Worst insurance agencies in America - I think Sedgwick is one

You're in REALLY BAD HANDS with All-State. That's what the American Association for Justice (AAJ) says anyway. The AAJ recently released a comprehensive research report, "The Ten Worst Insurance Companies in America: How They Raise Premiums, Deny Claims, and Refuse Insurance to Those Who Need It Most."

To see how consumers can hold the insurance industry accountable and view a full copy of the study, visit http://www.justice.org/docs/TenWorstInsuranceCompanies.pdf."


The top ten list includes Allstate, UNUM, AIG, State Farm, Conseco, WellPoint, Farmers, UnitedHealth, Torchmark, and Liberty Mutual. AAJ's summary report is reproduced below in its entirety:

"ALLSTATE RANKS AS WORST INSURER FOR CONSUMERS"

Insurance Industry Employs "Deny, Delay, Defend" Strategy,
Puts Profits Over Policyholders

WASHINGTON, DC – Allstate ranks as the worst insurer for consumers, according to a comprehensive investigation of thousands of legal documents and financial filings.

The rankings show a distinct pattern of insurance industry greed amongst 10 companies that refuse to pay just claims, employ hardball tactics against policyholders, reward executives with extravagant salaries, and raise premiums while hoarding excessive profits.

"While Allstate publicly touts its 'good hands' approach, it has instead privately instructed its agents to employ a 'boxing gloves' strategy against its policyholders," said American Association for Justice CEO Jon Haber. "Allstate ducks, bobs and weaves to avoid paying claims to increase its profits."

Allstate (NYSE: ALL) set the standard for insurance company greed and placing profits over policyholders. Allstate contracted with consulting giant McKinsey & Co. in the mid-1990s to systematically force consumers to accept lowball claims or face its "boxing gloves," an aggressive strategy designed to deny claims at any cost. One Allstate employee reported that supervisors told agents to lie and blame fires on arson, and in turn, were rewarded with portable fridges.

Thousands of court documents, materials uncovered from litigation and discovery, testimony, complaints filed with state insurance departments, SEC and FBI records, and news accounts were reviewed to compile the rankings and statistics.

There's a complete list of all the atrocities that insurance companies commit against consumers. I looked and Sedgwick - the insurer that Media General uses, wasn't on the top ten - yet. Sedgwick DENIED my claim - saying they used my doctor's medical report to do so. Problem was - my doctor never sent them a report - the claim was denied in less than ten days - before she even had time to write and file the report!

EVIL SEDGWICK. EVIL MEDIA GENERAL.