Now Smart Homes Get Smart Discounts

BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- State Farm is teaming up with Lowe's and ADT to educate customers about home control and monitoring and to provide customers with special offers on products and services. Customers also may qualify for the State Farm Home Alert Protection Discount.

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State Farm, a trusted leader in helping people prevent and mitigate losses, is now the first insurer to offer U.S. consumers access to a new online tool designed to educate users on the value of smart home control and monitoring systems. In addition, customers can take advantage of unique product offers and possibly qualify for homeowners, renters and condo insurance discounts.

"As the leading provider of homeowners insurance, State Farm has a vested interest in helping consumers prevent loss," said Jack Weekes, State Farm Operations Vice President. "By forming relationships with home control and monitoring providers, we are enabling customers to protect their family and property in new and unique ways."

Home control and monitoring devices allow customers to manage their homes from anywhere using a computer or smart connected device. These solutions allow customers to monitor and manage their home, such as arming and disarming security systems, locking and unlocking doors or turning lights on and off. They also offer sensor readings including home temperature and water leak sensors.

"We are delighted State Farm selected Iris from Lowe's to bring their customers a do-it-yourself home management system," said Kevin Meagher, Lowe's vice president and general manager Smart Home. "Iris provides an affordable smart home solution with self-monitored security and a broad range of products and services designed to make homes safer, more efficient and easier to manage."

"ADT is well-known for its professionally monitored life safety protection and convenient lifestyle services, installed by in-house security specialists," said Don Boerema, chief corporate development officer at ADT. "We are excited to offer State Farm customers greater peace of mind protection at the push of a button."

ADT products and services and select Lowe's Iris systems may be eligible for State Farm insurance discounts.  Customers can contact a State Farm agent to learn more, or visit the State Farm Home Protection & Automation web page. http://st8.fm/smarthome

*Some restrictions apply. Visit http://st8.fm/homeinfo for details.

About State Farm^®:
State Farm and its affiliates are the largest provider of car insurance in the U.S. and is a leading insurer in Canada. In addition to providing auto insurance quotes, their 18,000 agents and more than 69,000 employees serve 81 million policies and accounts – more than 79 million auto, home, life and health policies in the United States and Canada, and nearly 2 million bank accounts. Commercial auto insurance, along with coverage for renters, business owners, boats and motorcycles, is also available. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No. 44 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit http://www.statefarm.com or in Canada http://www.statefarm.ca.

About ADT
The ADT Corporation (NYSE: ADT) is a leading provider of electronic security, interactive home and business automation and monitoring services for residences and small businesses in the United States and Canada. ADT's broad and pioneering set of products and services, including ADT Pulse interactive home and business solutions, and home health services, meet a range of customer needs for today's active and increasingly mobile lifestyles. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, ADT helps provide peace of mind to more than six million customers, and it employs approximately 17,000 people at more than 200 locations. More information is available at www.adt.com.

About Lowe's
With fiscal year 2012 sales of $50.5 billion, Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 100 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,825 home improvement and hardware stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

SOURCE State Farm