{"id":67174,"date":"2023-05-28T10:44:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T14:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/state-farm-stops-accepting-home-insurance-applications-in-california-difficult-place-to-do-business-67174"},"modified":"2023-05-28T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T14:44:37","slug":"state-farm-stops-accepting-home-insurance-applications-in-california-difficult-place-to-do-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/state-farm-stops-accepting-home-insurance-applications-in-california-difficult-place-to-do-business-67174","title":{"rendered":"State Farm stops accepting home insurance applications in California: &#8216;Difficult place to do business&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Tech and real estate entrepreneur Peter Rex reacted to State Farm&#8217;s decision to cease home insurance applications in California, predicting there was an &#8220;unspoken reason&#8221; the firm made its decision. Rex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/fox-and-friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends Weekend&#8221;<\/a> to discuss why he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;fully buy&#8221; the notion that the company made the move on economic grounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/state-farm-consumers-research-neighbor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>STATE FARM ACCUSED OF PUSHING LGBTQ+ BOOKS ON KIDS, CONSUMERS&#8217; RESEARCH LAUNCHES \u2018LIKE A CREEPY NEIGHBOR\u2019\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PETER REX: <i>This is a big problem, and I also\u2026 think State Farm, I read their release on their own website just to get directly to the horse&#8217;s mouth here, and I don&#8217;t fully buy it\u2026 The reasons they give are all reasons that are <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/real-estate\/state-farm-ceasing-new-applications-california-property-insurance-other-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>cost-related reasons<\/i><\/a><i>\u2026 Inflation costs, catastrophic events, reinsurance costs going up. All of these things can be passed on to the consumer by the insurance carrier\u2026 I would note one of our technology companies is insurance tech business, and we&#8217;re still licensed in California, where we also do business. And I had run an actual business and lived out in California area as well and San Francisco before we moved out to Texas. And I think that the pretext here, these other reasons, there are real reasons, but I think there&#8217;s an unspoken reason here, and that reason is California is a very difficult place to do business. And I bet you that State Farm said, you know what, we&#8217;re done with this. We&#8217;re going to we&#8217;re going to go ahead and pull out and we&#8217;re going to give reasons that are\u2026 generally acceptable and true and legitimate, but we&#8217;re not going to state the reason that California just makes it a very difficult place for a business to operate.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/consumers-research-levis-american-express\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CONSUMERS\u2019 RESEARCH AD URGES LEVI\u2019S, AMERICAN EXPRESS TO \u2018SERVE CUSTOMERS, NOT WOKE POLITICIANS\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The State Farm General Insurance Company will no longer accept new applications for property insurance and other policies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>in California<\/u><\/a>, citing &#8220;historic&#8221; increases in construction costs and inflation,&#8221; the company said Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beginning Saturday, the Illinois-based insurance group will cease to accept applications for business and personal lines property and casualty insurance. The move doesn&#8217;t impact personal vehicle insurance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;State Farm General Insurance Company made this decision due to historic increases in construction costs outpacing inflation, rapidly growing catastrophe exposure, and a challenging reinsurance market,&#8221; the company said in a release. &#8220;The Department of Insurance is focused on the safety of our homes and communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/insurance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>insurance company<\/u><\/a> said actions are necessary to improve its financial strength. State Farm agents in California will continue to serve existing customers, it said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the California Department of Insurance told Fox Business it is committed to protecting customers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The factors driving State Farm\u2019s decision are beyond our control, including climate change, reinsurance costs affecting the entire insurance industry, and global inflation,&#8221; the spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>California has some of the most expensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>housing costs<\/u><\/a> in the nation amid a shortage that many say has exacerbated the homeless crisis up and down the state. The state plans to spend about $30 million to build 1,200 small homes.<\/p>\n<p><i>FOX Business&#8217; Louis Casiano contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/state-farm-stops-accepting-home-insurance-applications-california-difficult-place-business\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/state-farm-stops-accepting-home-insurance-applications-california-difficult-place-business <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech and real estate entrepreneur Peter Rex reacted to State Farm&#8217;s decision to cease home insurance applications in California, predicting there was an &#8220;unspoken reason&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-67174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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