Latest Allstate Headlines
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Allstate to Raise Rates in Texas Despite Opposition from State
Aug 27 2007 // Allstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to fine the company for each policy it renews at the new rate. “We continue...
La. District Court Says Allstate Trial Exhibits Must Remain Open
Aug 22 2007 // Certain trial exhibits that were elemental in a recently settled a wind vs. water case in Louisiana must remain part of the public record, a Louisiana district court judge has ruled. United States District Judge Sarah...
Commissioner Refuses Allstate’s Proposed 5.9% Rate Hike in Texas
Aug 22 2007 // Allstate Texas Lloyds on Aug. 20 announced two filings that would raise its homeowners insurance rates in Texas by 5.9 percent and 2.1 percent, but Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin immediately moved to block the...
Ratings Recap: Employers Direct, Penn Treaty Network, Allstate Floridian
Aug 21 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Employers Direct Insurance Company (EDIC) of Agoura Hills, CA with a stable outlook....
Encompass Adds Assistant Vice President, Product Operations
Aug 8 2007 // Mark Thompson was recently appointed to assistant vice president, Product Operations for Encompass Insurance, the independent insurance agency division of the Allstate Group recently announced. Most recently Thompson...
Consumer Groups: Allstate Trying to Hide Katrina Claims Practices
Aug 8 2007 // Public Justice, a law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., and the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR), are asking a New Orleans federal court to keep public key documents from a...
Best Makes Esurance Ratings Changes
Aug 7 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” to the Esurance Insurance Group (Esurance). In conjunction with the...
Declarations
Aug 6 2007 // Policyholder wind “Maybe they’ll make us buy Shell gasoline next. For me to have fire insurance I have to buy wind insurance? That makes no sense at all.” — Michael McAndrews of Ocean Springs, Fla.,...
Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.
Aug 6 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.
Aug 6 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Declarations
Aug 6 2007 // Declarations Policyholder wind “Maybe they’ll make us buy Shell gasoline next. For me to have fire insurance I have to buy wind insurance? That makes no sense at all.” — Michael McAndrews of Ocean...
Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.
Aug 6 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Allstate Hit for Linking Fire Renewals to Separate Wind Policy in Miss.
Jul 26 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Allstate 2nd Quarter Earnings Rise 16 Percent, Fall Short of Estimates
Jul 20 2007 // Allstate Corp., the nation’s No. 2 property and casualty insurer, said Wednesday its second-quarter profits climbed 16 percent on strong auto insurance sales but operating income fell as the company paid...
COURT SAYS EMPLOYER SHOULD NOT PAY FOR ALL PERMANENT DISABILITY
Jul 2 2007 // The California Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of an injured electrician, affirming a lower court’s ruling that an employer is not responsible for permanent disability it did not cause. Larry Gossett vs. WCAB...
Allstate awards cities free gas for safe driving records
Jul 2 2007 // For the second straight year, an insurance study has found that Sioux Falls, S.D. has the safest drivers in the nation. Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. analyzed two years of internal crash data to calculate the...
Allstate awards cities free gas for safe driving records
Jul 2 2007 // For the second straight year, an insurance study has found that Sioux Falls, S.D. has the safest drivers in the nation. Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. analyzed two years of internal crash data to calculate the...
Allstate Agrees to Mass Settlement of Mississippi Katrina Claims
Jun 28 2007 // Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to a mass settlement of claims by a group of Mississippi policyholders who sued the insurer over damage to their homes from Hurricane Katrina, a company spokesman and a lawyer for the...
Donaldsonville, La., Insurance Agent on National Advisory Board
Jun 22 2007 // Independent insurance agent Brad Bourg, of Donaldsonville, La., was named to the national board of Allstate Independent Agency Council, the company announced. The council is made up of 11 outstanding independent agents...
Abel Named to Allstate Independent Agency Council
Jun 22 2007 // Independent insurance agent Harry Abel of Abel Insurance Agency in Coos Bay, Ore., has been named to the national board of the Allstate Independent Agency Council. The council is made up of 11 outstanding independent...
