All the headlines from our Allstate Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 26 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers, based in Downers Grove, Ill., along with several other insurance groups, filed an amicus curiae brief on Feb. 15 with the California Court of Appeal in Basich v. Allstate Insurance Co....
Feb 26 2001 // The Young Brokers and Agents Committee (YBAC) has been hard at work planning the 26th Annual Young Brokers & Agents Conference. Named “Best in the Nation” for the past four years by the Independent...
Feb 20 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers, based in Downers Grove, Ill., along with several other insurance groups, filed an amicus curiae brief Feb. 15 with the California Court of Appeal in Basich v. Allstate Insurance Co.The...
Feb 9 2001 // The Allstate Insurance Company has been advised by the Los Angeles United States Attorney’s office that the investigation initiated into Allstate’s handling of claims arising from the 1994 Northridge earthquake...
Feb 8 2001 // Talks between Allstate Corp. and more than 300 of its captive agents to settle a long-running dispute over contractual changes have broken down. The insurer faces complaints regarding its 1999 plan to convert agent...
Jan 24 2001 // Esurance Inc., a national quote-to-claims Internet-based provider of personal insurance, has expanded its auto insurance business to 26 states with the addition of Nebraska and Utah. Esurance now offers auto insurance...
Jan 17 2001 // In a recent chat with BusinessWeek Online and Standard & Poor’s on America Online, Kenneth A. Shea, vice president and director of Standard & Poor’s Equity Research & Services, presented a...
Dec 25 2000 // The “BBBpi” FSR on Allstate Floridian Insurance Co. was affirmed by S&P, which cited the company’s extremely strong capitalization, offset by marginal and volatile operating performance and high...
Dec 21 2000 // Five former Allstate Insurance Co. agents who worked in Florida, Georgia and Oregon, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the insurer, seeking payment for three years of overtime wages. According to a report from...
Dec 21 2000 // Allstate Insurance Co. filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court Wednesday, seeking $14.5 million in damages stemming from alleged insurance fraud. The suit claims that Chicago area medical providers bilked the company out...
Dec 4 2000 // Auto insurance giants Allstate and Progressive will raise liability premiums for sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and big vans because of evidence they cause more damage in accidents. Until now, drivers with similar...
Nov 29 2000 // Allstate Insurance Co. has appointed three new ethnic marketing directors to expand business opportunities with Hispanic, Asian and African-American consumers. Leonor Cortez Cockrum, Jennifer Davis and Ken Omura will lead...
Nov 27 2000 // The “AA+” insurer FSR on the Allstate Insurance Group, the primary property/casualty operation of the Allstate Corp., was affirmed by Fitch, which indicated that the action reflects such continued strengths at...
Nov 16 2000 // Allstate New Jersey Insurance Co. filed suit in Morris County Superior Court against 39 defendants alleging violations of the New Jersey Fraud Prevention Act, the New Jersey RICO statute, and several sections of the New...
Nov 3 2000 // The Allstate Life Group of Companies, a business unit of The Allstate Corp., has been renamed “Allstate Financial.” The name reflects an expansion of traditional life insurance products to include savings and...
Oct 23 2000 // Allstate Corp.’s third-quarter operating earnings rose 34 percent as increased premiums offset higher loss costs. The nation’s second-largest insurer said operating earnings, excluding a restructuring charge...
Oct 23 2000 // A majority interest in Esurance Inc., a direct-to-consumer online provider of personal lines insurance, was acquired by Folksamerica Holding Co. Inc.It was just the right thing at the right time,” Jean-Bernard Duler,...
Oct 16 2000 // LeAndre Drake Davis of San Jose was convicted Sept. 8 on 26 federal charges related to three fraud schemes he operated in the wake of the 1994 Northridge earthquake.The 37-year-old man was the president of Shadowbrook...
Oct 16 2000 // A majority interest in Esurance Inc., a direct-to-consumer, online provider of personal lines insurance, was acquired by Folksamerica Holding Company Inc. “It was just the right thing at the right time,”...
Oct 9 2000 // A majority interest in Esurance Inc., a direct-to-consumer online provider of personal lines insurance, was acquired by Folksamerica Holding Co. Inc.“It was just the right thing at the right time,” Jean-Bernard...