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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 million...

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...

Business Moves

Jan 1 2006 // Lawson-Hawks Acquires Healthcare Property/Casualty GroupLawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., has acquired the El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based...

Grant of Attorney Fees

Jan 1 2006 // Mercury Insurance Company v. Cooper (Fla. App., 3rd Dist., Nov. 23, 2005)A driver was injured in an accident when struck by a motor vehicle insured by Mercury. Mercury filed a declaratory judgment action against the...

Allstate Warns Northern Calif. Residents on Minimizing Flood Danger, Damage

Dec 30 2005 // With Northern California rivers and reservoirs at their highest levels in seven years and with additional storms forecasted over the coming week, Allstate urges residents to be prepared in case floods threaten your family,...

Allstate Units Agree to Coverage Checks Sought After Ariz. Wildfire

Dec 30 2005 // 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...

Esurance Donates $25,000 to Charities in 2005

Dec 22 2005 // Esurance, a direct-to-consumer auto insurance company, has given approximately $25,000 through its charitable matching program in 2005. The company’s charitable matching program has been in place for more than four...

BILLING GRACE PERIOD ENDS IN ALL BUT THREE COUNTIES

Dec 19 2005 // Some south Mississippians are returning to regular payment schedules to companies that offered billing grace periods to allow for hurricane recovery.In response to a request from Insurance Commissioner George Dale,...

Allstate Survey Offers Advice on Keeping Retirement Resolutions

Dec 14 2005 // Thinking about what New Year’s Resolutions you should consider for 2006?Allstate Corporation has done some background work that could help you make as well as keep those resolutions. The Northbrook, Ill. based...

ALLSTATE PAYMENTS ON HOLD

Nov 21 2005 // Texas’ Third Court of Appeals in Travis County put on hold payments from Allstate Insurance Company to some victims of Hurricane Rita.Allstate previously had been ordered by a state district judge to pay living...

News Briefs

Nov 20 2005 // ArkansasMobile Home Lawsuit Dismissed The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated...

Appeals Court Order Has Allstate Payments in Texas on Hold

Nov 15 2005 // An appeals court order has put on hold payments from Allstate Insurance Co. to some victims of Hurricane Rita.A district judge in Austin had ordered Allstate to pay living expenses to customers displaced by the storm, but...

JUDGE EXTENDS ALLSTATE INJUNCTION

Nov 7 2005 // Travis County, Texas, District Judge Stephen Yelenosky has extended until Dec. 12 an injunction prohibiting Allstate Insurance Company from denying certain claims related to Hurricane Rita.In early October, the Texas...