State Farm Insurance, which can be found at www.statefarm.com, provides insurance and financial services to consumers in the United States and Canada. In 2008, the Canadian “Toronto Star” newspaper announced State Farm Insurance Companies to be described as one of Canada’s top employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.
[snap url="http://statefarm.com" alt="www.statefarm.com"]State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance is the company’s main business, but State farm also deals in other financial services including homeowner insurance plans, life and health insurance, and also everyday banking and loans.
When you visit www.statefarm.com, one of the first things that may strike you is how easy and uncluttered the interface is. You will immediately see there are three principal actions you can take – you can provide your ZIP code to talk to an agent, enter more information to get a quote or if you are an existing State Farm customer, you can initiate a claim.
To get a quote, you will need to use the drop-down menu to choose what type of insurance plan you need. Choices given include auto, homeowners, renters and long-term care as well as health or life insurance. Once you enter the type of insurance you want plus your ZIP code an application will open.
The app simply asks for your name, date of birth and address. To save time, it then matches your information against public records. This way you are able to get a quote without having to answer too many time-consuming questions. On the State Farm website, you are informed that the company uses information stored in insurance loss claims, credit and other consumer reports to determine your eligibility for insurance. Your information may also be shared with a State farm agent, who might attempt to contact you personally. These are good things to be aware of when using www.statefarm.com.
If you are happy with the quote you receive from the State Farm website, you can purchase your insurance policy online. To pay for the policy you will need either a MasterCard or Visa credit card.
The State Farm site uses secure encryption to make sure your financial details are safe, but you may prefer not to make a payment online. In which case, you can forward your application to a State farm agent via www.statefarm.com, and he will contact you to make alternative arrangements for payment. However, this will delay the start date of your policy, as it won’t become valid until your payment has been approved.
Online reviews on the services provided by State Farm are generally very good; however, it seems the company did have some black marks against it in the 1970s and 80s, when their hiring practices came under scrutiny due to sexism and racism. The method of how the company decided on customer’s illegibility was also under review, though that seems to be rectified and is now a thing of the past.
Whether you decide on using State Farm as your insurer or not is finally up to you, but one thing is for sure, you will find www.statefarm.com website very easy to use, and as all quotes are given completely free of chance, it is certainly worth taking a few minutes of your time to see what the company can offer you.
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