WASHINGTON--Allstate Insurance says it will try to arrange a meeting with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., as soon as possible to explain to her that the federal government, not Allstate, underwrites flood insurance, a spokesman said today.

The comments by Krista Conte, who represents Allstate in New York State, were prompted by a letter Ms. Clinton wrote over the weekend to Allstate chairman and CEO Edward Liddy.

A news release put out by the senator over the weekend referred to "flood insurance," and asked Allstate to reconsider its policy adopted earlier this year to stop providing "flood insurance" to customers in coastal areas, including Long Island, New York City and Westchester County.

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