State Farm

• Insurers Sponsored Events, Cooked and Paid Millions After Joplin

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 21, 2012

  Insurer reps discuss the industry's response after last year's May 22 tornado that leveled Joplin, Mo.

• Farmers, State Farm, American Family Reps Look Back

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 21, 2012

  As a spokesman for State Farm, Jim Camoriano has worked the aftermaths of hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008 and has seen his share of tornado damage.

• SNL: Insurers Should Brush Off Damage from JPMorgan Hedge Failure

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 18, 2012

  The insurance industry held more than $1.1 billion of JPMorgan stock when the bank announced a trading loss of $2 billion on May 10, but most companies should escape any long-term fallout on their portfolios, reports SNL Financial.

• Dog Bite Claims on the Rise

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 18, 2012

  Dog bite claims increased 16 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, and have grown close to 48 percent since 2003, according to figures released by the insurance industry.

• With Rising Personal Lines Rates, Progressive to Benefit from Increased Shopping

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2012

  Progressive could be the biggest beneficiary if increasing personal-lines rates trigger more shopping behavior among consumers, as the Mayfield Village, Ohio-based insurer typically gains share when rates rise, according to a Stifel Nicolaus report.

• Progressive Files Patent Suit Against Hartford, State Farm

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 14, 2012

  Progressive Corp. has filed separate patent-infringement lawsuits against Hartford Financial Services and State Farm over usage-based auto insurance.

• ABIR, State Farm Pull Heartland Support After Climate-Change Ad

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 14, 2012

  Prompted by a lobbying group that supports efforts to reduce global warming, three insurance companies and the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) have publicly renounced their support for the Heartland Institute, a libertarian research group.

• Heartland Institute's Washington Unit Will Split from Parent on May 31

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 11, 2012

  The Heartland Institute has agreed to split off its insurance-research unit effective May 31.

• Heartland Institute's Washington Unit Mulls Split from Chicago-Based Parent

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 9, 2012

  The Heartland Institute and its insurance-centric Washington unit are negotiating a divorce, a process said to be accelerated by distress over the institute’s now-suspended ad campaign linking support for global warming with serial killers.

• ABIR, State Farm Pull Heartland Support After Climate Change Ad

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com, Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 8, 2012

  Prompted by a lobbying group that supports efforts to reduce global warming, three insurance companies and the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers have publicly renounced their support for the Heartland Institute, a libertarian research group.