Safer Cars, Lower Rates. Car Shopping Soon?
Some insurers increase premiums for cars that have higher rates of damage or occupant injury. And cars that do better in safety tests? They're more likely to get you lower rates.
Freezing Pipes
An average of a quarter-million families have their homes ruined and their lives disrupted each winter, all because of water pipes that freeze and burst.
Cell Phone Safety
Cell phone units that allow the hands to be free offer no safety advantage over hand-held units.
Disaster Preparedness
State Farm Insurance is the largest corporate contributor to the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), one of the fastest-growing disaster preparedness organizations in the nation.
Candle Fires on the Rise
Residential fires caused by candles have more than doubled over the past decade, according to the National Fire Protection Association Journal article.
