Tag: Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo agrees to $3M shareholder settlement over unnecessary auto insurance sales

H. Cutner
Auto insurance - Wells Fargo

The bank agreed to settle a lawsuit from shareholders claiming the bank pushed car loan customers to buy. Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to a $300 million settlement in order to settle a lawsuit from shareholders, accusing the bank of having pushed unnecessary auto insurance on loan customers, according to recently filed US court documents. The class action suit was launched by the Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern California. The auto insurance suit led to a class action brought on behalf of investors. The Construction Laborers Pension Trust…

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Wells Fargo is leaving the California renters insurance market due to violations

G. Turner
California Renters Insurance - Wells Fargo Building

The financial services giant gave up its license in the state as a part of a wider settlement. Wells Fargo is no longer licensed to sell or broker California renters insurance for at least three years. The firm has given up its license for personal insurance in the state as a part of a settlement with California. The bank agreed to the settlement over allegations of signing unknowing customers up for policies. Aside from no longer being able to sell California renters insurance and life insurance coverage, the bank also…

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Lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo of having known of auto insurance program flaws

Nordstrom
Auto insurance program - Law Case Books - Lawsuit

A class action lawsuit asserts that the bank’s executives were warned about the problems. A class action lawsuit now accuses Wells Fargo executives of having been warned several years ago that the auto insurance program could have been overcharging car loan customers. A judge released this complaint earlier this week, at a time when Wells Fargo faces legal sanctions. The bank is in the midst of dealing with legal sanctions applied against it after it forcibly enrolled approximately two million of its customers in a special auto insurance program. This…

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Wells Fargo pet insurance refunds on their way to many policyholders

Julie Campbell
Wells Fargo Pet Insurance - dog - Bulldog

A new report shows the scandal-plagued bank is reviewing a whole new batch of possible add-on problems. Wells Fargo pet insurance is among the latest add-ons linked with the bank’s rash of scandals. Thousands of the bank’s customers have been paying for insurance coverage they didn’t need or were overpaying for the coverage they did require. The bank is still coping with having mis-sold auto insurance to more than half a million drivers. More recently, the San Francisco-based lender has been looking at financial and insurance add-ons. What they have…

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Unfair insurance practices earn Wells Fargo a $1 billion fine

Logan B.
Mutual of Omaha - lawsuit

The banking giant’s latest penalties are for having sold unnecessary auto insurance to customers. Wells Fargo has been slapped with a $1 billion fine for its unfair insurance practices. Thousands of the bank’s vehicle loan customers were sold additional unnecessary auto insurance policies. Those car owners ended up paying much more for their vehicles than was necessary. Among those Wells Fargo customers, thousands ended up having their vehicles repossessed as a result of the unfair insurance practices. The fine was laid down by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as well…

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Wells Fargo sanctions on their way for auto insurance scandal

G. Turner

American regulators are getting ready to apply penalties to the financial giant for its illegal actions. U.S. regulators are preparing to apply the Wells Fargo sanctions the industry has known would be coming. The bank forced over half a million drivers to pay for auto insurance they didn’t need. The official repercussions are now arriving. The financial industry has been waiting to see how this Wells Fargo scandal would play out. The Wells Fargo sanctions are not a surprise to anyone. After the scandal came out, it was only a…

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Wells Fargo insurance license may be suspended or revoked in California

G. Turner
Wells Fargo insurance scandal

The state Department of Insurance is seeking the action following alleged improper sales practices. The California Department of Insurance has revealed that it is planning to either suspend or revoke the Wells Fargo insurance license in the state. It is pursuing this intention as a result of the company’s online insurance referral program and its allegedly improper sales practices. The department conducted an investigation that revealed around 1,500 improper insurance sales. In those cases, the online Wells Fargo insurance company was allegedly found to have sold about 1,500 policies and…

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