State Farm of Florida has decided that it will no longer insure churches in Florida. This will leave more than 500 churches in the position of having to find new insurance coverage. State Farm of Florida is separate from State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance company. The reason why State Farm of Florida has decided not to renew the policies it has with more than 500 churches in Florida is simple. The insurer says that it wants to focus on serving as many homeowners as possible. To achieve this goal, the insurer needed to drop the types of coverage it was … Continue reading →

Officials at Vienna Presbyterian Church recently decided that it was best to acknowledge certain situations that happened with a youth director who was involved with the church. The church’s insurance company, GuideOne Insurance, strongly advised church officials against making statements that could imply that the church was at fault. Clearly, the values of the church, and the values of the insurance company, are mismatched. The story starts five years ago. Vienna Presbyterian Church officials learned that the man they had hired as a student ministries director, Eric DeVries, behaved very inappropriately with some of his female students. It has been … Continue reading →