Allstate in April had sought a stay of the rate cuts, but it was denied by Superior Court Judge Peter Busch in San Francisco, and Mr. Poizner called the ruling "a $250 million victory for consumers in
Allstate's reluctant release of some 150,000 pages of documentation--including a consultant's controversial recommendations on claims-handling long sought by insurance departments, courts and consumer
In an action that has been stayed pending a legal appeal, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty suspended the company's ability to write new business in the state until the material he
Allstate's release of 150,000 pages of a consultant's controversial report on claims handling does not satisfy Florida insurance regulators who said the company is still fighting to keep reams of docu
A California consumer group said controversial documents from a consulting firm used by Allstate that were released Friday are justification for regulators to slash the company's rates, even though it
In a case of politics making strange bedfellows, opposition to legislation expanding the National Flood Insurance Program to include wind coverage has brought insurer watchdog J. Robert Hunter of the
According to the Web site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a bipartisan watchdog group, through January Sen. Clinton raised $781,361 in insurance industry contributions. Sen. Barack Obama,
According to the Web site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a bipartisan watchdog group, through January Sen. Clinton raised $781,361 in insurance industry contributions. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill
According to the Web site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a bipartisan watchdog group, through January Sen. Clinton raised $781,361 in insurance industry contributions. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill
But one factor considerably driving up the numbers is significant inflation of one particularly critical benchmark--the Average Wholesale Price--used in a majority of states for determining workers'