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Farmers, Allstate Take Top Honors at IMCA 2005 Showcase Awards; Insurance Journal Honored

Jul 6 2005 // Farmers Insurance Group received the top honor and Allstate Insurance Company received nine Best of Show awards at the Insurance Marketing Communications Association (IMCA) 2005 Showcase Awards, held during the IMCA annual...

FISHER, ELLIS TO STAND TRIAL ON ALL CHARGES

Jul 4 2005 // Former Okla-homa Insurance Co-mmissioner Carroll Fisher, his former assistant, Opal Ellis, and the Fisher Foundation have been ordered to stand trial on all counts against them in Oklahoma County District Court, according...

Allstate Will Repay California Policyholders $30M

Jun 27 2005 // Allstate Insurance Company will pay $30 million to California auto and homeowner policyholders that were overcharged, according to the Los Angeles Times. Approximately 250,000 customers will receive refunds, while the...

Fla. CFO Blasts Allstate for Increasing Its Rates Before Public Hearing

Jun 23 2005 // After an announcement by Allstate Insurance Company early June 23 Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher issued a highly-critical press release blasting the company for its actions and has instructed Insurance Commissioner...

Allstate Floridian to ‘Immediately’ Raise Homeowners Rates 28 Percent

Jun 22 2005 // Effective immediately, Allstate Floridian Insurance Co. has announced it will raise Florida homeowners rates 28 percent and the company plans to file a request to have the increase approved in July. State law allows...

People

Jun 20 2005 // Gerald O’Neill has been named NBIS vice president of underwriting. O’Neill comes to NBIS with more than 20 years of insurance experience in the brokerage and reinsurance community.O’Neill has held...

Allstate dropping most earthquake coverage nationwide

Jun 19 2005 // Allstate Insurance Co. says it is dropping earthquake insurance to most of its 407,000 quake customers nationwide as a part of a larger move to reduce exposure to catastrophic losses.Allstate Spokesman Mike Siemienas in...

Susan Kearney

Jun 6 2005 // Mark HaganGerald O’Neill Venture Programs, a national provider of insurance programs based in West Chester, Pa., has promoted two senior staff members to vice president positions.Susan Kearney was appointed vice...

People

Jun 6 2005 // Venture Programs, a national provider of insurance programs based in West Chester, Pa., has promoted two senior staff members to vice president positions.Susan Kearney was appointed vice president of Venture Hospitality,...

Allstate Floridian Applies to Scale Back, Drop 95,000 Homeowners

Jun 6 2005 // Allstate Floridian, the state’s third-largest provider of homeowners insurance has applied to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in Tallahassee to scale back its insurance risk in Florida by dropping 95,000...

News Briefs

Jun 6 2005 // FLORIDAFla. CFO: “Prepare Now for Hurricanes” After an un-precedented hurricane season last year and experts predicting the formation of more than 13 named Atlantic storms this season, Florida’s Chief...

People

Jun 6 2005 // Higginbotham & Associates, a privately held insurance brokerage firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, named commercial property and casualty broker Scott Fitzgerald as vice president to reflect his increased 2004 sales...

Allstate Rolls Out Your Choice Auto Insurance in Texas

May 24 2005 // Allstate announced the Texas rollout of a new product, Your Choice Auto Insurance, which the company says provides consumers more choices, innovative features and enhanced rewards for safe drivers.The product, available...

Allstate, SIIS and Others Launch Flood Safety Campaign

May 23 2005 // Just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, public and private sector partners, including the Allstate Foundation and Southwestern Insurance Information Service, are joining forces to expand flood safety awareness in Texas...

ALLSTATE TESTING ‘YOUR CHOICE’

May 23 2005 // A new auto insurance plan introduced by Allstate Corp. in Tennessee attempts to drive the market away from a price obsession and refocus attention on products and features. Called the “Your Choice” option, the...

News Briefs

May 23 2005 // GEORGIALicensing System Changes The Georgia Insurance Comm-ission held “Ind-ustry Day Meet-ings” across the state in May to discuss recent changes to the licensing system.In an effort to be responsive to agent...

Allstate Chooses Wilson as President, COO Beginning June 1

May 19 2005 // The Allstate Corporation announced that Thomas Wilson has been elected president and chief operating officer, effective June 1, 2005.In this newly created position, Wilson will be responsible for all of Allstate’s...

Allstate Floridian Scaling Back on Risk; Applies to Drop 95,000 Homeowners

May 19 2005 // Allstate Floridian, the state’s third-largest provider of homeowners insurance has applied to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in Tallahassee to scale back its insurance risk in Florida by dropping 95,000...

W. Va. Insurers React to Passed Legislation, Five Companies Decreasing Auto Rates

May 2 2005 // Insurers in West Virginia, reacting to the legislation singed last week that eliminates third-party, bad-faith lawsuits, have begun to take the first steps toward lowering insurance rates.State Farm Insurance Friday...

Allstate Drives Forward with N.Y. Auto Rate Cuts

May 2 2005 // Acting Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills announced that Allstate Insurance Company, New York’s largest auto insurer in terms of market share, has agreed to reduce their customers’ premiums, on average,...