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Allstate, Liberty Mutual File $1M Lawsuit in Alleged Ky. Fraud Scam
Jun 26 2003 // Allstate Insurance Company and Liberty Mutual Group announced they jointly filed a federal RICO lawsuit against a Kentucky doctor and owners of several medical clinics and billing companies in that state. The defendants in...
Allstate NJ, Encompass Lawsuit Seeks $22 Million in Fraud Damages from North Jersey MDs
Jun 19 2003 // Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company and its subsidiary, Encompass Insurance, announced the filing of civil actions under the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, in the Superior Court of New Jersey (Morris County),...
N.Y. Doctor Announces Settlement of Defamation Action Against Allstate
Jun 5 2003 // New York physician Dipak Nandi, M.D. issued an announcement that he has settled his U.S. Federal District Court defamation action against Allstate Insurance Company and Encompass Insurance, a division of Allstate Insurance...
Allstate CEO Announces Agent Advisory Board
May 21 2003 // Crain’s Chicago Business reports that exclusive-agency carrier Allstate Corp. plans to set up an advisory board of agents this summer in an attempt to improve relations damaged by the company’s unilateral move...
Allstate Looking to Form Separate Calif. Subsidiary
May 19 2003 // While noting it is a challenging market, Allstate Corp. is looking to expand its presence in the California auto market by establishing a separate company for its state operations that would focus specifically on the auto...
Esurance Insurance Co. Offering Auto Program in Illinois
May 15 2003 // Esurance Insurance Co. is offering a new market for personal lines auto insurance in Illinois. Policy limits are $250/$500; deductibles are $250/$500/$1,000. The product is an admitted market with an ‘A’...
Allstate Agents Lose Fla. Case
Apr 28 2003 // A Florida lawsuit by an association of Allstate agents alleging that company restrictions on the sale of agencies and required sales volumes for certain products violated their rights has been dismissed by a judge,...
San Francisco Adjuster Convicted for Insurance Fraud
Apr 7 2003 // Allstate Insurance Company and several Allstate-insured homeowners were allegedly defrauded after the 1994 Northridge earthquake by insurance adjuster, Harry Miller, who was recently convicted of federal fraud charges. A...
Does the economy drive sub-standard automobile insurance in California’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Is the Economy Driving the Sub-Standard Auto Market in Texas’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite, but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Calif. DMV, Allstate Reach Agreement on Access to Confidential Records
Mar 18 2003 // Allstate Insurance Company has reportedly paid a fine of $1 million to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and the company’s access to confidential DMV records was suspended until yesterday, as part of a...
Allstate Adjustor Found Guilty in Fraud Conspiracy
Feb 14 2003 // An insurance adjustor who allegedly defrauded Allstate Insurance Company and several Allstate-insured homeowners who suffered damages during the 1994 Northridge earthquake was recently convicted of federal fraud...
Exclusive Agents Feel the Squeeze
Feb 10 2003 // The times they are a’changin’.” Bob Dylan’s 60’s refrain could be the theme song for a new spirit moving through the ranks of the insurance industry’s exclusive (captive) agents. The...
Exclusive Agents Feel the Squeeze
Feb 10 2003 // The times they are a’changin’.” Bob Dylan’s 60’s refrain could be the theme song for a new spirit moving through the ranks of the insurance industry’s exclusive (captive) agents. The...
J.P. MORGAN SETTLES SURETY CASES WITH ALL 11 COMPANIES
Jan 27 2003 // J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has now settled its dispute with all 11 insurance companies that had issued Enron-related surety bonds and will receive approximately 60 percent of the principal amount of $965 million. In...
Calif. DMV Revokes Allstate’s Electronic Access to Confidential Driver Records; Garamendi Supports Decision
Jan 17 2003 // The California Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked Allstate Insurance Company’s electronic access to confidential driver license and vehicle registration information, because the company reportedly failed to...
San Diego Fraud Ring Cracked
Dec 20 2002 // Over $700,000 dollars were paid in claims for two traffic deaths that never occurred in a case that involved phony police reports created in order to process claims, according to the San Diego Union Tribune. An Allstate...
Farmers to Stay in Texas; TDI Resumes Scrutiny of Allstate, State Farm
Dec 16 2002 // A $100 million settlement was reached between the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and the Office of Attorney General (OAG) and Farmers Insurance Group on Nov. 30, under which Farmers will continue to offer homeowners...
Allstate Prevails in Labor Ruling Prohibiting Agents from Collective Bargaining
Dec 3 2002 // Allstate Corp. emerged victorious in a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board declaring its exclusive agents independent contractors rather than employees – a decision that prohibits collective bargaining,...
Allstate Gets Auto Rate Increase in Louisiana
Nov 26 2002 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission granted Allstate Insurance Co. a $21.9 million auto policy rate increase. The rate hike is the second the company has received in the past nine months. According to the New Orleans...
