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posted by Isabel Miller
Tuesday, Aug 26, 25 @ 7:05 am

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It’s practically fall here.

Comment by JoanP Tuesday, Aug 26, 25 @ 8:18 am
It’s sunny and very cool this morning in beautiful DuPage County. Seems like the calendar fast forwarded a month, but still most welcome after the weeks of overly warm temps. Took a walk early and was thinking yes, life is good.

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Tuesday, Aug 26, 25 @ 8:25 am
Fall like. Corn is losing all greem color. My St. Farm umbrella liability policy just went up 139%. Got a two month warning letter.Agent said its not an error. Legal costs. Homeowners was hail cost. Auto was parts cost lol.

Comment by Anotheretiree Tuesday, Aug 26, 25 @ 9:10 am
If the Sox can bottle up and serve their last three games next year, outscoring opponents 22-3. That’s some great baseball.

Comment by Grandson of Man Tuesday, Aug 26, 25 @ 10:33 am
Been enjoying the cool weather in McLean County. Hopefully we get a nice, long, and comfy fall this year.

Comment by TJ Tuesday, Aug 26, 25 @ 10:37 am
This State Farm business. Would it be safe to say that State Farm has performed very poorly if they have not managed their income and expeditures sufficiently over time, such that all of a sudden there is a 25-139% increase in pricing in one year?

I simply refuse to believe that climate change has all of a sudden cause an immediate knee jerk reaction. Climate change has been occurring for over a decade, but their pricing practices are not parallel with climate change. It seems an intentional, “lets just gouge the crap out of everyone this year, and see what happens. We can blame it on loses last year.”

Fiscal mismanagement seems equally responsible for out of control price increases.

I mean, imagine if this year, there are no hurricanes and tornados and hail storms; or just the previous amount. Is State Farm going to blame it on tariffs next?

Mismanagement explains a lot of this. Profit gouging explains some too. The AG needs to seriously investigate.

Comment by H-W Tuesday, Aug 26, 25 @ 10:45 am

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