Latest State Farm Headlines
All the headlines from our State Farm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Judge Strikes Down Rate Rollbacks for State Farm, Farmers
Nov 22 2004 // TDI, Lt. Governor vow to continue efforts on behalf of homeowners. A state district judge in Texas on Nov. 8, 2004, overturned mandated rate rollbacks in homeowners insurance for State Farm and Farmers insurance companies,...
State Farm Asks to Hike Fla. Policy Rates
Nov 12 2004 // State Farm Florida Insurance Co. has requested a 5 percent increase on all its homeowner and condominium policyholders due to what the company calls, higher costs of doing business. State Farm has more than 900,000...
State Farm Decision to Stay in New Jersey Auto Market Latest Sign of Improved Insurance Environment
Nov 10 2004 // A flurry of special dividends and a series of rate reduction announcements from auto insurers, coupled with increased competition and new regulations adopted by the New Jersey insurance department, are helping to reshape...
State Farm, Farmers Win a Round in Texas as Judge Strikes Down Mandated Rollbacks
Nov 9 2004 // A state district judge in Texas overturned mandated rate rollbacks in homeowners insurance for State Farm and Farmers insurance companies, but the Texas Department of Insurance is reportedly not ready to give up the...
TDI: State Farm, Farmers Rates Should Be Lowered
Nov 9 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance on Nov. 9 released the following statement concerning the recent court ruling on the State Farm and Farmers homeowners rate reduction orders: On November 8, 2004, a state district court...
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...
