Seen at Insurance Journal:
The 12-page response to a Jan. 18 order staying the suspension argued, among other things, that Allstate’s failure to provide the documents is a crime and “further evidenced a continuing attempt by [Allstate] to improperly subvert, manipulate and undermine the regulatory process. There can be no more clearer threat to the safety and welfare of the public than a continuing willful violation of the law.”
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said, “Allstate has continued to do everything it can to keep from providing the documents requested in the subpoenas sent by my office Oct. 16, so now I am doing everything within my power to ensure that the documents are produced. They keep insisting that they are working to produce the documents, but the fact remains that all of the documents were due last Tuesday (Jan.15) at the hearing, and they were not there. I also am frustrated that Allstate keeps trying to tell us which documents are relevant to our investigation.” [...]
“It seems to me that providing the requested documents should be an easy decision, unless Allstate really has something to hide,” said Bob Hunter, director of insurance for the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America and a former Texas insurance commissioner.
Why, this is almost as much fun as watching the Scruggs circus underway in Mississippi.