Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Major Markets > Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News news wires > October-December 2004 > Friday, December 3

Article: State Farm seeks restraining order against its Texas regulator.

Article from:
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Article date:
December 3, 2004
Copyright

By Purva Patel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 3--State Farm Lloyds is seeking a restraining order against the Texas Department of Insurance.

The state's largest homeowner's insurer said late Thursday it made the filing in response to the state insurance regulator's move to gain refunds for consumers despite a court ruling in the insurer's favor.

"We don't believe they are following the applicable standards and procedure for rate disapproval," said spokeswoman Sophie Harbert. "That's really all I can comment on at this point.

"I can tell you we have made a significant effort for over a year to resolve ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: STATE FARM FILES SUIT IN ALLEGED ACCIDENT SCAM
Post-Tribune (IN);  December 17, 1998 ;     520 words ... ... THE PRINTED VERSION. State Farm Mutual has filed lawsuits ... Brand, a spokesman for State Farm, based in Bloomington, Ill., told The Houston Chronicle. The Dallas lawsuit ... lawsuit defendants, the State Farm lawsuit claimed. Such ...

Article: Houston Chronicle Shannon Buggs Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ...By Shannon Buggs, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business ... shopping for a new insurer when State Farm raised his home insurance ... February phone call to his State Farm agent. "We never made a ... But when his wife called State Farm to inquire about the claims ...

Article: State Farm To Introduce Mutual Funds Nationwide.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... By Shannon Buggs, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune ... News Mar. 15--State Farm today takes the final ... insurance company started State Farm Bank, which offers ... international equity fund. State Farm Investment Management ... To see more of the Houston ...

Article: Houston Chronicle Rick Casey Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ...By Rick Casey, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder ... clients such as State Farm (and, until he ... see more of the Houston Chronicle, or to subscribe ... com (c) 2003, Houston Chronicle. Distributed by ...

Article: Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ...By Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business ... the TDI has in store for State Farm, which has not only ignored ... state to its parent company. State Farm must be salivating over the ... sweetheart settlement leaves State Farm in a position to demand ...

Article: Houston Chronicle Your Money Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ...By Shannon Buggs, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 9--To be a bona ... more time to find home insurance because of moratoriums that State Farm and other carriers have on selling policies to new customers ...

Article: Houston Chronicle Working Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ...By L.M. Sixel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 11--Tiffany Edwards ... they graduate, after interviewing with employers ranging from State Farm Insurance to Pulte Homes to Cemex. They're averaging three ...

Article: Houston Chronicle Real Estate Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... business park is owned by Amberjack Ltd., a subsidiary of State Farm Insurance. Dow Hamm Interests purchased 5.5 acres in ... from Terra Brook, the group that owns Cinco Ranch. Visit Houston Chronicle Interactive on the World Wide Web at http://www.HoustonChronicle ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives