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Mississippi Regulator Reaches Agreements with State Farm, Allstate
Aug 22 2008 // After months of separate discussion and negotiations, State Farm and Allstate insurance companies reached an agreement with Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney on details of homeowners insurance rate...
State Farm, Allstate Raising Auto Rates in Texas
Aug 21 2008 // Allstate and State Farm, two of the largest auto insurers in Texas, are raising their rates, saying the boost is needed to offset a rising number of claims. In filings with the Texas Department of Insurance, State Farm...
America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland
Aug 21 2008 // Residents in Sioux Falls, S.D., continued to top the chart as the safest drivers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report. The average driver in Sioux Falls experiences an...
Watchdog Survey Targets Insurers
Aug 21 2008 // Declarations “While Allstate publicly touts its ‘good hands’ approach, it has instead privately instructed its agents to employ a ‘boxing gloves’ strategy against its...
By Robert Jablon
Aug 21 2008 // California Orders Allstate to Cut Home Insurance Rates 28.5% Allstate Corp. has been ordered to cut its California homeowner insurance rates by more than 25 percent, a move that will save consumers an estimated $255...
Allstate Targets Texas’ Uninsured Drivers
Aug 20 2008 // Allstate has launched Allstate Blue in Texas, an insurance product aimed at uninsured drivers. The company said Allstate Blue is its seventh statewide product launch in 11 months. It has been estimated that as many as one...
Florida Insurance Commissioner and Allstate Resolve Pending Litigation
Aug 15 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced that the Office of Insurance Regulation reached a limited agreement with the Allstate Companies. The agreement includes a $5 million fine to resolve the ongoing issues...
AG Probe of New Mexico’s Rep. Foley Sought
Aug 5 2008 // A Chaves County, N.M., commissioner wants the state attorney general to investigate business ties between state Rep. Dan Foley and a contract the state awarded for supplemental insurance to government employees. Foley,...
Missouri Judge Dismisses $7 Million in Fines Against Allstate
Aug 4 2008 // A Jackson County, Mo., judge agreed on July 23, 2008, to throw out a contempt order against Allstate Insurance after determining the company had finally complied with his directions to release confidential documents. The...
Montana Supreme Court: Claims for Bodily Injury Can Cover Injured Plus Observer
Aug 4 2008 // The Supreme Court of Montana ruled that even a bystander’s claim for bodily injuries can be covered in an insurance policy. According to court documents in Allstate Insurance Co. v. Terry Wagner-Ellsworth and Tiffany...
Missouri Court Upholds $16 Million Bad Faith Award Against Allstate
Jul 30 2008 // Allstate Insurance Co. has lost its appeal of a $16 million judgment against it for not settling a claim for the $50,000 limit on an auto insurance policy. The Missouri Court of Appeals this week upheld an award of more...
No Rating Change for Allstate after Loss Says S&P
Jul 28 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced that it is “taking no rating action on Allstate Corp. (NYSE:ALL; A+/Stable/A-1) or its subsidiaries following Allstate’s announcement that it had a...
Missouri Judge Dismisses $7 Million in Fines Against Allstate
Jul 25 2008 // A Jackson County judge agreed on Wednesday, July 23 to throw out a contempt order against Allstate Insurance after determining the company had finally complied with his directions to release confidential documents. The...
America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland
Jul 21 2008 // Residents in Sioux Falls, S.D., continued to top the chart as the safest drivers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report. The average driver in Sioux Falls experiences an...
Watchdog Survey Targets Insurers
Jul 21 2008 // Declarations “While Allstate publicly touts its ‘good hands’ approach, it has instead privately instructed its agents to employ a ‘boxing gloves’ strategy against its...
Allstate Settles In Missouri Disputed Records Case
Jul 15 2008 // Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to settle an insurance case involving a Hawaii man that had attracted national attention over the insurer’s refusal, and eventual agreement, to provide key...
Montana Supreme Court: Claims for Bodily Injury Can Cover Injured Plus Observer
Jul 15 2008 // The Supreme Court of Montana has ruled that even a bystander’s claim for bodily injuries can be covered in an insurance policy. According to court documents in Allstate Insurance Co. v. Terry Wagner-Ellsworth and...
California Orders Allstate to Cut Home Insurance Rates 28.5%
Jul 10 2008 // Allstate Corp. will have to lower its rates on California homeowner policies by 28.5 percent making an estimated $255 million in annual savings for consumers, the state’s Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner...
InsuranceLeadz.com and Middle Cross Software Partner to Launch New Service Called Typhoon
Jul 9 2008 // InsuranceLeadz.com would like to announce its partnership of Middle Cross Software to launch their new Quote Burst Typhoon service line for Allstate insurance agents. This new service will allow Allstate insurance agents...
Nationwide, Allstate Grab State Farm Policies in Miss.
Jul 7 2008 // Nationwide and Allstate will insure homes along the Mississippi coast where the current insurer decided not to renew policies, officials said. The State Farm Insurance action involves 892 policies within 1,000 feet of...
