An 18-month study by CNN has confirmed that most of the major insurers, lead by Allstate and State Farm, are engaging in institutional bad faith claim practices. The study found that insurers, including Allstate and State Farm, have not been treating their insureds fairly. Instead of fair treatment for insureds,…
As reported in earlier articles here, Allstate Insurance companies are under intense scrutiny by insurance regulators and legislators in Florida. The state officials suggest Allstate is gouging consumers with unjustified requests for rate increases as high as 42%. It is instructive to contrast the tale of woe Allstate is telling…
As everyone knows, Florida suffered significant hurricane damage in 2004 and 2005. Since then, however, Florida has avoided major hurricane damage. Thus, Allstate has avoided significant hurricane losses over the last two years. In addition, new laws were passed in Florida to use billions of dollars of public funds to…
Allstate continues to be investigated for bad faith claim handling practices, wrongful termination of policies and excessive rates. Regulators and the Florida legislators who grilled Allstate representatives earlier this week have discovered that Allstate terminated the homeowners’ policies of thousands of insureds who had their auto coverage with an insurer…
We procrastinate about many important things in our lives…getting our taxes done, having a physical, and putting all the photos in an album, to name a few. So, it is only human to procrastinate about calling an attorney for advice when an accident has occurred in your life. And if…
Thousands of Alaskans, including the attorneys at the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group, are awaiting the United States Supreme Court’s decision in the Exxon Valdez case, which is set for oral argument on February 27, 2008. In contrast to several punitive damage cases decided by the Supreme Court in recent…
The attorneys of the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group continue to watch closely as the insurance commissioner of Florida battles to obtain documents that show Allstate’s institutional bad faith claim handling practices. Allstate is using the same tactics of delay and obfuscation against the regulators that it typically uses in…
We have handled a number of cases at the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group where clients have developed balance and dizziness complaints after suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in automobile crashes or similar assaults to the brain. It is not commonly known that these disorders flow from TBI, and…
Clients of the Alaska Personal Injury Group often have to decide whether to have knee surgery. When the underlying cause of pain and discomfort is arthritis in the knee, rather than a mechanical problem like a torn ligament, the arthroscopic surgery proposed by orthopedists is often not helpful. A surgeon…
One of the unfortunate outcomes of serious orthopedic trauma faced by the clients of the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group is surgery for injured spinal discs. Whether it is soon after an accident like an automobile crash, or years later due to progression of their condition, clients often struggle with…