Latest Allstate Headlines
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N.O. Jury may Consider Whether Katrina Claim was Misrepresented
Apr 16 2007 // Jurors may consider whether a Slidell couple misrepresented part of their claim, possibly voiding the whole homeowner policy, when they decide Louisiana’s second Hurricane Katrina insurance trial against Allstate...
Wind or Water? Victims Got Conflicting Info on What Caused Damage
Apr 13 2007 // A man who sued Allstate Insurance Co. after losing his home to Hurricane Katrina lashed out April 11 at the insurance industry’s position that damage from a hurricane’s storm surge is excluded from homeowner...
Engineer Testifies at Trial for La. Hurricane Suit Against Allstate
Apr 12 2007 // An engineer who testified at the trial for a Louisiana couple’s lawsuit against Allstate Insurance Co. said he wrote a report on the plaintiffs’ storm-damaged home without inspecting the property after...
Jury Selection Begins in La. Hurricane Lawsuit Against Allstate
Apr 10 2007 // After Hurricane Katrina demolished Robert and Merryl Weiss’ New Orleans-area home, they were paid hundred of thousands of dollars by their insurance company. But they say it isn’t enough. Jury selection began...
Business Moves
Apr 9 2007 // AXIS Capital, Aon Media/Pro AXIS Capital, a global specialty commercial property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media/Professional Insurance (Media/Pro), a managing general...
Allstate Accuses La. Couple of Misrepresenting Claim after Katrina
Apr 6 2007 // Allstate Insurance Co. says a Louisiana couple misrepresented their claim after Hurricane Katrina damaged their home and is asking a federal judge to throw out their lawsuit against the insurer less than a week before...
Declarations
Mar 26 2007 // Monitoring the process “I will carefully monitor Allstate’s actions throughout this process to ensure that policyholders entitled to reinstatement are fully protected.” — Louisiana Commissioner of...
News Currents
Mar 26 2007 // La.’s Donelon forges agreement with Allstate over cancelled policies Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon reported on March 19, 2007, that he had reached a settlement with Allstate concerning 4,772...
Md. Senate Committee Nixes Bill Forcing Insurers to Write on Coast
Mar 22 2007 // Maryland has decided not to require home insurers to cover all areas of the state, even coastal areas. The state Senate was considering a bill to require the insurance after state’s second-largest home insurer —...
La.’s Donelon Forges Settlement with Allstate over Cancelled Policies
Mar 19 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that he has reached a favorable settlement for the 4,772 Allstate policyholders in four south Louisiana parishes whose homeowners insurance was cancelled as part of...
Allstate Insurance To Open Claims Center in Cheyenne
Mar 19 2007 // Allstate Insurance Co. said it intends to open a new claims center in Cheyenne, Wyo., that will bring at least 200 jobs to the city. The company plans to open an Allstate Express call center in the former Trilegiant...
Allstate Ordered to Reduce Texas Homeowners Rates; Refund $56M
Mar 14 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that on March 8, 2007, the Travis County District Court affirmed an earlier order by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin requiring Allstate Texas Lloyds to reduce its...
Allstate: La. Insurance Chief Overstepped Authority on Policies
Mar 12 2007 // Allstate Insurance is resisting an order from Louisiana’s insurance department to reinstate 4,700 homeowner policies that the company canceled in four parishes hit by Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana Insurance...
Dodd Blasts Insurance Industry Response to Hurricanes
Mar 12 2007 // U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, a Democratic presidential hopeful, said he’s angry with the insurance industry’s response to the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes and said Mar. 9 he will hold senate committee hearings on...
Lessons learned from Katrina and beyond
Mar 12 2007 // The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season came and went with barely a blip — despite initial projections by some that there would be two to five major hurricanes that year. How could insurance industry predictions be so...
10 La. regulators question Allstate cancellations
Mar 12 2007 // Insurance department tells company to reinstate policies 11 Former Okla. commissioner arrested, jailed Fisher broke terms of appeal bond, AG says N1 Industry gears up for more federal terrorism insurance debates Advocates...
News Currents
Mar 12 2007 // La. insurance regulators probe Allstate’s policy cancellations Louisiana insurance regulators are investigating whether Allstate Insurance Co. is canceling policies without properly inspecting homes to see if they...
News Currents
Mar 12 2007 // La. insurance regulators order Allstate to reverse cancellations Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon on Mar. 6 ordered Allstate to scrap its property inspection process that led to the cancellation of more than...
La. Commissioner Orders Allstate to Reinstate Policyholders
Mar 6 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has ordered Allstate to scrap its property inspection process that led to the cancellation of more than 4,700 homeowners policies and reinstate coverage on those homeowners...
La. DOI to Inspect Some Allstate Insured Properties
Mar 2 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that Department of Insurance staff will be inspecting the properties of 18 Allstate policyholders in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes who complained to...
