All the headlines from our Allstate Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 23 2009 // Florida has given the go-ahead to a new homeowners insurance company that plans to focus on what it says is the underserved market of homes built before 2002.Prepared Insurance Co., headquartered in Tampa, intends to use...
Jul 24 2009 // Allstate Insurance will close its Mississippi phone-claims center by Oct. 30, eliminating 63 local jobs.The claims center in Ridgeland has been in operation for about 30 years. Allstate spokesman Mike Siemienas says 33...
Jul 16 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘B-‘ (Fair) from ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “bb-” from “bbb-” of Castle Key Group and...
Jul 6 2009 // Allstate Floridian Insurance Co. and Allstate Floridian Indemnity Co., property insurance subsidiaries of Allstate Insurance Co., have changed their names to Castle Key Insurance Co. and Castle Key Indemnity Co.,...
Jun 15 2009 // Being an independent agent in south Florida means never having enough property markets.That was true years ago and remains true today, according to a leader among south Florida agents, Joseph Mier, who is the incoming...
Jun 15 2009 // The Supreme Court almost never takes up insurance related cases. Even so, President Obama’s recent Supreme Court nominee— federal appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor — brings a long record of decisions favoring...
Jun 1 2009 // Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will begin writing direct in...
Jun 1 2009 // The Supreme Court almost never takes up insurance related cases. Even so, President Obama’s recent nominee brings a long record of decisions favoring insurers, a possible plus for the insurance industry, said...
Jun 1 2009 // Independent insurance agents in the West may soon see more competition. Allstate Insurance Co. announced it is expanding its presence in the West, by opening 10 offices in Nevada, 10 offices in New Mexico, 20 offices in...
Jun 1 2009 // As the 2009 hurricane season arrives, many homeowners are finding insurance is either more expensive, or harder to get.Homeowners from New York to Florida and in the Gulf Coast region are again seeing premiums rise and...
May 26 2009 // Independent agents in the West may soon see more competition. Allstate Insurance Co. announced it is expanding its presence in the West, by opening 10 offices in Nevada, 10 offices in New Mexico, 20 offices in Arizona and...
May 21 2009 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Edward M. Liddy intends to step down once the board finds replacements for him.Liddy has recommended that the chairman and...
May 19 2009 // Allstate Corp., the largest publicly-traded U.S. home and auto insurer, said it will not take funds from the government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, after winning eligibility last week to do so.Chief Executive...
May 19 2009 // Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will begin writing direct in...
May 18 2009 // Government approval for billions of dollars in taxpayer bailout funds for life insurers is dividing the industry into haves and have-nots, with Ameriprise Financial Incand possibly others rejecting the government’s...
May 13 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A-‘ senior debt rating on Allstate Corp.’s (ALL) recently priced senior debt issue. S&P also affirmed its ‘A-‘ counterparty...
Apr 20 2009 // The New York state Insurance Department said it wants information from Allstate Corp. on its participation in unregulated insurance markets.The agency also said Allstate officials must report anything they know about other...
Apr 6 2009 // It’s finally happened: Geico is entering the auto insurance market in Massachusetts.Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes confirmed in a statement earlier this month that the nation’s third-largest auto insurer...
Mar 31 2009 // Posit Science, a brain fitness company, announced today that it has extended its relationship with auto insurer Allstate. The companies began working together six months ago in a program to determine whether brain fitness...
Mar 25 2009 // A group of insurance agents asked a federal appeals court on Monday to revive an age discrimination lawsuit over the Allstate Insurance Co.’s decision to switch thousands of them from employees to independent...