Latest State Farm Headlines
All the headlines from our State Farm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Supreme Court nixes ethics challenge to State Farm ruling
Mar 20 2006 // The Supreme Court has refused to consider whether a top judge in Illinois improperly voted to throw out a $1 billion judgment against State Farm Insurance Co. after accepting campaign donations from company lawyers and...
U.S. Supreme Court Nixes Ethics Challenge to State Farm Ruling
Mar 8 2006 // The Supreme Court refused this week to consider whether a top judge in Illinois improperly voted to throw out a $1 billion judgment against State Farm Insurance Co. after accepting campaign donations from company lawyers...
Fraud Roundup
Mar 6 2006 // San Diego Roofing Contractor Sentenced San Diego County Superior Court Judge David Danielsen has sentenced a roofing contractor to a six month jail term, three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $272,000 in...
Pa. Pair Try to Dig Out of Fraud Charges Involving Snowmobile
Mar 3 2006 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett reported that criminal charges were filed against two Solanco High School teachers accused of deceiving State Farm in a fraudulent insurance claim for less than $800 to repair a...
Hurricanes Drive 39% Decline in Net Income for Giant State Farm
Feb 26 2006 // Hurricane losses and loss adjustment expenses totaling $6.3 billion (after reinsurance) contributed to a reduction in State Farm’s 2005 net income. The company is reporting an after-tax net income from all sources of...
La.’s Ouachita Parish to Get 2005 State Farm Taxes
Jan 12 2006 // An agreement approved by the Louisiana Tax Commission sends almost $2 million in State Farm Insurance property taxes to Ouachita Parish, where officials had feared budget cuts if the money stayed in Baton Rouge. State Farm...
U.S. Rep. Taylor Joins Lawsuit Against Mississippi Insurer
Jan 11 2006 // U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., has joined the thousands of Mississippians suing State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., challenging the insurance company’s refusal to cover property losses resulting from Hurricane...
State Farm Works with “Thieves” to Prevent Auto Thefts
Jan 11 2006 // Earl Hyser and his co-workers figure out how to steal 30 to 60 cars every year. But they aren’t thieves. “We go back to the manufacturer and say, ‘Listen, I get a lot of phone calls on this. It’s...
Monroe or Baton Rouge: Where Should 2005 State Farm Tax Money Go?
Jan 2 2006 // A Louisiana district court judge has granted a temporary restraining order preventing, for now, the payment of nearly $2 million in tax revenue to East Baton Rouge Parish that Ouachita Parish officials believe belongs to...
Hurricane Katrina leveled Pascagoula, Miss., home of U.S. Sen. Trent Lott; He’s suing State Farm for damage
Jan 2 2006 // U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., is suing his insurance company over damages to his beachfront Pascagoula home, which was leveled by Hurricane Katrina. The law office of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, Lott’s...
Hurricane Katrina Leveled Pascagoula, Miss., Home of U.S. Sen. Trent Lott; He’s Suing State Farm for Damages
Jan 1 2006 // U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., is suing his insurance company over damages to his beachfront Pascagoula home, which was leveled by Hurricane Katrina. The law office of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, Lott’s...
INSURER TO PAY $8 MILLION:
Dec 19 2005 // State Farm Insurance has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to a tow truck driver and his sister-in-law who were acquitted of insurance fraud after being accused of faking the theft of a vehicle. Jackson County...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // MISSOURI Insurer to Pay $8 Million: State Farm Insurance has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to a tow truck driver and his sister-in-law who were acquitted of insurance fraud after being accused of faking the...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // FLORIDA State Farm of Florida 8.6 Percent Rate Request Approved The Florida Department of Insurance approved an average statewide premium rate hike of 8.6 percent for State Farm of Florida, the largest insurer of homes in...
Sen. Lott Suing State Farm for Hurricane Katrina Damages to His Pascagoula, Miss. Home
Dec 16 2005 // U.S. Sen. Trent Lott is suing his insurance company over his beachfront Pascagoula home, which was leveled by Hurricane Katrina. The law office of Lott’s brother-in-law, high-profile plaintiff’s Richard...
State Farm Says Refunds Coming to New Brunswick Policyholders
Dec 13 2005 // State Farm Insurance is issuing refunds to approximately 3,800 automobile insurance policyholders in New Brunswick (Canada) as a result of an error in the application of a New Business Discount that was introduced in 2000....
State Farm Refunding Ontario Policyholders Due to Application Error
Dec 10 2005 // State Farm Insurance is issuing refunds to approximately 27,300 automobile insurance policyholders in Ontario, Canada as a result of a reported error in the application of a New Business Discount that was introduced in...
Insurer Told to Pay $8 Million to Missouri Couple Acquitted of Fraud
Dec 7 2005 // State Farm Insurance has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to a tow truck driver and his sister-in-law who were acquitted of insurance fraud after being accused of faking the theft of a vehicle. Jackson County...
S.C. Motorists Receive a 1.4 Percent Break From State Farm Mutual
Dec 6 2005 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. has lowered its overall car insurance rate in South Carolina by 1.4 percent. State Farm, the insurer of one out of four insured cars in South Carolina, said this reduction...
SUIT FILED OVER EXCESS FLOOD COVERAGE
Dec 5 2005 // A pair of plastic surgeons in New Orleans, La., who are facing more than $1 million in uninsured home losses from Hurricane Katrina, are suing State Farm Insurance, claiming the company did not tell them they could have...
