Latest State Farm Headlines
All the headlines from our State Farm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Court Upholds State Farm’s Anti-Concurrent Causation Clause
Nov 18 2007 // A U.S. court of appeals ruling dashed the hopes of potentially hundreds of post-Hurricane Katrina claimants recently when it ruled a major insurer’s policy language unambiguous. The case is based on State...
Miss. AG Hood Denies he Threatened to Indict State Farm CEO
Nov 18 2007 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood threatened to indict the chairman of State Farm Insurance Companies if the insurer didn’t settle lawsuits over thousands of Hurricane Katrina claims, according to the testimony...
State Farm Wins One, Loses One in Wind vs. Water Cases
Nov 18 2007 // A federal jury in New Orleans in early November sided with a south Louisiana couple who sued State Farm Insurance Cos. over damage to their property from Hurricane Katrina. Around the same time, a U.S. appeals court...
N.C. Engineering Firm to be Dropped from Miss. Katrina Insurance Suits
Nov 15 2007 // North Carolina-based Forensic Analysis and Engineering Corp., has reached a settlement with lawyers who have filed hundreds of lawsuits against State Farm Insurance Cos. on behalf of policyholders whose claims were denied...
State Farm: Restraining Order Continued Against Miss. AG
Nov 9 2007 // A federal judge has extended a restraining order that prevents Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood from continuing a criminal investigation into State Farm Insurance Cos.’ handling of Hurricane Katrina claims, a...
Jury Favors La. Homeowner in Katrina Damage Suit Against State Farm
Nov 9 2007 // A jury on Nov. 7 sided with a south Louisiana couple in the first federal trial in Louisiana against State Farm Insurance Cos. over Hurricane Katrina damage. An attorney for plaintiffs Michael and Judy Kodrin and a State...
La. AG Sues Insurers, Alleges Price-Fixing and Conspiracy
Nov 9 2007 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti is suing the state’s largest property insurance companies, accusing insurers of conspiring to limit payments to policyholders after hurricanes Katrina and Rita and engaging in...
State Farm Faces First Federal Trial in La. Over Katrina Damage
Nov 7 2007 // A jury in New Orleans heard opening statements on Oct. 5 in the first federal trial in Louisiana against State Farm Insurance Cos. for a policyholder’s lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina damage. The eight-member jury...
U.S. Circuit Court Sides with State Farm in Miss. Katrina Case
Nov 7 2007 // A U.S. court of appeals ruling dashed the hopes of potentially hundreds of post-Hurricane Katrina claimants Tuesday when it ruled a major insurer’s policy language unambiguous. The case is based on State Farm Fire...
State Farm Sues Mississippi Attorney General over Criminal Probe
Nov 5 2007 // State Farm Insurance Cos. is suing Mississippi’s attorney general for allegedly violating an agreement to end a criminal investigation of the insurer’s handling of claims on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane...
N.Y. court set to rule in key underinsured motorist benefits case
Nov 4 2007 // Whether serious injury is required to be demonstrated for an insured to be entitled to supplementary underinsured motorist benefits (SUM) was recently argued before New York’s Court of Appeals. On October 9, 2007,...
Customers Concerned About Wash. Referendum
Nov 4 2007 // Some Washington customers of State Farm insurance say a letter from the company about Referendum 67 seemed more like a threat than voter information. “Referendum 67 could cost your family as much as $205 a year in...
Court to Hear State Farm Appeal of $2.7 Million Miss. Katrina Award
Nov 2 2007 // A federal appeals court has scheduled arguments in State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.’s quest to overturn a $2.7 million judgment in a Hurricane Katrina insurance dispute from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The arguments...
State Farm’s 9.1% rate hike in Texas rejected
Oct 27 2007 // Two administrative law judges in Texas on Oct. 5 rejected State Farm’s plan to increase homeowner insurance rates, calling the hike too excessive. State Farm Lloyds Inc. had appealed to the State Office of...
State Farm Study Shows 6 Midwestern States in Top Ten for Deer Crashes
Oct 26 2007 // A study by an Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm Insurance says Iowa is fifth in the nation when it comes to the likelihood of a motor vehicle hitting a deer. State Farm Insurance based its rankings on claims data from the...
U.S. Attorney Seeks Computer Hard Drive in Mississippi Katrina Probe
Oct 26 2007 // An engineering firm that helped adjust insurance claims on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina is seeking to block an employee’s computer hard drive from being turned over to a federal grand jury in...
Insurance Customers Concerned about WA Referendum Letters
Oct 22 2007 // Some Washington customers of State Farm insurance say a letter from the company about Referendum 67 seemed more like a threat than voter information. “Referendum 67 could cost your family as much as $205 a year in...
Some Auto Insurance Rates to Drop in Mississippi
Oct 17 2007 // State Farm Mutual Insurance, the largest writer of automobile coverage in Mississippi, will lower its rate on Nov. 12, while Allstate’s rates will go up. State Farm will drop its rates an average of 3.6 percent. The...
Texas Administrative Judges Reject State Farm’s Proposed Hike
Oct 9 2007 // Two administrative law judges in Texas rejected State Farm’s plan to increase homeowner insurance rates, calling the hike too excessive in a proposed decision issued Oct. 5. State Farm Lloyds Inc. had appealed to the...
Maine cop hit by stolen police car covered
Oct 8 2007 // A sheriff’s deputy who was run over by his own police vehicle after it was stolen by a Jefferson man on Christmas five years ago is entitled to compensation from his personal car insurance company, Maine’s...
