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Esurance begins selling auto insurance in Arkansas

Marc
auto insurance

Esurance moves into Arkansas auto insurance market Acclaimed auto insurance company Esurance has announced that it has begun offering auto insurance policies in Arkansas. Arkansas residents will now be able to find insurance policies that are suited for their driving needs through Esurance. The company, backed by Allstate, is expected to bring more competition to the state’s auto insurance market. This may drive down prices through giving consumers a wider range of options in terms of insurance coverage. State residents will have access to the full gamut of Esurance features.…

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Allstate’s acquisition of Answer Financial and Esurance reflects a change in consumer insurance shopping habits

Nordstrom

Allstate Insurance has announced that it has acquired Answer Financial and Esurance, which underlines the continuing changes in the way that consumers shop for their auto insurance. According to Online Auto Insurance (OAI), it also illustrates a number of opportunities that have arisen from these changes so that insurers. An increasing number of consumers in the United States have been buying their auto insurance policies directly from the insurers through their websites, as opposed to speaking with an agent. This trend has led some of the larger insurance companies, such…

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Allstate acquires Esurance and Answer Financial for $1 billion

In another of Allstate Corp’s efforts to become a larger part of the online insurance marketplace for consumers who prefer to use the internet for their insurance transactions, the company has acquired Answer Financial and Esurance from White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. for $1 billion. Allstate, a leading national home and auto insurance company based in Northbrook, has stated that it will be maintaining the Esurance headquarters in San Francisco, and that Answer Financial will remain in Los Angeles. As a result of this deal for the online auto insurance…

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Same-sex partners in Illinois to qualify for auto insurance discounts with Esurance

Ben Jones
auto insurance discounts

Esurance has announced that it will be providing discounts for auto insurance to same-sex partner customers in Illinois. Following the June 1, 2011 start of the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act within the state, which provided same-sex couples with the right to civil union and rights equal to other married couples, Esurance declared that it would also respect this union and qualify same-sex partners for auto insurance discounts in the same way they would qualify opposite-sex spouses. The savings that can be as high as 10 percent, or…

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Security First and Esurance to offer Florida homeowners insurance

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Security First Insurance Co. has partnered with Esurance and will be underwriting so that they may offer insurance to Florida homeowners. This announcement comes close on the heels of the purchase of Esurance, an online auto insurance company, as well as its associated site, Answer Financial, by Allstate Insurance. The April purchase was worth $1 billion. Esurance offers the third highest number of quotes for car insurance through its 24/7 call center and its website. It sells car insurance policies in thirty states. According to Esurance – which is recognized…

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