Allstate will reinstate more than 4,000 Louisiana policyholders with hurricane-damaged homes whose policies were cancelled after flawed inspections indicated their premises were abandoned, the state's insurance commissioner said today.

The Northbook, Ill., company agreed to reinstate the customers retroactively on Friday, Commissioner James J. Donelon announced at a press conference broadcast over the Web.

Customers will have until the end of April to contact the company and have their policy reinstated, said Mr. Donelon.

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