BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Combined net worth for the State Farm group increased in 2009 by $4.8 billion to end the year at $58.1 billion. The primary reason for the improvement was a $3.8 billion increase in the value of the property-casualty (P-C) companies’ unaffiliated stock portfolio (net of deferred tax). The increase comes after a $10.4 billion decrease in net worth a year ago. In spite of the 2008 decline, the State Farm group’s net worth is 27 percent higher than it was at the beginning of the decade.

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