Business
California’s insurance commissioner erred in ordering State Farm to lower homeowners and renters insurance rates in California, a judge ruled Friday in a decision that sidestepped an unresolved question over the reach of Proposition 103 — but still drew criticism from the initiative’s author.
March 27, 2018
California
The company blames ‘increases in construction costs outpacing inflation, rapidly growing catastrophe exposure and a challenging reinsurance market.’
May 27, 2023
In a move to boost its presence in inner-city Los Angeles, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. said Monday that it will relax its no-growth policy in a large section of the central city and Compton, making available up to $2.2 billion of new homeowners and renters insurance.
March 7, 1995
Politics
State Farm Insurance Cos., California’s largest insurer, does not owe rebates to policyholders under Proposition 103, an administrative law judge has concluded.
Dec. 15, 1995
Insurance: The proposed reductions are part of long-delayed Prop. 103 reforms.
March 6, 1997
Greenspace
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Dec. 6, 2010
A state legislative committee overseeing the insurance industry has hired a former lawyer for State Farm as a top advisor, alarming consumer activists who say the move is the latest spin of a busy revolving door between government and the industry.
April 11, 2009
A Superior Court judge, citing the free speech rights of corporations, declined today to issue an order that would have prohibited State Farm Insurance Co. from further campaign contributions to a no-fault auto insurance measure on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Aug. 26, 1988
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the nation’s largest auto insurer, is eliminating automatic collision and liability coverage for some policyholders who rent cars on business.
Dec. 31, 1992
World & Nation
Despite recent research indicating that some locations are more prone to earthquake damage than others, the cost of quake insurance in Southern California generally does not vary by where you live, only by who insures you, according to a study released Tuesday by Consumers Union.
Feb. 2, 1994