 2008 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation rejected State Farm Florida’s petition for a formal hearing on after the state disapproved the company’s 47.1 percent proposed statewide average increase.Florida...
Sep 1 2008 // After months of separate discussion, State Farm and Allstate insurance companies reached an agreement with Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney on homeowners insurance rate filings.Allstate will see a statewide...
Sep 1 2008 // In a long running dispute between the Texas Department of Insurance and State Farm over homeowners insurance rates, the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin on Aug. 22 ruled that state regulators did not have the authority to...
Sep 1 2008 // Allstate and State Farm are raising their auto rates in Texas.State Farm filed with the Texas Department of Insurance increases of 2.4 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, for its two auto insurance subsidiaries, State...
Aug 27 2008 // A new study on teen driving habits and safety found that 59 percent of teens always buckled up in the driver seat but only 42 percent always wore seat belts as passengers. However, only 38 percent of all teens in the study...
Aug 25 2008 // A state appeals court ruled Aug. 22 that Texas insurance regulators did not have the authority to issue a disciplinary order against State Farm Lloyds, the state’s largest home insurer, for charging rates it had...