Archive

  • Farmers Insurance wins approval for California home insurance pricing overhaul

    12 May 2026

    It incorporates elements from insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara's Sustainable Insurance Strategy

  • Farmers Insurance appoints John Pham as chief strategy and risk officer

    25 March 2026
  • Farmers Insurance expands home coverage in California, and seeks rate rise

    24 November 2025

    The new rating plan requests a 6.99% average state-wide rate increase

  • New York regulator fines eight auto insurers for cybersecurity violations

    15 October 2025
  • Farmers Insurance data breach hits over 1m customers

    26 August 2025

    Insurer faces potential lawsuit as personal data may have been compromised

  • AM Best flags further worsening in cost and availability for Californian property cover

    12 February 2024

    Using historic data for pricing increasingly "unwise" as new climatic paradigm emerges

  • Christian Vink becomes Farmers Insurance CRO

    10 May 2023
  • California wildfires could cost insurers even more this year

    12 July 2021

    AM Best says this year's wildfire season is about a month ahead of schedule

  • Hawaiian insurers look on as hurricane Douglas approaches

    27 July 2020

    State Farm Group, Heritage Insurance Holdings Group and Tokio Marine are the main writers for homeowners' multi-peril lines

  • Travelers warns of $114m Q2 Covid-19 losses

    15 July 2020

    Insurer also expects $400m subrogation wildfire-linked recoveries in Q3