Editor's Note: This article originally appeared inNational Underwriter,P&C.

So far State Farm is the only insurer to unearth data linkingauto accident claims to problems with Toyota manufactured cars andtrucks, but airing of industry statistics is still likely duringtwo upcoming House hearings.

Officials of Allstate, GEICO, Progressive and State Farm haveresponded to requests for accident data involving Toyota vehiclesby two congressional committees, and will continue to respond,spokespersons from the carriers confirmed.

Farmers Insurance said it is still in the process of fulfillingthe congressional data request, but will comply.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and theHouse Energy and Commerce Committee, will hold back-to-backhearings on Feb. 24 and 25, respectively. In addition, the SenateCommerce Committee has scheduled a hearing for March 2.

Both House committees had asked the insurers to provide detaileddata on accident claims involving Toyota cars and trucks. Therequests for data were prompted by a Feb. 9 State Farm statementindicating that the auto insurer had alerted federal safetyregulators in late 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpectedacceleration in Toyota vehicles.

In responding to the State Farm data, National Highway TrafficSafety Administration officials said the report was reviewed, andthe agency issued a recall later that month.

A State Farm representative, Phil Supple, confirmed that theinsurer is producing information in an answer to a subpoena. "Wefeel the [Energy and Commerce] Committee will determine what to dowith the information when it convenes," he added.

However, both Allstate and Progressive said their recordsindicate no trends regarding unexpected acceleration, while Farmerssaid it is still analyzing its data.

"We have complied with, and responded to, the request fromCongress, but we didn't have any information responsive to theirrequests to provide," said Leah Knapp, a representative forProgressive.

An Allstate representative, Mike Siemienas, added that thecarrier had examined its records and found "no apparent trend" inclaims it had processed, "that would point to a recurringproblem."

Mr. Siemienas also said Allstate had a process in place to dealwith recalls "because they occur all the time."

Jerry Davies, a representative for Farmers Insurance, said hisauto policy department was still reviewing the request forinformation, but will respond.

Arthur D. Postal is Washington Bureau Chief forNationalUnderwriter, part of Summit Business Media's P&CMagazine Group, which includes Claims.