All the headlines from our Allstate Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 6 2002 // Allstate Corp. got the go-ahead from state regulators May 2 to make increases in both auto and homeowner insurance rates, according to the Los Angeles Times. California’s third largest insurer had requested a...
Apr 29 2002 // The personal automobile insurance market in Texas may not be approaching the crisis level at which the homeowners market currently finds itself, but signs indicate that it may be in for a rough ride.According to the Texas...
Apr 15 2002 // Citing poor financial performance at its Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance division, Allstate Insurance Co. announced it was moving 264,000 personal auto customers—12 percent of its customers in Texas—to its...
Apr 1 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the arrest of John Martin in his residence by the Philadelphia Police Department Felony Warrant Detail. The arrest warrant was issued on Feb. 5 in Orange Superior...
Feb 25 2002 // At the heart of a lawsuit filed against Allstate Insurance Company by an independent agent in Garza County, Texas, are the issues of who owns the right to renew policies of customers of an independent agent; what it means...
Jan 28 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance recently opened two fronts in the battle to shore up the weary homeowners market in the state. Responding to consumer complaints about excessive rate increases—exceeding 100 percent in...
Jan 28 2002 // A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength ratings of the property/casualty and life/health affiliates of The Allstate Corporation. In addition, A.M. Best assigned an “a+” senior debt rating to The Allstate...
Jan 14 2002 // Homeowners insurance policies in Texas are rapidly evolving. As a result, Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor warned the state’s homeowners policyholders to carefully review their policy renewals to...
Jan 14 2002 // The Allstate Corporation has expressed its displeasure with the Equal Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) lawsuit against its Allstate Insurance Company subsidiary over an agency system reorganization. The EEOC...
Jan 1 2002 // The Allstate Corporation announced in a company release it was displeased with the Equal Opportunity Commission’s decision to file a lawsuit against its Allstate Insurance Company subsidiary, which recently...
Dec 31 2001 // Allstate Corp. has been hit with a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The suit alleges that the company engaged in age discrimination against its agents.According to a New York Times report, the...
Dec 17 2001 // Allstate received a 30 percent homeowners insurance rate increase in Oklahoma, the largest premium increase in that state since the 1980s. According to BestWire, Allstate lost money in Oklahoma in five of the last six...
Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the FutureThis is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings hope—for a rebirth, for...
Dec 3 2001 // Esurance Inc., a San Francisco-based direct-to-consumer personal auto insurer and subsidiary of the White Mountain Insurance Group’s Folksamerica Holding Co., plans to begin selling auto insurance to customers in...
Nov 21 2001 // Canton, Mich.-based National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla. against Allstate Insurance Co., claiming that the insurer breached its agreement with...
Oct 8 2001 // Despite efforts by the Texas Department of Insurance to stabilize the homeowners insurance market in the state, property/casualty insurers are bailing out of the Texas market or scaling back coverage, at least temporarily,...
Sep 5 2001 // In spite of an ongoing influx of litigation, U.S. courts continue to reject class-action lawsuits involving diminished value, a concept referring to the difference between the value of a vehicle before and after it was...
Sep 3 2001 // The books are closed on 2000 Texas premium and loss information for the insurance industry. IIAT’s annual review of market share data contains a few surprises, some good news and some bad news. Here are the...
Aug 27 2001 // Allstate New Jersey got one of its good hands slapped by an Administrative judge, who ruled that the company had unfairly forced Jennifer Bencivengo into an assigned risk plan following an accident which wasn’t her...
Aug 23 2001 // Esurance Inc., a nationwide direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance provider and subsidiary of Folksamerica Holding Company Inc., along with San Francisco-based Patelco Credit Union, announced the launch of the first...