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State Farm Ready for Next Round of Storms
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Rain gear is dried out. Laptop
computer batteries are charged. Dry socks and a few clean "State Farm
Catastrophe Services(R)" shirts have been packed into well-worn suitcases. As
residents ofLouisiana andMississippi are beginning to clean up their homes
from Hurricane Gustav damage, the nation's largest insurer of cars and homes
is ready for the next wave of storms.
The claims process in Gustav-impacted areas is going very well, according
to State Farm officials. More than 23,000 homeowner and 2,800 auto claims
have been received. While power is still out in large areas, State Farm
Operation Centers are up and running and claims personnel are beginning to
inspect policyholder homes. In addition toLouisiana andMississippi, some
Gustav-related claims have been filed inTexas,Alabama,Florida andArkansas.
On the east coast, State Farm has already assembled claims personnel and
resources to assist its customers in coastal North andSouth Carolina for
Tropical Storm Hanna's anticipated landfall this weekend.
Hurricane Ike has the potential to be a destructive storm. Hundreds of
claim team members are now joining State Farm agents and local claim
representatives inFlorida to respond should Ike make landfall. Personnel are
staging in safe areas and making final logistical and technical preparations.
State Farm has the largest claims staff in the insurance industry, which
allows it to keep its Good Neighbor promise to help customers recover from the
unexpected even when multiple disasters strike.
State Farm(R) insures more cars and homes than any other insurer in the
U.S., is the leading insurer of watercraft and is also a leading insurer in
Canada. State Farm's 17,000 agents and 67,000 employees serve over 77 million
auto, fire, life and health policies inthe United States andCanada, and more
than 1.9 million bank accounts. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked
No. 32 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information,
please visit statefarm.com(R) or inCanada statefarm.ca(R).
SOURCE State Farm
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