Tag: Wells Fargo Insurance

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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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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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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Wells Fargo personal insurance business to shut down in Q1 2018

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…

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Wells Fargo insurance customers seek credit repair for auto policy scandal

G. Turner
Frustrated Auto insurance product Wells Fargo

Borrowers forced to pay for unnecessary auto policies now want the damage to their credit scores fixed. New developments have arisen as a result of the Wells Fargo insurance scandal as customers seek to put right the damage done to their credit. Many of the customers have already filed a class action lawsuit to be compensated for the money they lost, but they are concerned about their credit histories. The bank’s own investigations found hundreds of thousands of customers were charged for unnecessary auto insurance. The added Wells Fargo insurance…

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