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By Taleah McGuire
•Sep 18, 2026
•7 min read
Illinois Leads Every State in Storm Claims Through July 2026
Standing in Kankakee earlier this year, a State Farm leader described storm destruction "unlike anything I'd seen before", and the numbers behind that scene are now reshaping the insurance landscape for millions of Illinois residents.
By Aaren Ramon
•Sep 18, 2026
•7 min read
State Farm Relaunches Personal Price Plan With 2026 Football Campaign
Most insurers sell you a price. State Farm is selling you a plan built around your life, and it just launched a star-studded football campaign to prove it. State Farm announced on September 17, 2026 that it is re-introducing its Personal Price Plan alongside a major 2026 football marketing campaign.
By Kyle Greenwood
•Sep 18, 2026
•8 min read
Allstate Posts August 2026 Catastrophe Losses With $297 Analyst Target
Allstate's August 2026 catastrophe loss disclosure landed on its investor website with a Buy rating and a $297.00 analyst price target attached, signaling that Wall Street is watching every weather-driven dollar the insurer reports.
By Cassidy Richey
•Sep 17, 2026
•6 min read
Star Casualty Settles Florida Total Loss Storage Fee Class Action
Maxim Kharevich did everything right. His vehicle was sitting at a repair shop, racking up storage charges, and he reached out repeatedly to Star Casualty to get answers. Nobody responded. "This guy was emailing them all the time and not getting a response," attorney Andrew P. Irvin of Irvin & Irvin PLLC told Repairer Driven News.
By Taleah McGuire
•Sep 17, 2026
•9 min read
California Bans Marital Status From Auto Insurance Rates for Single Drivers
Could your relationship status really be costing you hundreds of dollars a year on car insurance? For decades in California, the answer has been yes. The Los Angeles Times reports that Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced he is barring auto insurers from using marital status as a rating factor, a dramatic reversal of a policy that has...
By Brooke Grissom
•Sep 17, 2026
•8 min read
Allstate Pays $400 Weekly Benefit But Denies All Three Treatment Plans
A tractor-trailer collision on January 25, 2022 left a Canada Post mail carrier fighting for benefits for more than two years, and a split ruling shows exactly how thin the line between winning and losing can be in Ontario accident benefit disputes.
By Brooke Grissom
•Sep 16, 2026
•9 min read
Auto Physical Damage Coverage Hit a 20.7% Return in 2024, Its Best in 10 Years
While auto liability insurers posted an underwriting loss in 2024, physical damage coverage delivered its best return in ten years, and the gap between those two lines is reshaping how carriers price your policy right now.
By Taleah McGuire
•Sep 16, 2026
•7 min read
Crash Champions Wins Partial Court Victory in Landmark Ransomware Attack Insurance Claim
While most ransomware victims struggle to even get their insurers to the table, one major auto repair chain just convinced an Illinois judge to let its core insurance claims move forward. A significant ruling in the auto insurance and cybersecurity space was reported by Bloomberg Law, revealing that Carnelian Point Holdings LP, doing business…
By Taleah McGuire
•Sep 16, 2026
•7 min read
Michigan SB 1154 Strips Insurers of Competition Rate Defense
Michigan has long let insurers escape "excessive rate" findings simply by pointing to competition, but Senate Bill 1154 wants to end that escape hatch for good. Introduced on September 9 by Senator Irwin, SB 1154 would rewrite the rules governing how regulators evaluate auto and home insurance pricing in the state.
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