State Farm News
State Farm Resolves Racketeering Trial With $250M Settlement
State Farm agreed to pay $250 million on the brink of a trial to customers who claimed the company tried to rig the Illinois justice system to wipe out a $1 billion jury verdict from 19 years ago. ...
W.R Berkley, Travelers, GEICO Among 12 New Members of The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance
Twelve more companies have joined The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance, which is billed as the risk management and insurance industry's first enterprise-level blockchain consortium. The membership level ...
Carriers Struck With Nearly $700M in Dog Bite Claims for 2017
Dog bites and other dog-related injuries accounted for more than one-third of all homeowners liability claim dollars paid out in 2017, costing almost $700 million. That's according to the Insurance ...
Qualified Claims Inspectors Needed After Florida/Texas Hurricane Double Whammy
Insurers are scrambling to find inspectors in Texas and Florida after fierce hurricanes battered the states one after the other, causing tens of billions of dollars' worth of property damage in less ...
Hurricane Harvey Claims Process: State Farm Adjuster and One Texas Home
Craig Reeves had been in Rockport, Texas, barely 48 hours when he ducked into the gloomy threshold of the condominium, which was darkened by blinds pulled before Hurricane Harvey and filled with a ...
GEICO, Farmers, Travelers and More Rally Adjusters for Harvey Cat Losses
Teams of insurance adjusters from GEICO, Farmers, Travelers, USAA and State Farm mobilized in Texas on Aug. 25 even before Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast late that evening. The ...
Harvey on Track to Become Hurricane in Texas; State Farm, Allstate, Farmers Face Exposures
Tropical Storm Harvey, which has shut oil and natural gas platforms and triggered a rally in cotton prices, is on track to develop into a major hurricane as it approaches the Texas coast late Friday. ...
State Farm to Displace 4,200 Workers and Exit 11 Locations
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest U.S. home and auto insurer, plans to shut 11 U.S. facilities, displacing about 4,200 workers, after a $7 billion annual underwriting loss last ...