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Company: Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co.
Current Parent Company: Zurich Insurance
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Penalty: $3,500,000
Year: 2010
Date: March 2, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Plymouth Rock Assurance, Pilgrim Insurance Company and the United Services Automobile Association agreed to pay a total of $9 million in restitution, plus a total of $500,000 to the state, resolving allegations that they overcharged consumers for motorcycle insurance.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
HQ Country of Current Parent: Switzerland
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance
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