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State Farm Settles Alabama Class Action Charging it Underpaid Claims

Jul 29 2022 // Did State Farm Insurance employ a clever device to reduce its payout – sometimes to zero – on thousands of property claims in Alabama?The insurance company has denied underpaying claims and other wrongdoing, but has...

Personal Auto Results Slow to Recover; GEICO, Progressive to Pass State Farm

Jul 19 2022 // With an overall combined ratio in excess of 100 for the first time since 2017, private passenger auto joined homeowners in unprofitable territory last year, prompting carriers to respond with pricing and underwriting...

Analysis: State Farm Wins Again With Better J.D. Power Scores Than GEICO

Jul 18 2022 // When Warren Buffett told Berkshire Hathaway investors that State Farm continues to dominate the large auto insurance carrier landscape during this year’s annual meeting, he was referring to scale rather than customer...

State Farm Drops Support of LBGTQ Awareness Group After ‘Creepy Neighbor’ Campaign

May 25 2022 // After an uproar from conservative groups, State Farm Insurance has dropped its support of a group that said it was battling misinformed opinions on transgender youth.“We support organizations that provide resources...

State Farm Still Wins: Buffett Talks Auto Insurance at Annual Event

May 3 2022 // There wasn’t a lot of talk about auto insurance at this year’s annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, but when the subject came up, Warren Buffett acknowledged the continued dominance of one competitor—a...

State Farm Awards ICT $40K Grant to Promote Education Programs

May 2 2022 // State Farm Insurance has awarded the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) with a $40,000 grant to promote and develop education programs throughout the state.ICT will use the grant to grow its multiple public service and...

State Farm Awards ICT $40,000 Grant to Promote Education Programs in Texas

Apr 19 2022 // State Farm Insurance has awarded the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) with a $40,000 grant to promote and develop education programs throughout the state.ICT will use the grant to grow its multiple public service and...

Consumer Group Demands Probe After New York Times Reports on Alleged Bias at State Farm

Apr 4 2022 // A national consumer rights group in late March called on state insurance commissioners to investigate racial bias in claims handling after the New York Times reported on discrimination lawsuits filed against State Farm by...

Consumer Group Demands Probe After Reports of Alleged Bias at State Farm

Mar 29 2022 // A national consumer rights group on Thursday called on state insurance commissioners to investigate racial bias in claims handling after the New York Times reported on discrimination lawsuits filed against State Farm by a...

Florida Appeal Courts Side with Insurers in Attorney Fees, AOB and PIP Cases

Feb 23 2022 // From attorneys’ fees to water damage to reimbursement limits in no-fault auto insurance, Florida appeals courts have sided with insurers in several cases in recent days. Here’s a look:Attorney Fees and Another...

State Farm Sues Tesla For $1.2 Million Over Indiana Car, Garage Fire

Feb 18 2022 // State Farm filed a $1.2 million subrogation claim against Tesla in Indiana federal court on Feb. 16, alleging negligence and strict product liability over a fire that damaged an insured’s car and residence.Two State...

Wisconsin High Court Limits Bodily Injury Coverage to Insured Persons

Feb 17 2022 // An auto insurer is not required to pay underinsured motorist benefits to the son of man who was killed in an auto crash because the father was not insured by its policy, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in an...

State Farm Charges Chiro Clinics with Fraud in Gaming Florida’s PIP Law

Feb 3 2022 // In a federal lawsuit filed this week, State Farm Insurance accuses a chiropractor and his string of Florida clinics of widespread fraud by regularly and falsely claiming that car accident victims needed emergency care, so...

LDI Affirmed in State Farm Hurricane Barry Deductible Case

Jan 11 2022 // A Louisiana administrative hearings panel has ruled that Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon was justified in preventing State Farm from enforcing a hurricane deductible for certain losses caused by Hurricane Barry in July...

State Farm and Generali Join Investors in Computer Vision Startup Nexar

Nov 19 2021 // State Farm and Generali joined the $53 million financing round for Nexar, an artificial intelligence computer vision startup based in New York.The technology startup provides crowdsourced visual data that is contextualized...

Court Rules California Insurance Commissioner Cannot Make State Farm Pay Refunds for Overcharges

Nov 2 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara cannot force insurers to repay consumers when they charge excessive rates, the California Court of Appeal in San Diego has ruled.The court held that State Farm will not have...

California Jury Awards $6.3M to Actress in State Farm Fire Suit

Oct 6 2021 // A federal jury in Los Angeles awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty on Monday in a lawsuit alleging that State Farm failed to pay sufficiently for damage to her house in a 2018 California wildfire.The jury found...

Fungus Endorsement Outweighs Resulting Loss in Florida State Farm Case

Oct 5 2021 // A Florida appeals court has reversed a trial judge, finding that a homeowner’s State Farm policy did not cover damages from a septic tank leak because of a fungus endorsement on the policy.In State Farm Florida...

Donelon Doubles Down as State Farm Refuses to Cover Ida Evacuation Costs

Sep 17 2021 // For the second time in a week, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has said he is considering levying fines against insurance companies that continue to refuse to comply with his emergency directive to cover the...

Hagerty and State Farm Partnering on Classic Vehicle Insurance

Aug 12 2021 // State Farm is collaborating with Traverse City, Michigan-based Hagerty to introduce a new insurance product for classic vehicles, State Farm Classic+, beginning in 2022.Hagerty is an automotive lifestyle brand and a...