State Farm
State Farm® was founded in 1922 by retired farmer and insurance salesman George Jacob “G.J.” Mecherle. His motivation for starting State Farm was simple. It was about fairness and doing the right thing for the customer.
Mecherle knew farmers drove less and had fewer accidents than city folks. He thought they should pay less for automobile insurance. The insurance company G.J. worked for didn’t agree — and suggested he start his own company. That’s exactly what he did.
Our founder’s philosophy of insurance coverage at a fair price, coupled with fair claim settlement, remains the cornerstone of our success. His original vision and values still guide us.
Today, State Farm insures more cars than any other insurer in North America. We are the leading U.S. home insurer. More than 17,000 agents and 68,000 employees serve over 75 million policies in the United States and Canada. We also provide our customers with a wide array of financial products and services to help them manage today and prepare for tomorrow.
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There are 2 Reviews to "State Farm Auto Insurance"
We have been with state farm insurance for almost 8 years with no problem. I had to file a accident claim early this January because I drover over black ice on the high way and hit the guard rail in the middle of the high way.
Luckily I am okay, I wasn’t going that fast because it was starting to snow heavily. After the impact I didnt call the police or the insurance because I didnt have my cell phone with me and the suv was still drivable.
SO, I turned around and headed back home. The next mourning I check the damage I thought to myself the repair would be too much for me to pay for myself. Then I called my state farm agent, then I answer some questions about what had happened that night..
2 days later the tow truck came took my suv to the repair shop. State farm gave us 2 choices, 1 was to get the suv repair, or 2 they can write us a check of how much the suv was worth.
We took the check because we wanted a smaller car anyway.
Everything was done and we received the check in about 2 weeks.
11 year history of being a State Farm customer. Filing a claim, which have only done 2 times in the past 11 years, used to be painless. The service used to be courteous and they paid for everything. I just filed a claim this past week (for about $500 worth of damage) and it was as if I’d asked for everybody’s first born! My agent was incredibly rude, all of the customer service individuals were not prompt returning calls. I have to echo some of the sentiments on here – something has changed at State Farm. The only reason to pay their high rates is for their historically good customer service. Heck, after being treated like I was recently I may as well buy some crap insurance like Travellers…at least it would be cheaper for the same level of service.