Latest State Farm Headlines
All the headlines from our State Farm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court Rejects Claim That Insurer Was to Blame for Crash Costs
Jun 1 2015 // A lower court was right to dismiss a man’s claim that his auto insurance company should pay his costs in a wrongful death case for a crash he caused because the insurer didn’t push him to have more coverage,...
State Farm Signs on as ‘Safety Patrol’ Sponsor of North Carolina Motorist Program
May 13 2015 // North Carolina’s initiative to help stranded roadside motorists for free now has a “good neighbor” supporting it. The state Department of Transportation announced this week that it has signed a four-year...
Mississippi AG Sues Over State Farm Katrina Claims
May 4 2015 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina wind claims to the state by mislabeling them flood claims. The...
Mississippi AG Hood Sues State Farm, Alleges Katrina Claims Fraud
Apr 21 2015 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina wind claims to the state by mislabeling them flood claims. The...
State Farm to Pay $352.5M to Settle Texas Residential Overcharges Case
Mar 9 2015 // A settlement has been reached in a long-running dispute between the nation’s largest homeowners insurer and the state of Texas over premium overcharges. The Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) announced...
State Farm Reports 2014 Underwriting Loss, Operating Profit
Mar 4 2015 // State Farm reported an underwriting loss in 2014, though investment and other income still helped leave it with an operating profit. The insurer’s combined property/casualty underwriting loss landed at $939 million,...
A.M. Best: State Farm Lloyds Ratings Unchanged After Texas Settlement
Mar 4 2015 // A.M. Best says the financial strength rating of B++ (Good) and the issuer credit ratings of “bbb” of State Farm Lloyds in Dallas are unchanged following the announcement that it has reached a settlement...
State Farm to Pay $352.5M to Settle Texas Residential Overcharge Case
Feb 27 2015 // A settlement has been reached in a long-running dispute between the nation’s largest homeowners insurer and the state of Texas over premium overcharges. The Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) announced...
Mississippi Supreme Court to Hear Katrina Case of Home Hit by Casino Barge
Jan 26 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will consider whether a judge was wrong in finding that an insurance company was not liable for damage caused when the Grand Casino barge was torn from its moorings during Hurricane Katrina...
Katrina Whistleblower Case Set for Arguments in February
Jan 26 2015 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has appealed an order that it pay legal fees and damages of $3 million in a whistleblower lawsuit in which a jury found the insurer defrauded the government in a policyholder claim after...
Sisters’ Whistleblower Case Over State Farm’s Katrina Claims Nears Court Date
Jan 5 2015 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has appealed an order that it pay legal fees and damages of $3 million in a whistleblower lawsuit in which a jury found the insurer defrauded the government in a policyholder claim after...
Juror Witnesses Firsthand What the Hail Is Going on in Texas
Dec 8 2014 // Alejandro Stolarski is a United States citizen who emigrated from Mexico. Stolarski resides in Dallas County. Like hundreds of other Dallas County residents each week, Stolarski received a notice in the mail for jury duty....
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Dec 1 2014 // State Farm is increasing auto insurance premiums in Louisiana for liability, collision and comprehensive coverage by a statewide average of 3.7 percent. The auto rate increase will generate $40.4 million annually from...
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Nov 19 2014 // Auto insurance rates will increase by an average of 4.4 percent beginning Dec. 8 for Baton Rouge, La., customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. State Farm is Louisiana’s largest auto insurer, covering...
Oklahoma AG Warns of Insurer ‘Steering’ to Body Shops
Nov 17 2014 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has issued a warning to citizens of his state regarding the practice of “steering” — where insurance companies strongly push consumers to take their vehicles to...
Oklahoma AG Warns Against ‘Steering’ to Repair Shops by Insurers
Nov 9 2014 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is warning citizens of his state about the practice of “steering” — where insurers strongly push consumers to take their vehicles to “preferred” auto body...
State Farm Seeking Approval to Test Drones in Illinois
Nov 3 2014 // State Farm Insurance is seeking federal approval to test drones in evaluating property damage and responding to natural disasters. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reported that the Bloomington, Ill.-based company has filed an...
State Farm Seeks to Test Drone Use for Damage Response in Illinois
Oct 27 2014 // State Farm insurance company is seeking federal approval to test drones in evaluating property damage and responding to natural disasters. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reported that the Bloomington-based company has filed...
Homeowner Rate Hikes Go Unchallenged by Texas Commissioner
Sep 22 2014 // Texas’ insurance commissioner has allowed the three largest home insurers to impose significant rate hikes on many policyholders despite the objections of a state consumer advocate. Insurance Commissioner Julia...
Homeowner Insurance Rate Hikes not Challenged by Texas Commissioner
Sep 15 2014 // The Texas insurance commissioner has allowed the three largest home insurers to impose significant rate hikes on many policyholders despite the objections of a state consumer advocate. Insurance Commissioner Julia...
