Latest State Farm Headlines
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State Farm $3M Gift Creates Wilson Chair at American Enterprise Institute
Feb 20 2014 // State Farm has donated $3 million to the conservative, pro-business think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C. to create a research chair in the name of the late political scientist and Harvard,...
Wisconsin High Court Rules Against State Farm in Uninsured Motorist Case
Feb 10 2014 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled against State Farm Insurance Co. in a case that deals with tapping uninsured motorists coverage on up to three vehicles to collect more in claims. The unanimous court upheld a 2013...
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Jan 27 2014 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, which covers about one in every three cars in Louisiana, is raising insurance rates for drivers. The company announced that the increases will average 3.4 percent, starting Feb. 17....
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Jan 21 2014 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, which covers about one in every three cars in Louisiana, is raising insurance rates for drivers. The company announced on Jan. 17 that the increases will average 3.4 percent,...
State Farm Canada Selling Insurance, Mutual Fund Businesses to Desjardins Group
Jan 16 2014 // Desjardins Group, a leading cooperative financial group in Canada, has agreed to purchase State Farm Canada’s property/casualty and life insurance businesses, as well as its Canadian mutual fund, loan and living...
State Farm Among First Advertisers on Pandora Car Radio Service
Jan 6 2014 // Pandora Media Inc., the online radio service, has begun selling advertising that only listeners in automobiles will hear, creating a potential new revenue source. BP Plc, Taco Bell, Ford Motor Co. and State Farm insurance...
Allstate, State Farm, Farmers Plan to Raise Home Insurance Rates in Texas
Jan 5 2014 // Texas’ three largest home insurers are kicking off 2014 with steep increases in policyholder premiums, according to a report published on Jan. 4. The Dallas Morning News reports that Allstate, Farmers and State Farm...
State Farm: No Unusual Claims Activity in Northeast From Weekend Snowstorm
Dec 17 2013 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. says last weekend’s snowstorm that dropped as much as 17 inches of snow in parts of the Northeast didn’t have much of an impact in terms of claims activities in the...
N.H. Expands Highway Safety Patrol With Help From State Farm
Dec 10 2013 // The state of New Hampshire is expanding its highway safety patrol, which helps stranded motorists. The patrol is now operating in Nashua, Merrimack, Bedford, Hooksett and Concord. The expansion, which started last...
Older Drivers Catching Up with Younger in Distracted Driving: Survey
Nov 12 2013 // Cell phone use and texting while driving are on the rise along with accessing the internet while driving — and it’s not just young people engaging in these dangerous activities behind the wheel. State Farm today...
State Farm Likely to Move Some Bloomington, Illinois Jobs
Nov 4 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. says it will likely move at least some of its claims services employees out of Bloomington, Ill. State Farm spokeswoman Holly Anderson said that the company told employees that the potential move...
State Farm Building National Operations Center in Georgia
Nov 4 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. plans to build a national operations center in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. The facility will be built on a nearly four-acre site across from the Dunwoody MARTA station. City officials said the...
State Farm to Build Operations Center in Georgia
Oct 20 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. plans to build a national operations center in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. Dunwoody city officials announced the plans last Thursday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the facility...
Florida to Hear State Farm Rental Dwelling Rate Hike Bid
Oct 8 2013 // Florida insurance officials will hold a public hearing tomorrow on State Farm Florida Insurance Co.’s proposed double-digit rate increase for its rental dwelling line of business in the state. State Farm Florida is...
State Farm Raising Louisiana Homeowner Insurance Rates
Oct 3 2013 // State Farm is raising Louisiana homeowner rates an average of 8.7 percent statewide for its nearly 308,000 policyholders. According to State Farm’s filing with the insurance department, the statewide increase will...
State Farm Sponsors Tollway Help in $1.8M Deal
Sep 4 2013 // State Farm Insurance is spending $1.8 million to sponsor tow trucks that rescue motorists who are stranded on the Illinois Tollway. WJBC Radio reports the three-year sponsorship is the first of its kind of the northern...
Mississippi Auto Body Shops Ask Court to Halt State Farm’s Parts-Finder System
Aug 30 2013 // More than two dozen body shops are asking a Mississippi court to block an insurance company’s program that would change the way they find auto parts. The Mississippi Collision Repair Association and the body shops...
Judges Reject Challenge to Texas State Farm Rates
Aug 21 2013 // Two administrative law judges have rejected a consumer challenge to a recent 20-percent rate hike for Texas homeowners covered by State Farm Lloyd’s. The judges decided on Aug. 19 that the premiums for 1.2 million...
State Farm Targets NV Energy for Subrogation Over Reno Wildfire
Jul 29 2013 // State Farm Insurance plans to seek action against NV Energy for claims stemming from a November 2011 wildfire in Reno, Nev. sparked by arcing power lines. The wind-whipped fire destroyed 26 homes and damaged 17. It also...
Insurers Abandon Long Island After Superstorm, N.Y. Senator Schumer Says
Jun 25 2013 // Allstate Corp. is among insurers retreating from the Long Island, New York, homeowners market after superstorm Sandy and should be compelled to offer coverage there, New York Senator Charles Schumer said. Liberty Mutual...
