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N.Y. Insurers ‘Report Cards’ Show 70% of Sandy Claims Closed With Payment So Far
Feb 25 2013 // The New York regulators’ latest Sandy response report cards show 272,878 Sandy-related claims — representing 70 percent of some 389,801 Sandy claims filed in the state — have been closed with payment, as...
Esurance Hiring in San Antonio
Feb 19 2013 // Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, is opening a new office in San Antonio and will hire up to 150 new associates during the next 18 months, the company announced. The company will be hiring...
Allstate Accelerates California Recruiting
Feb 19 2013 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add additional agency owners in California in 2013, expanding its recruiting campaign for the fifth consecutive year. Allstate said it signed 58 new exclusive agents in California last year...
$1.2 Billion in Sandy Losses Paid, Allstate Pursuing Rate Hikes
Feb 7 2013 // Allstate Corp.’s quarterly profit fell 45 percent on losses from superstorm Sandy, but the home and auto insurer said it has paid out about 95 percent of Sandy claims and is seeing rate increases across...
Superstorm Sandy-Related Loss Estimates Pile Up
Jan 28 2013 // Since Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline on Oct. 29, 2012, dozens of insurers and reinsurers have publicly announced their Sandy-related preliminary loss estimates. The following are loss estimates for...
Latest Sandy Loss Estimates Reported by Companies
Jan 14 2013 // Since Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast two and a half months ago, dozens of insurers and reinsurers have publicly announced their Sandy-related preliminary loss estimates. The following are the latest...
List of Company-Specific Sandy-Related Loss Estimates
Jan 10 2013 // Since Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline on Oct. 29, 2012, dozens of insurers and reinsurers have publicly announced their Sandy-related preliminary loss estimates. The following are the latest...
Allstate Adding 136 New Jobs in Ohio
Jan 3 2013 // Allstate says it’s planning to add 136 new jobs in Ohio. The insurance company said that it plans to appoint 12 new insurance-agency owners in Columbus and hire 36 licensed sales representatives for new and existing...
Allstate: Texas Car Crashes Spike More than 20% Around the Holidays
Dec 18 2012 // More Texans crash their cars during the holiday season than any other time of the year, according to an Allstate Insurance Co. review of its claims data over the five year period between 2006 and 2010. The number of auto...
October Disaster Loss at $1.08B: Allstate
Nov 28 2012 // Allstate Corp. expects to report October disaster losses of $1.08 billion, mostly due to superstorm Sandy, the home and auto insurer said on Wednesday. Allstate, the largest publicly traded home and auto insurer in the...
Florida OKs Allstate’s Castle Key Rate Increases
Nov 21 2012 // Florida regulators have approved a statewide average rate increase of 14.9 percent for Allstate ‘s Florida unit, Castle Key Insurance Co. The change will apply to Castle Key’s existing homeowners, renters and...
Insurers Go Beyond Paying Claims for Sandy Victims
Nov 21 2012 // According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Superstorm Sandy affected 16 states causing unprecedented damage to the East Coast. As a result of the storm, businesses including insurers have pledged more than $123 million to...
Too Early for Sandy Loss Estimate: Allstate
Nov 15 2012 // The Allstate Corp. said that its catastrophe losses for the month of October 2012 will exceed $150 million, but said it could not report a more specific loss estimate at this time. Allstate said it will issue a catastrophe...
Allstate Poised to Benefit From Reduced Exposure Along East Coast
Nov 5 2012 // Allstate Corp.’s chief executive said the company’s effort during the past five years to reduce exposures along the East Coast is helping to lower Sandy-related losses. “It’s still too early to tell...
Allstate Brings Usage-Based Auto Insurance to N.Y., N.J.
Nov 5 2012 // Allstate announced last month that it has expanded its usage-based auto insurance product, Drive Wise, to four additional states including New York and New Jersey. “Drive Wise rolled out in Colorado, Michigan, New...
Allstate Reports Higher Q3 Profit; Expects ‘Significant But Not Material’ Sandy Losses
Nov 1 2012 // Home and auto insurer Allstate Corp. reported a larger profit for the third quarter on a decline in disaster losses and improving margins, as its chief executive said storm Sandy would not materially affect results this...
Allstate’s Usage-Based Auto Insurance Expands to New York, New Jersey
Oct 23 2012 // Allstate announced this month that it has expanded its usage-based auto insurance product, Drive Wise, to four additional states including New York and New Jersey. “Drive Wise rolled out in Colorado, Michigan, New...
People – Southeast
Oct 22 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the brokerage and risk management business of Aon plc, recently announced the addition of Rachel Perry as managing director and Southeast region casualty leader in the Atlanta office. In her new role,...
Allstate: Overweight Drivers, Passengers Hurt Vehicle Fuel Efficiency
Oct 22 2012 // It’s not just the gas-guzzling SUVs that are hurting the driving fuel efficiency. The growing average weight of Americans is responsible for millions of gallons of additional gasoline used in the country every year,...
Allstate Agents Return to Massachusetts After 25 Years
Oct 22 2012 // Allstate Insurance Co. is reopening brick-and-mortar offices in Massachusetts after a quarter century of absence. Back in 1987, the Northbrook, Ill.-headquartered Allstate closed its offices in Massachusetts and pulled out...
