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State Farm to Cut Auto Rates in Penn.

Jun 26 2018 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company plans to cut its rates in Pennsylvania.The total state-wide expected impact of this rate change for State Farm Mutual in Pennsylvania is approximately $49.5 million, set to...

State Farm to Cut Auto Insurance Rates in Missouri

Jun 20 2018 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. plans to lower auto insurance rates rates in Missouri by 3 percent overall.The company said the total statewide savings for all State Farm customers affected by this rate decrease...

State Farm to Cut Personal Auto Rates by 3% in Alabama

Jun 4 2018 // Approximately 950,000 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. personal auto insurance customers in Alabama will see rate reductions starting this month, according to the nationwide insurance company.Thanks to the...

State Farm to Cut Personal Auto Rates by 3% in Alabama

May 24 2018 // Approximately 950,000 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. personal auto insurance customers in Alabama will see rate reductions starting next month, according to the nationwide insurance company.Thanks to the...

Judge Dismisses State Farm Car Crash Suit Against Mississippi U.S. Senate Appointee

Apr 10 2018 // A lawsuit against U.S. Senate appointee Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi has been permanently dismissed.The Daily Leader reports Mississippi Circuit Judge David Strong dismissed the case with prejudice April 3. That means...

Top 10 States for Hail Claims: State Farm

Apr 2 2018 // State Farm recently started a spring storm campaign to educate consumers on hail damage. The insurer collected its homeowners’ claims data for hail damage based on total paid losses for 2017. That number totaled more...

Midwest High on List of States with Most Animal-Vehicle Collisions

Oct 16 2017 // Motorists are more likely to crash into a deer in five Midwest states than in most other states, according to State Farm’s annual ranking of states in terms of the likelihood of deer-vehicle collisions.The insurer...

West Virginia Tops State Farm List of Deer-Car Crashes, Again

Oct 6 2017 // For the 11th consecutive year, West Virginia has topped State Farm’s list for the likelihood of vehicles crashes involving deer.Using claims data, the Bloomington, Illinois-based insurer released its annual deer...

Ex-Illinois County Chairman, State Farm Consultant Sentenced in Fraud Case

Oct 2 2017 // A former Illinois county board chairman who also previously worked for State Farm Insurance Co. as a consultant has been sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison after being convicted of a wire fraud scheme.In...

Ex-Illinois County Chairman, State Farm Consultant Sentenced in Fraud Case

Sep 15 2017 // A former Illinois county board chairman who also previously worked for State Farm Insurance Co. as a consultant has been sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison after being convicted of a wire fraud scheme.In...

Credit Ratings of Texas’ State Farm Lloyds Upgraded

Jul 18 2017 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a-” from “bbb+” of State Farm Lloyds in...

State Farm Issues $13.3M in Refunds to California Policyholders

May 11 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that State Farm has issued refunds totaling $13.3 million for overcharged premiums to 241,356 California consumers in compliance with his rate reduction order...

California OKs Lower Rates for State Farm’s Boat, Home Inland Marine Policies

May 9 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved rate reductions for two State Farm inland marine policies that he said will bring millions of dollars in premium savings for tens of thousands of boat owners and...

Oklahoma Commissioner Unhappy About State Farm’s Plan to Exit Tulsa

May 8 2017 // State Farm is planning to close its Tulsa operations center in 2019, and the state’s insurance commissioner is none too happy about it.According to the Associated Press, spokesman Justin Tomczak said the company will...

State Farm to Close 11 Offices, Displacing 4,200 Employees, After 2016 $7B Loss

May 4 2017 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest U.S. home and auto insurer, plans to shut 11 U.S. facilities, displacing about 4,200 workers, after a $7 billion annual underwriting loss last year on auto...

Insurers’ Use of Cell Tower Data to Deny Claims Comes Under Scrutiny

Apr 3 2017 // It took Jaclyn Bentley nearly three years to prove she didn’t burn her house down for the insurance money, allegations she and her lawyer say were born of the junk practice of analyzing cellphone tower data.She was...

Personal Auto Rate Hikes Not Keeping Up with Losses: Fitch

Mar 30 2017 // U.S. personal auto underwriters increased premium rates “significantly” in 2016. But here’s the thing: it wasn’t enough.Loss trends are still outpacing rate changes. Also, the U.S. P/C industry...

Mississippi Supreme Court Refuses to Dismiss State Farm Katrina Lawsuit

Mar 20 2017 // The Mississippi Supreme Court won’t dismiss a state lawsuit against an insurance company over Hurricane Katrina claims.The Sun Herald reports that Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance giant...

State Farm Lost $7 Billion on Auto in 2016

Mar 1 2017 // State Farm joined the ranks of property/casualty insurers reporting challenges in their auto insurance line of business. State Farm said it lost $7 billion on its auto insurance underwriting in 2016.The State Farm...

Washington Insurance Commissioner Fines State Farm, Others

Feb 13 2017 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in January totaling $15,000 against insurance companies, agents and brokers for violating state insurance regulations.Following are the entities, the fines and...