Allstate Pays Calif. $3 Million For Credit-Scoring Bias

By Michael Ha

NU Online News Service, March 3, 10:16 a.m. EST?Allstate Corp. said it has agreed to pay $3 million to settle complaints that the insurer used credit information to improperly deny auto insurance to racial minorities and poor people.[@@]

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