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Company: Allstate Corporation
Current Parent Company: Allstate
Penalty: $11,720,000
Year: 2007
Date: February 21, 2007
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: To resolve allegations that its credit scoring practices discriminated against minority policyholders, Allstate agreed to change its practices and provide monetary compensation, but no estimate of the total amount was included in the settlement. The company agreed to pay $11.72 million in plaintiffs' legal fees.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Western District of Texas
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:01-cv-1010
Case Name: DeHoyos, et al v. Allstate Corporation, et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance
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