Latest State Farm Headlines

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California Judge Denies State Farm’s Request to Delay Rate Reduction Order

Jan 27 2017 // Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal has denied State Farm’s request for a temporary restraining order in an attempt to delay California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ enforcement of his order directing the...

California Department of Insurance Issues Notice of Noncompliance to State Farm

Jan 17 2017 // The California Department of Insurance has issued a noncompliance notice to State Farm General Insurance Co. for refusing to reduce policyholders’ rates as mandated by an order from Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones...

Judge Denies State Farm’s Bid to Stop California Rate Reduction Order

Dec 8 2016 // California Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal has denied State Farm’s emergency request to stay Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’s order directing State Farm to reduce homeowner and renter rates by 7...

Supreme Court Upholds Katrina Fraud Verdict Against State Farm

Dec 6 2016 // The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to two whistleblower sisters by upholding a jury verdict that found State Farm defrauded the U.S. government when the insurance company assessed damage caused by Hurricane...

Supreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict

Nov 21 2016 // The Supreme Court appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance company defrauded the U.S. government when it assessed damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf of Mexico...

California Commissioner Orders State Farm to Reduce Homeowner Rates

Nov 8 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday issued a decision requiring State Farm Insurance Co. to reduce its dwelling insurance rates by an average of 7.0 percent, resulting is $78.6 million in annual savings...

State Farm Agrees to Cut Rental Rates in California by 40%

Nov 7 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones late last month announced he obtained an agreement from State Farm General Insurance Co. to reduce their rental dwelling program policyholders’ rates statewide by an...

Supreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict

Nov 2 2016 // The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance company defrauded the U.S. government when it assessed damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along the...

State Farm Agrees to Cut Rental Rates in California by 40%

Oct 19 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday announced he has obtained an agreement from State Farm General Insurance Co. to reduce their rental dwelling program policyholders’ rates statewide by an...

State Farm Reminds Alabama Drivers to Watch Out for Deer

Oct 4 2016 // Alabama motorists are getting a costly reminder to look out for deer while driving. State Farm, Alabama’s largest auto insurer, says in a statement that there were 28,794 insurance claims connected to deer collisions...

U.S. Judge Allows Class Action Alleging State Farm Bankrolled Judge

Sep 20 2016 // Some customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. claim the company conspired to help elect an Illinois Supreme Court candidate so he could vote to throw out a $1 billion award against the company. Now they will...

California Commissioner Approves Rate Reductions on State Farm Commercial Policies

Sep 6 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved rate reductions for several State Farm commercial policies that he said will bring millions of dollars in premium savings for tens of thousands of small businesses,...

California Commissioner Approves Rate Reductions on State Farm Commercial Policies

Aug 24 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved rate reductions for several State Farm commercial policies that he said will bring millions of dollars in premium savings for tens of thousands of small businesses,...

California Commissioner Asks Consumer Watchdog to Retract News Release

Aug 10 2016 // California Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday asked Consumer Watchdog to retract a news release about State Farm that he said “includes inaccurate statements and is misleading.”The Consumer Watchdog news...

California Administrative Law Judge Orders State Farm to Refund $85M

Aug 9 2016 // An administrative law judge at the California Department of Insurance found that State Farm overcharged customers $85 million and ordered the carrier to issue refunds and reduce rates.The judge determined that since July...

California Watchdog Group Wants State Farm to Reduce Rates by 40%

Aug 3 2016 // Consumer Watchdog filed a petition in California challenging State Farm’s proposed rates for its homeowners insurance and wants the insurers to cut its rates by as much as 40 percent.The Santa Monica, Calif.-based...

Delaware Judge Says State Farm Off the Hook in Paintball Injury Suit

Jun 10 2016 // Be careful with that thing. It could put someone’s eye out.That’s the upshot from a Sussex County, Delaware, judge’s ruling that State Farm doesn’t have to indemnify a policyholder in a paintball...

Supreme Court to Hear State Farm’s Appeal of Katrina False Claims Ruling

May 31 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal by State Farm contesting a jury finding that the insurance company defrauded the federal government when assessing damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 along...

Report Calls Out Insurers for Half-a-Trillion Dollars in ‘Dirty Energy’ Investments

May 24 2016 // Leading U.S. insurers have nearly half-a-trillion dollars invested the fossil fuel energy and the electric and gas utility sectors, according to a report out today that urges state insurance regulators and board members of...

California Consumer Group Wants State Farm Homeowners Rate Reduction

Apr 18 2016 // State Farm has overcharged its customers roughly $78 million since at least July 2015, and should be required to refund that money, Consumer Watchdog told the California Department of Insurance last week. The group wants...