Latest Allstate Headlines
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Allstate Consent Order for Fla. Policyholders Could Trigger Refunds
Feb 16 2006 // A Consent Order between Allstate Floridian Indemnity Insurance Company, Allstate Floridian Insurance Company and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation includes a provision that could trigger refunds for policyholders...
Crist Appointed Field Vice President of Allstate’s Texas Region
Feb 10 2006 // Richard C. Crist, Jr., previously field vice president and president of Allstate New Jersey, was recently appointed to the position of field vice president (FVP) of Allstate’s Texas Region, headquartered in...
Agents Object to Allstate Ads in Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle Mailings
Feb 7 2006 // Ohio Governor Bob Taft has asked a state agency to look into a contract that allows an insurance company to advertise in thousands of vehicle registration renewal notices sent to drivers, according to the Associated...
Allstate releasing 700 employees
Feb 6 2006 // The Chicago Tribune reported that Allstate Corp., the nation’s second-biggest auto and homeowner’s insurer after Bloomington-based State Farm Insurance Cos., will be offering a voluntary termination program to...
Court sides with Allstate in Rita evacuee expenses case
Feb 6 2006 // A state district judge in Austin, Texas, has ruled Allstate will not have to cover the living expenses of evacuees displaced from their homes by Hurricane Rita if thier homes were not damaged, the Houston Chronicle and the...
News Currents
Feb 5 2006 // Allstate releasing 700 employees The Chicago Tribune reported that Allstate Corp., the nation’s second-biggest auto and homeowner’s insurer after Bloomington-based State Farm Insurance Cos., will be offering a...
News Currents
Feb 5 2006 // Court sides with Allstate in Rita evacuee expenses case A state district judge in Austin, Texas, has ruled Allstate will not have to cover the living expenses of evacuees displaced from their homes by Hurricane Rita if...
Allstate Earnings Drop 9% on Hurricane Damages from 3 Storms
Feb 2 2006 // Insurer Allstate Corp. says it has settled about 75 percent of the property claims and nearly all auto claims stemming from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. But the company cited Wilma, which battered south Florida in...
Texas Court Sides with Allstate in Rita Evacuee Expenses Case
Jan 26 2006 // A state district judge in Austin, Texas, has ruled Allstate will not have to cover the living expenses of evacuees displaced from their homes by Hurricane Rita if their homes were not damaged, the Houston Chronicle and the...
Allstate Releasing 700 Employees
Jan 26 2006 // The Chicago Tribune reported today that Allstate Corp., the nation’s second-biggest auto and homeowner’s insurer after Bloomington-based State Farm Insurance Cos., will be offering a voluntary termination...
People
Jan 22 2006 // Michael J. Roche, senior vice president of Protection Technology and Administration for Allstate Insurance Company, recently was named to IDG’s Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award Program. Roche was selected...
Playing with airplanes and other exceptions to the ‘eight corners’ rule
Jan 22 2006 // While attempting to weigh it, the insured tipped the plane on its nose, pinning the friend under the propeller and injuring him. The aircraft exclusion of the homeowner’s policy-an infrequent backdrop to insurance...
Allstate units agree to coverage checks sought after Ariz. wildfire
Jan 22 2006 // 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 wildfire on...
Allstate Backs National Disaster Fund But Other Insurers Balk
Jan 15 2006 // The chief executive of Allstate Corp., one of the largest U.S. insurance companies, has endorsed a proposal to create a national insurance catastrophe fund as a backstop to state disaster funds. Several Florida lawmakers...
Allstate Names Encompass President
Jan 13 2006 // Cynthia Hardy Young has been appointed president of Encompass Insurance. She replaces Douglas Wendt, who announced his decision to retire after 32 years of service. Young joined Allstate in October, 2005 as the assistant...
Allstate Limits Homeowners’ Business in N.Y. Coastal Areas
Jan 12 2006 // Allstate, New York State’s biggest writer of homeowners insurance, is pulling back from writing new business in New York metropolitan coastal areas in order to limit its exposure to future storm losses. The insurer...
Allstate Announces New Reinsurance Program for Property, Auto
Jan 11 2006 // Allstate Corp. recently announced a partially completed new reinsurance program for its countrywide personal lines property and auto insurance business. The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer said it has placed $750...
Allstate Announces Rate Hikes Likely in Disaster Prone States
Jan 11 2006 // Allstate Corp. announced this week that customers living in areas hard-hit by hurricanes and other natural disasters, including North Carolina, are likely to see their premiums rise this year as a result of the...
Allstate’s Michael J. Roche Honored as 2006 100 IT Leader
Jan 3 2006 // Michael J. Roche, senior vice president of Protection Technology and Administration for Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, Ill., was named in December to IDG’s Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award...
Exclusions Aircraft
Jan 2 2006 // ‘Aircraft’exclusions ineffective Tucker v. Texas Lloyds Insurance Co. (Texas, Dec. 6, 2005)Plaintiff and his friend, Hartless, were moving Tucker’s inoperable, home-built light plane onto movable scales...
