Latest Allstate Headlines
All the headlines from our Allstate Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Jan 1 2006 // Lawson-Hawks Acquires Healthcare Property/Casualty Group Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., has acquired the El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based...
Grant of Attorney Fees
Jan 1 2006 // Mercury Insurance Company v. Cooper (Fla. App., 3rd Dist., Nov. 23, 2005) A driver was injured in an accident when struck by a motor vehicle insured by Mercury. Mercury filed a declaratory judgment action against the...
Allstate Warns Northern Calif. Residents on Minimizing Flood Danger, Damage
Dec 30 2005 // With Northern California rivers and reservoirs at their highest levels in seven years and with additional storms forecasted over the coming week, Allstate urges residents to be prepared in case floods threaten your family,...
Allstate Units Agree to Coverage Checks Sought After Ariz. Wildfire
Dec 30 2005 // Two Allstate Insurance units have agreed to implement new procedures to re-evaluate coverage needs of homeowners – steps sought by Arizona regulators in the wake of consumer complaints after a devastating 2003...
Esurance Donates $25,000 to Charities in 2005
Dec 22 2005 // Esurance, a direct-to-consumer auto insurance company, has given approximately $25,000 through its charitable matching program in 2005. The company’s charitable matching program has been in place for more than four...
BILLING GRACE PERIOD ENDS IN ALL BUT THREE COUNTIES
Dec 19 2005 // Some south Mississippians are returning to regular payment schedules to companies that offered billing grace periods to allow for hurricane recovery. In response to a request from Insurance Commissioner George Dale,...
Allstate Survey Offers Advice on Keeping Retirement Resolutions
Dec 14 2005 // Thinking about what New Year’s Resolutions you should consider for 2006? Allstate Corporation has done some background work that could help you make as well as keep those resolutions. The Northbrook, Ill. based...
ALLSTATE PAYMENTS ON HOLD
Nov 21 2005 // Texas’ Third Court of Appeals in Travis County put on hold payments from Allstate Insurance Company to some victims of Hurricane Rita. Allstate previously had been ordered by a state district judge to pay living...
News Briefs
Nov 20 2005 // Arkansas Mobile Home Lawsuit Dismissed The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated...
Appeals Court Order Has Allstate Payments in Texas on Hold
Nov 15 2005 // An appeals court order has put on hold payments from Allstate Insurance Co. to some victims of Hurricane Rita. A district judge in Austin had ordered Allstate to pay living expenses to customers displaced by the storm, but...
JUDGE EXTENDS ALLSTATE INJUNCTION
Nov 7 2005 // Travis County, Texas, District Judge Stephen Yelenosky has extended until Dec. 12 an injunction prohibiting Allstate Insurance Company from denying certain claims related to Hurricane Rita. In early October, the Texas...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // ALABAMA Vesta Reinsurance To Cover Wilma Vesta Insurance of Birmingham, issued a statement saying it has complete reinsurance coverage for Hur-ricane Wilma claims in Florida. “As previously disclosed, Vesta’s...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // Arkansas 2006 Comp Rates Released The Arkansas Workers’ Compens-ation Commission released its revised Advisory 2000-1, which describes the maximum and minimum rates to be paid to employees who suffer job-related...
White Mountains Notes Book Value Per Share of $345
Nov 1 2005 // Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. ended the third quarter of 2005 with a fully converted tangible book value per share of $345, down $14 from the second quarter of 2005 primarily due to the Gulf Coast...
Texas Judge Extends Allstate Injunction
Oct 24 2005 // Travis County, Texas, District Judge Stephen Yelenosky has extended until Dec. 12 an injunction prohibiting Allstate Insurance Company from denying claims related to Hurricane Rita, the Austin American-Statesman...
ALL SIGNS POINT DOWN:
Oct 17 2005 // Massachusetts auto rates will be going down in 2006, although by how much is not yet known. Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler received her third recommendation, this one calling for a 5.4 percent reduction in rates,...
Gallagher Applauds McCarty’s Decision Not to Approve Allstate ‘s Rate Request
Oct 11 2005 // A decision not to approve a rate request by Allstate Floridian Insurance Company and Allstate Floridian Indemnity Company was announced last week by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. McCarty’s decision...
Allstate Ordered to Cover Expenses of Rita Evacuees
Oct 10 2005 // A state judge in Texas has ordered Allstate Insurance Co. to cover the living expenses of its Texas policyholders displaced by Hurricane Rita last month. Acting on a petition filed by the attorney general and the Texas...
Allstate Challenges Mississippi Attorney General Hood’s Lawsuit
Sep 21 2005 // Allstate Corp. has issued a direct challenge to the lawsuit filed last week by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in which it refutes the charges made by the attorney general. On Sept. 16, Hood sued Allstate Property...
Latin Agents Urge Insurers to Join the Hispanic Market Explosion
Sep 19 2005 // As the Hispanic population surpasses 40 million with a combined purchasing power of more than $700 million, the insurance industry is keeping its eye on this ever-growing market segment. Hispanic agents and Latin agent...
