Latest Allstate Headlines
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Michigan Warns Consumers on Scam Using Fake Allstate Insurance Checks
Apr 21 2010 // Michigan insurance officials and Allstate Insurance Co. are warning consumers of an international mail fraud scheme using counterfeit checks with Allstate’s name on them. The Michigan Office of Financial and...
Allstate Seeking to Appoint 130 Agents in Texas in 2010
Apr 14 2010 // Allstate Insurance Company appointed 122 exclusive agents in Texas in 2009 and is seeking to appoint another 130 agents in the state in 2010. “We see a significant opportunity in the current economy to attract...
New York Police Arrest Man in Phantom Insurance Claim Scheme
Mar 30 2010 // Authorities in Upstate New York have arrested a man they say used a phony bank account to buy insurance on a home he didn’t own so he could cash in on property losses that didn’t occur. Buffalo police arrested...
Allstate to Refund $428K over Missed Discounts for Delaware Drivers
Mar 12 2010 // Allstate will be refund $428,355 to 2,445 Delaware policyholders who had not received discounts on their automobile insurance premiums to which they were lawfully entitled, the state’s insurance commissioner...
IRS, States Target Employer Abuse of Classification of Independent Contractors
Mar 8 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has...
IRS, States Target Employer Abuse of Classification of Independent Contractors
Mar 7 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, the Associated Press has...
IRS, States Target Employer Abuse of Classification of Independent Contractors
Mar 7 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has...
Allstate Drops Mobile-Home Coverage along South Carolina Coast
Feb 22 2010 // An Allstate spokesman says the company will no longer insure mobile homes along the South Carolina coast. Shane Robinson told The Sun News of Myrtle Beach for a story Saturday that about 2,400 existing customer policies in...
Allstate Selects San Antonio for New Customer Call Center
Feb 10 2010 // Allstate Insurance Company said it will open an $11.6 million customer information center in San Antonio, Texas, and is planning to hire 600 employees as part of that move. Allstate vice president of direct sales and...
Water, Wind and Hail Common Claims in Texas; Liability Costly for Individuals
Jan 27 2010 // Water, wind and hail damage top the list of most common homeowner insurance claims in Texas, according to a review by Allstate Insurance Company of aggregated insurance carrier claims data. Allstate assessed data from 2000...
Mississippi Rejects Allstate Rate Hike
Jan 8 2010 // Mississippi’s insurance regulator, as he earlier indicated he would do, has denied a request from Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co. for a statewide home insurance price hike of about 60 percent. The...
Best Affirms Allstate New Jersey ‘A-‘ Ratings; Outlook Stable
Dec 23 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Group and its members. The outlook for all...
Allstate to Auction Recovered 1965 Volkswagen Van
Dec 16 2009 // Allstate announced today that it will sell a recovered 1965 Volkswagen bus at auction and donate the proceeds to Lydia Place, a nonprofit organization in Washington state serving homeless women and children impacted by...
Ratings Roundup: First Colonial, Mount Carroll, Cherokee
Dec 15 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A-‘ (Excellent) from ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “a-” from “a” of Florida-based First Colonial...
Rhode Island Fines Allstate Over Consumer Choice in Car Repair
Dec 14 2009 // Rhode Island regulators have fined a major insurance company $5,000 for allegedly interfering with a driver’s right to choose his own garage for repair work. The Department of Business Regulation determined that...
Lacher to Head Allstate’s P/C Division
Nov 17 2009 // The Allstate Corp. has named Joseph P. Lacher, Jr., 40, as president of Allstate Protection, effective November 30, 2009. He will lead all of Allstate’s property and casualty offerings, “serving over 17 million...
Allstate Reports Q3 Profit
Nov 6 2009 // Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, reported a third qarter profit Wednesday, the improvement from a year ago loss made possible by lower catastrophe and investment losses. Net income...
Watch Out for Boo! Texas Pedestrian Accidents Jump 23% at Halloween
Oct 30 2009 // On average, the number of Texans hit by cars spikes 23.3 percent during Halloween week, according to Allstate Insurance Company. The insurer recently looked at its Texas auto insurance claims involving pedestrians over the...
Analysts Forecast Healthy Q3 Reports from Insurers
Oct 22 2009 // If the stock market and weather are any indication, third-quarter earnings reports from insurers will look a lot better than they did a year ago. The big companies, which began their reporting season today with Travelers...
Declarations
Oct 19 2009 // Bigger, Hungrier “Large brokers enjoy certain advantages of scope and scale. At least in theory, their costs are lower, and they are able to provide a broader array of services. But small brokers are the engines of...
