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Los Angeles Times – State regulators launch inquiry into State Farm’s handling of fire claims
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-06-12/state-regulators-launch-inquiry-into-state-farms-handling-of-fire-claims-la-widlfires
State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Thursday that his department is launching a formal inquiry into how State Farm General, California’s largest home insurer, is handling thousands of claims filed by victims of the...
San Francisco Chronicle – ‘Buckle up, it’s coming’: California insurers are likely to join State Farm in raising rates
By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-insurance-rates-20335120.php#
State Farm’s rates for homeowners are set to rise 17% starting next month, and potentially even more in 2026.
Are other insurers going to raise rates too? The short answer is almost certainly yes...
Los Angeles Daily News – State Farm seeks 30% overall hike for California home insurance policies
The company is asking for an additional 11% on top of a 17% rate increase after the Los Angeles fires
By Ethan Varian, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
https://www.dailynews.com/2025/05/21/state-farm-insurance-california-rate-hike/
A week after winning emergency approval to raise Californians’ home insurance premiums, State...
San Francisco Chronicle – State Farm eyes higher rate after emergency hike
By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/state-farm-insurance-rates-20335755.php
A week after securing approval to raise home insurance rates by an average of 17%, State Farm General revealed plans to ask regulators for an additional 11% increase, as well as considerably...
KGO-SF (ABC) – San Francisco, CA: State Farm Proposes More Insurance Rate Hikes
State Farm will raise insurance premiums by 17% for California homeowners. If this latest request is granted, the company could push that figure as high as 30% by next year.
KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: State Farm Requesting An Additional 10% Rate Increase
By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA
Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
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New York Times – The Home Insurance Crisis Is Getting Even More Expensive
By David Gelles, NEW YORK TIMES
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/climate/climate-change-home-insurance-costs.html#:~:text=Overall%2C%20American%20homeowners%20saw%20their,and%20write%20fewer%20insurance%20policies.
In California, a home insurance rate increase by State Farm is yet another sign of growing crisis driven by climate change.
Just months after fires devastated parts of Los Angeles, one of the leading...
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