Allstate ranks as the worst insurer for consumers, according to a comprehensive investigation of thousands of legal documents and financial filings.

The rankings show a distinct pattern of insurance industry greed amongst 10 companies that refuse to pay just claims, employ hardball tactics against policyholders, reward executives with extravagant salaries, and raise premiums while hoarding excessive profits.

“While Allstate publicly touts its ‘good hands’ approach, it has instead privately instructed its agents to employ a ‘boxing gloves’ strategy against its policyholders,” said American Association for Justice CEO Jon Haber. “Allstate ducks, bobs and weaves to avoid paying claims to increase its profits.” (more…)

The general public is exposed to many myths concerning personal injury and medical malpractice lawsuits. The insurance industry lobby is responsible for the perception that personal injury and medical malpractice cases are clogging the judicial system and wasting the courts’ valuable time and resources. The Ohio Supreme Court released a summary for 2007 concerning cases that have been filed across Ohio that debunks this myth. (more…)