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State Farm Fails to Refund Premium After Agent-Written Policy Error

A life insurance policy was incorrectly written for the wrong state by a State Farm agent, requiring a corrected policy and new premium payment. The refund for the first premium was never issued despite claims it was sent four times over 60 days. This is an insurance operations failure with no software solution opportunity.

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