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No Rating Change for Allstate after Loss Says S&P

Jul 28 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced that it is “taking no rating action on Allstate Corp. (NYSE:ALL; A+/Stable/A-1) or its subsidiaries following Allstate’s announcement that it had a...

Missouri Judge Dismisses $7 Million in Fines Against Allstate

Jul 25 2008 // A Jackson County judge agreed on Wednesday, July 23 to throw out a contempt order against Allstate Insurance after determining the company had finally complied with his directions to release confidential documents.The...

America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland

Jul 21 2008 // Residents in Sioux Falls, S.D., continued to top the chart as the safest drivers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.The average driver in Sioux Falls experiences an...

Watchdog Survey Targets Insurers

Jul 21 2008 // Declarations“While Allstate publicly touts its ‘good hands’ approach, it has instead privately instructed its agents to employ a ‘boxing gloves’ strategy against its policyholders.”...

Allstate Settles In Missouri Disputed Records Case

Jul 15 2008 // Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to settle an insurance case involving a Hawaii man that had attracted national attention over the insurer’s refusal, and eventual agreement, to provide key...

Montana Supreme Court: Claims for Bodily Injury Can Cover Injured Plus Observer

Jul 15 2008 // The Supreme Court of Montana has ruled that even a bystander’s claim for bodily injuries can be covered in an insurance policy.According to court documents in Allstate Insurance Co. v. Terry Wagner-Ellsworth and...

California Orders Allstate to Cut Home Insurance Rates 28.5%

Jul 10 2008 // Allstate Corp. will have to lower its rates on California homeowner policies by 28.5 percent making an estimated $255 million in annual savings for consumers, the state’s Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner...

InsuranceLeadz.com and Middle Cross Software Partner to Launch New Service Called Typhoon

Jul 9 2008 // InsuranceLeadz.com would like to announce its partnership of Middle Cross Software to launch their new Quote Burst Typhoon service line for Allstate insurance agents. This new service will allow Allstate insurance agents...

Nationwide, Allstate Grab State Farm Policies in Miss.

Jul 7 2008 // Nationwide and Allstate will insure homes along the Mississippi coast where the current insurer decided not to renew policies, officials said.The State Farm Insurance action involves 892 policies within 1,000 feet of...

Allstate Study: Sioux Falls Safest Driving City for Third Year

Jul 2 2008 // An insurance study has once again found that Sioux Falls has the safest drivers in the nation, marking the third straight year that South Dakota’s largest city has topped the list.Researchers with Allstate Insurance...

America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland

Jul 1 2008 // Residents in Sioux Falls, S.D., continued to top the chart as the safest drivers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.The average driver in Sioux Falls experiences an...

Allstate Dropping Appeal of Calif. Auto Rate Cuts

Jun 20 2008 // Insurer Allstate Corp said it has dropped its bid to fight a reduction on auto policy rates imposed earlier this year by California’s insurance regulator.An Allstate spokesman, in an e-mailed statement, said the...

Update: 2 Insurers to Pick up State Farm’s Non-renewals

Jun 16 2008 // Nationwide and Allstate will insure homes along the Mississippi coast where the current insurer decided not to renew policies, officials said.The State Farm Insurance action involves 892 policies within 1,000 feet of...

Auto Insurers Seek to Attract Latinos

Jun 16 2008 // Automobile insurers are hungering for the Hispanic market’s premium dollars, according to a report by Hispanic Market Weekly that analyzed marketing and media trends being used by the industry.Automobile insurers...

Florida Lifts Allstate Suspension

Jun 2 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has lifted the suspension of the Allstate Companies’ licenses to sell new business in the state.McCarty said the decision came after Allstate submitted an affidavit...

Allstate: Nearly 40% of Houstonians Won’t Evacuate

Jun 2 2008 // Thirty-nine percent of Harris County, Texas, and surrounding area residents won’t evacuate if a major hurricane was heading for Houston if the results from a survey by Allstate Insurance Company hold true.Among those...

Auto Insurers Seek to Attract Latinos

Jun 2 2008 // Automobile insurers are hungering for the Hispanic market’s premium dollars, according to a new report by Hispanic Market Weekly that analyzed marketing and media trends being used by the industry.Automobile insurers...

Business Moves

Jun 2 2008 // Areté PartnersRonald J. Leston, broker, financial planner and benefits/retirement consultant, announced the launch of Areté Partners LLC, a Denver-based management and human capital consultancy that will offer insurance...

Oregon Collision Shops Give State Farm High Customer Service Marks

May 27 2008 // State Farm and several smaller Northwest-based auto insurers continue to be among the best at taking care of their customers after an accident. And some of the other larger, best-known insurers –including...

Solera National Bank, Allstate Enter Partnership

May 20 2008 // Solera National Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solera National Bancorp Inc. has announced a a strategic partnership with James Muniz, Exclusive Agent for Allstate Insurance Co., whereby Allstate will establish a...