All the headlines from our Allstate Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Aug 6 2007 // DeclarationsPolicyholder wind “Maybe they’ll make us buy Shell gasoline next. For me to have fire insurance I have to buy wind insurance? That makes no sense at all.”— Michael McAndrews of Ocean...
Aug 6 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Jul 26 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Jul 20 2007 // Allstate Corp., the nation’s No. 2 property and casualty insurer, said Wednesday its second-quarter profits climbed 16 percent on strong auto insurance sales but operating income fell as the company paid...
Jul 2 2007 // The California Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of an injured electrician, affirming a lower court’s ruling that an employer is not responsible for permanent disability it did not cause.Larry Gossett vs. WCAB and...
Jul 2 2007 // For the second straight year, an insurance study has found that Sioux Falls, S.D. has the safest drivers in the nation.Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. analyzed two years of internal crash data to calculate the...
Jul 2 2007 // For the second straight year, an insurance study has found that Sioux Falls, S.D. has the safest drivers in the nation.Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. analyzed two years of internal crash data to calculate the...
Jun 28 2007 // Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to a mass settlement of claims by a group of Mississippi policyholders who sued the insurer over damage to their homes from Hurricane Katrina, a company spokesman and a lawyer for the...
Jun 22 2007 // Independent insurance agent Brad Bourg, of Donaldsonville, La., was named to the national board of Allstate Independent Agency Council, the company announced.The council is made up of 11 outstanding independent agents from...
Jun 22 2007 // Independent insurance agent Harry Abel of Abel Insurance Agency in Coos Bay, Ore., has been named to the national board of the Allstate Independent Agency Council. The council is made up of 11 outstanding independent...
Jun 15 2007 // For the second straight year, an insurance study has found that Sioux Falls, S.D. has the safest drivers in the nation.Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. analyzed two years of internal crash data to calculate the...
Jun 15 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A+” (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Los Angeles-based Mercury Casualty Group and its members. Best also...
Jun 4 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, will leave the company after the appointment of his successor. Bolger will remain...
Jun 4 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that he will seek refunds for Allstate customers if the Department of Insurance determines that the company’s rates are excessive.In May, the insurer...
Jun 4 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that he will seek refunds for Allstate customers if the Department of Insurance determines that the company’s rates are excessive.In May, the insurer...
May 23 2007 // Laura Dunne was appointed to lead the finance and strategy team of Encompass Insurance Co., Northbrook, Ill., the company recently announced. Encompass is the independent insurance agency division of the Allstate...
May 21 2007 // Allstate has announced that as of July 1, 2007, it will stop offering new homeowners and landlord package polices (LPP) in California. The announcement does not affect existing property insurance customers in...
May 21 2007 // Allstate Corp. and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating the insurance industry’s handling of Hurricane Katrina claims in Mississippi, the companies said.Allstate,...
May 21 2007 // Spooked by devastating wildfire seasons, the nation’s top insurers are inspecting homes in high-risk areas throughout the West and threatening to cancel coverage if owners don’t clear brush or take other...