Latest Allstate Headlines
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Associations educate agents
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...
Fitch Moves 5 Insurers to Rating Watch Negative Following Katrina
Sep 13 2005 // Fitch Ratings has placed the ratings of five North American property/casualty insurance and reinsurance organizations on Rating Watch Negative Tuesday based on potential large loss exposures to Hurricane Katrina. The...
SHRP Names Allstate’s Crockett HR Pro of Year
Sep 7 2005 // The Society of Human Resource Professionals, (SHRP), the Chicago chapter of the national Society of Human Resource Management, (SHRM), named Joan M. Crockett, senior vice president of human resources at Allstate Insurance...
Allstate Offers Deferred Payment for Katrina Victims
Sep 6 2005 // Companies within the Allstate family announced that, effective Aug. 26, 2005, they have implemented up to a 90-day deferred payment period for customers located in counties and parishes directly affected by Hurricane...
State Farm of Florida’s Rate Request Questioned
Sep 5 2005 // Citing concern that insurance companies are using the 2004 hurricanes to unfairly raise rates, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has called for an independent review of a rate increase on homeowners...
The Allstate Foundation Earmarks $1M for Hurricane Katrina Recovery
Sep 2 2005 // The Allstate Foundation is establishing a $1 million “Hurricane Recovery Fund” to aid the thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims. Foundation funds will be administered by organizations in the affected...
Allstate Settles Class Action Lawsuit for $120 Million
Sep 1 2005 // Allstate Corp. has agreed to pay up to $120 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in California brought by employees for overtime pay issues, but it still denies any wrongdoing. The Northbrook, Ill.-based...
Allstate Renews U.S. Olympic Sponsorship
Aug 15 2005 // Allstate today announced it has extended the company’s sponsorship with the United States Olympic Committee, maintaining Allstate’s designation as the Official Home and Auto Insurance Sponsor for U.S. Olympic...
Only One Policyholder Turned Out For Allstate Floridian Public Hearing
Aug 11 2005 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation reserved a high school auditorium for five hours so that homeowners could voice their opinion on Allstate Floridian Insurance Company’s request to increase rates by 30...
Florida CFO Gallagher Questions Allstate Rate Request
Aug 5 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher said that an independent review of Allstate Floridian Insurance Company’s request for higher rates shows deficiencies and raises troubling questions about the...
Allstate Promotes Telgenhoff, Romero and Nyunt
Jul 22 2005 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based Allstate Insurance Company announced several promotions. Phil Telgenhoff was promoted to the position of regional distribution leader. He will have complete accountability for more than 1,300...
Farmers, Allstate Take Top Honors at IMCA 2005 Showcase Awards; Insurance Journal Honored
Jul 6 2005 // Farmers Insurance Group received the top honor and Allstate Insurance Company received nine Best of Show awards at the Insurance Marketing Communications Association (IMCA) 2005 Showcase Awards, held during the IMCA annual...
FISHER, ELLIS TO STAND TRIAL ON ALL CHARGES
Jul 4 2005 // Former Okla-homa Insurance Co-mmissioner Carroll Fisher, his former assistant, Opal Ellis, and the Fisher Foundation have been ordered to stand trial on all counts against them in Oklahoma County District Court, according...
Allstate Will Repay California Policyholders $30M
Jun 27 2005 // Allstate Insurance Company will pay $30 million to California auto and homeowner policyholders that were overcharged, according to the Los Angeles Times. Approximately 250,000 customers will receive refunds, while the...
Fla. CFO Blasts Allstate for Increasing Its Rates Before Public Hearing
Jun 23 2005 // After an announcement by Allstate Insurance Company early June 23 Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher issued a highly-critical press release blasting the company for its actions and has instructed Insurance Commissioner...
Allstate Floridian to ‘Immediately’ Raise Homeowners Rates 28 Percent
Jun 22 2005 // Effective immediately, Allstate Floridian Insurance Co. has announced it will raise Florida homeowners rates 28 percent and the company plans to file a request to have the increase approved in July. State law allows...
People
Jun 20 2005 // Gerald O’Neill has been named NBIS vice president of underwriting. O’Neill comes to NBIS with more than 20 years of insurance experience in the brokerage and reinsurance community. O’Neill has held...
Allstate dropping most earthquake coverage nationwide
Jun 19 2005 // Allstate Insurance Co. says it is dropping earthquake insurance to most of its 407,000 quake customers nationwide as a part of a larger move to reduce exposure to catastrophic losses. Allstate Spokesman Mike Siemienas in...
Susan Kearney
Jun 6 2005 // Mark Hagan Gerald O’Neill Venture Programs, a national provider of insurance programs based in West Chester, Pa., has promoted two senior staff members to vice president positions. Susan Kearney was appointed vice...
People
Jun 6 2005 // Venture Programs, a national provider of insurance programs based in West Chester, Pa., has promoted two senior staff members to vice president positions. Susan Kearney was appointed vice president of Venture Hospitality,...
