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Allstate Sues 6 Physicians, Medical Corporations in New York

May 20 2013 // Allstate Insurance Company is seeking to recover $3.8 million against six physicians and five medical professional corporations in its third insurance fraud lawsuit of 2013.Since 2003, Allstate has filed 47 fraud lawsuits...

Esurance Now Offering Renters Insurance in Oklahoma

May 7 2013 // Esurance announced it is now offering renters insurance to new and existing customers in Oklahoma.Oklahomans who are renting or leasing a condo, home, or apartment can add the coverage to their auto insurance quote or...

Nearly 40% of Texans Admit Being Scared by Texas Weather: Survey

Apr 2 2013 // Thirty-seven percent of Texans say Lone Star State spring storms scare them, and more than a third say they feel the weather is getting worse year after year, according to a new survey by Allstate Insurance Co.The number...

Esurance and Walmart Team Up for Auto Insurance Discount Program

Mar 22 2013 // Esurance is launching a pilot program offering auto insurance discounts to customers at select Walmart stores in Illinois.Through the pilot program, drivers may obtain a savings card from Esurance kiosks located in...

Texas Market Share: Homeowners and Personal Auto

Mar 11 2013 // Top 40 Insurers/Homeowners Based on 2011 Texas Written Premium Rank Company $ Written Premium % of Market 1 State Farm Lloyds $1,678,075,665 28.09% 2 Allstate Texas Lloyd’s 462,398,477 7.74% 3 Texas Farmers Ins....

Esurance Now Offering Renters Coverage in Indiana

Mar 8 2013 // Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, is now offering renters coverage in Indiana. The renters coverage is offered as an add-on to an Esurance car insurance policy, and is available to both new...

Allstate Looking for 50 New Agency Owners in Florida

Mar 8 2013 // Allstate Insurance said it is ramping up its recruiting in Florida again and is looking for more than 50 new agency owners.“We see a significant opportunity in the current job climate to attract well capitalized...

Report Questions Insurer Readiness, Attitudes on Climate Change

Mar 7 2013 // A report out Thursday that details responses to a climate change survey from insurers doing business in California, Washington and New York shows many insurers are prepared to deal with today’s extreme weather...

Allstate Slaps 2 N.Y. Medical Corporations With $1.7M Fraud Lawsuit

Feb 28 2013 // Allstate Insurance Company said it is seeking to recover $1.7 million against New York area defendants in its second insurance fraud lawsuit of 2013. Since 2003, Allstate has filed 46 fraud lawsuits in New York State...

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...