According to Brad Daws, a Bozeman agent, there have been at least 5,000 automobile claims received from State Farm customers. He estimated that State Farm maintains about 30 percent of the auto insurance market in the Gallatin Valley.

"They're still coming in," he said, referring to claims related to the June 30 storm, which dropped golf-ball sized hail on vehicles and broke windows in and around Bozeman. "It's kind of a moving target." Source: The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Farmers Insurance Group, which has 40,000 home and auto policies in the Billings area, brought in claims agents from all over the country to help deal with the storm damage in Billings, according to state director Jeff Robinson. Combined with agents already in town, Farmers had between 70 and 80 people processing claims or doing inspections.

At the Wal-Mart in the Heights, Farmers had one of its two Customer Care Vehicles processing claims. The full-length bus has work stations for 12 adjusters, videoconferencing capabilities, a check printer and satellite phone and Internet connections. Source: billingsgazette.com