State Farm wants to hike insurance rates in California by 22% just weeks after fires tore through LA

State Farm Insurance, the largest insurance company in California, is asking regulators for the OK to raise property insurance rates by 22 percent just weeks after fires ripped through Los Angeles leaving thousands homeless. The insurance group has already paid over $1 billion dollars to customers since the beginning of the month, State Farm said. “We know we will ultimately pay out significantly more, as these fires will collectively be the costliest in the history of the company. Although reinsurance will assist us in paying what we owe to customers, the costs of these fires will further deplete capital…..

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