Wells Fargo could face additional sanctions due to auto insurance practices

December 5, 2017December 2, 2017 Marc

The bank may be facing even more penalties from a federal regulator due to mortgage and insurance scandals. Wells Fargo & Co. may already have faced penalties for its mortgage and auto insurance practices but they don’t seem to be over yet. A federal regulator may be applying more sanctions to the bank as a result of practices that have come to light over the last few months. Among the car insurance practices was one that forced car loan customers to pay for unnecessary coverage. Last week, the Wall Street…

Wells Fargo personal insurance business to shut down in Q1 2018

November 30, 2017November 29, 2017 H. Cutner

wells fargo personal insurance business exit

The firm announced its intention to exit this sector and will start phasing out marketing immediately. Wells Fargo & Co announced it will be leaving the personal insurance business and will start reducing its marketing in that area. The exit from that market should be complete at some point during the first quarter of next year. Until it has fully exited the personal insurance space, it will continue selling and supporting those products. The company has stated that it intends to keep making personal insurance products available until it completely…

Wells Fargo auto insurance forced on borrowers who didn’t need it

August 1, 2017July 29, 2017 H. Cutner

The bank charged customers for unnecessary coverage, leading to 25,000 wrongful vehicle repossessions. A new report determined Wells Fargo auto insurance was forcibly sold to customers who did not require this coverage. As a result of the bank’s activity, there were approximately 25,000 wrongful vehicle repossessions. Over 800,000 people who took out Wells Fargo car loans were charged for unnecessary insurance. The added expense of the unnecessary Wells Fargo auto insurance was too much for some borrowers, whose vehicles were wrongfully repossessed. The report showed that among 800,000 of the…