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State Farm Easing Miss. Homeowner’s Growth Restrictions as Part of Commitment to Magnolia State

Nov 2 2004 // Mississippi’s largest insurer, State Farm, is easing its homeowner’s growth restrictions in the state. According to Commissioner of Insurance George Dale, this announcement demonstrates the company’s...

La. Man Convicted in Scheme to Defraud State Farm

Nov 2 2004 // Dennis Ingles, 51, of Haughton, Louisiana was convicted recently of one count of conspiracy, four counts of mail fraud, and one count of wire fraud, United States Attorney Donald Washington announced.The conviction arises...

State Farm Partners with HFSC’s Steering Committee to Increase Home Safety

Oct 21 2004 // The nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) announced that State Farm Insurance is the first representative of the insurance industry to join HFSC’s Steering Committee.“From the Coalition’s...

State Farm to Lower California Auto Insurance Rates – West News – Sept. 2, 2004

Oct 11 2004 // Many people went with the lowest price and cheap homeowners insurance companies back in 1994. Everything was great until the earthquake hit. To this day, many people who thought that they had proper coverage and did not...

CORRECTION: State Farm Loses Supreme Court Appeal Over Lawsuit

Oct 8 2004 // The final paragraph of the article “State Farm Loses Supreme Court Appeal Over Lawsuit” contains information that is incomplete and therefore inaccurate. The paragraph reads: The company says its practices have...

State Farm Loses Supreme Court Appeal over Lawsuit

Oct 6 2004 // The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of one of Utah’s highest-profile court cases, perhaps ending a decades-long legal battle over a claim brought by a couple against their insurance agency.The...

STATE FARM TO LOWER CALIFORNIA AUTO INSURANCE RATES:

Sep 20 2004 // State Farm will lower auto rates for its California auto insurance customers an average of 7.6 percent effective October 1. The California Department of Insurance-approved rate reduction will save the company’s 3...

State Farm Strikes Again on Ill. Rates

Sep 20 2004 // Exclusive-agent personal lines giant State Farm Insurance Co. announced that it will cut Illinois homeowners and auto insurance rates, effective Nov. 1 for new insureds and renewals. Homeowners insurance premiums will see...

State Farm Again Asked Utah Court to Lower Civil Judgment Award

Sep 6 2004 // An insurance company that already won a $136 million reduction of a punitive damage award thinks that the $9 million it was ordered to pay is still too high.State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. has appealed the...

State Farm to Lower California Auto Insurance Rates

Sep 1 2004 // State Farm will lower auto rates for its California auto insurance customers an average of 7.6 percent effective October 1. The California Department of Insurance-approved rate reduction will save the company’s 3...

State Farm Again Asked Utah Court to Lower Civil Judgment Award

Aug 26 2004 // An insurance company that already won a $136 million reduction of a punitive damage award thinks that the $9 million it was ordered to pay is still too high.State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. has appealed the...

State Farm Ruling Could Expand to Other Home Insurers

Aug 25 2004 // Attorney General Mike Hatch is intervening in a lawsuit that seeks to stop a State Farm insurance rate increase approved by the Department of Commerce earlier this year.The agency’s decision would allow...

If Mass. Rebuilds Residual Market, Auto Insurers Still Unlikely to Come

Aug 23 2004 // While Massachusetts’ officials are overhauling their auto insurance residual market in hopes of attracting new insurers, it is becoming increasingly clear that the legislature will have to join the reform effort if...

State Farm Offers to Donate Building to La. Parish

Aug 2 2004 // State Farm Insurance is eliminating more than 1,000 jobs in Monroe, La., but has offered to donate its largest building to the parish’s economic development group, according to the Associated Press.State Farm...

Maryland’s Job Loss Could be Virginia’s Gain as State Farm Insurance Reorganizes in Mid-Atlantic States

Jul 28 2004 // State Farm Insurance confirmed it is moving to phase-out its Frederick, Md. claims and operations office as part of a reorganization that could eliminate from 400 to 500 jobs there and an equal number in field offices in...

Wildfire Victims Question Industry’s Cost Calculator

Jul 19 2004 // Don Robinson says his Residence Mutual insurance policy pegged the cost of replacing his San Diego home at $233,000. After Southern California’s wildfires destroyed the 40-year-old biologist’s four bedroom...

Wildfire Victims Question Industry’s Cost Calculator

Jul 12 2004 // Don Robinson says his Residence Mutual insurance policy pegged the cost of replacing his San Diego home at $233,000. After Southern California’s wildfires destroyed the 40-year-old biologist’s four-bedroom...

Texas Lt. Governor Says Rates Should Fall Faster

Jun 17 2004 // Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst has reportedly taken State Farm and Farmers to task for not lowering their homeowners rates in the state at a faster pace and contesting the decreases in court.A report in the Houston...

W. Va. Lawmakers Study Home Insurance Costs

Jun 16 2004 // At least one insurance company tends to charge West Virginians more to cover their homes than residents in surrounding states, even when its losses are greater in the other states, according to a presentation given to...

State Farm Drops Auto Insurance Rates in New Mexico

May 10 2004 // State Farm Insurance, New Mexico’s largest auto insurer, is lowering customer rates by an average of 5 percent statewide thanks to fewer claims.Illinois-based State Farm, which handles more than 282,400 insurance...