State Farm, one of the largest insurers in California, announced Wednesday that it will offer policy renewals to homeowners impacted by the wildfires that erupted in the Los Angeles area last week, following previous plans to drop coverage.
State Farm, California's largest home insurer, said Thursday it will offer renewals to all of its 250,000 L.A. County residential policyholders slated to have been dropped, not just those in fire rava
Following its announcement that it would pause non-renewals for policyholders to ensure coverage for Los Angeles County residents impacted by wildfires, State Farm on Thursday, Jan. 16, reported receiving 7,850 home and auto claims with numbers expected to rise as damages are assessed.
Since the wildfires broke out in early January, State Farm’s claims department has fielded over 7,400 home and auto claims, State Farm said.
About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.
California's Fair Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, may be unable to pay billions in claims arising from the Los Angeles fires and may require a bailout that could ultimately be paid by homeowners statewide.
State Farm announced it will offer policy renewals to homeowners impacted by the wildfires that erupted in the Los Angeles area last week, following previous plans to drop coverage.
State Farm is giving some California homeowners an option to renew coverage that previously had been cancelled.
State Farm, long a stalwart of Super Bowl advertising, announced it was pulling an ad from next month's big game.
Months before the Los Angeles wildfires sparked, State Farm’s California arm was already in trouble, it told state regulators. Its policyholder surplus — the cash it has on hand to pay out claims — had dropped from more than $4 billion in 2016 down to just $1.
State Farm, California’s largest insurer, announced on Wednesday that it will offer renewals to residential policyholders affected by the deadly wildfires across Los Angeles County. The company previously had plans to drop many of these policies.