"In 2005, despite Hurricane Katrina, State Farm turned a $3.24 billion profit. The following year, without a major catastrophe, profits increased to $5.32 billion, for which CEO Ed Rust received an 82 percent pay raise. In fact, since State Farm hired McKinsey, the company has seen profits more than double from its 1990s level to the $5.4 billion it made in 2007" - not really news