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Whole life insurance policies can be a good investment, as well as providing security from an uncertain future. The parties have reached a settlement in an action filed against the Reliastar Life Insurance Company on behalf of all persons who have or had an ownership interest in a "Competitor" or "DVP" interest-sensitive whole life policy issued by the company or its subsidiaries between January 1, 1982, and December 31, 1996. Claims Review Process Forms must be postmarked no later than November 19, 2003, to be considered valid.

A class action has been filed against American Investors Life Insurance Company on behalf of senior citizens in California who were sold expensive annuity policies that allegedly offer no benefit payouts for at least ten years. The suit alleges that the company has engaged in unfair business practices by improperly targeting the marketing and sale of these annuities to senior citizens.

A nationwide class action has been filed against Allstate Insurance Company alleging that Allstate's policy of using credit scores as a tool for determining automotive and homeowner insurance policy premiums is discriminatory and violates the civil rights of minority policyholders.

The class has been certified in an action filed against insurance company Farmers Group, Inc., on behalf of all Nevada automobile insurance policyholders of Farmers Insurance Exchange who submitted a first party claim for vehicle theft or property damage, whose vehicle was declared a total loss as valued by CCC Information Services, Inc., or its predecessor Certified Collateral Corporation, and who were paid the valuation amount by Farmers between August 5, 1992, and March 31, 2004. Persons eligible to take part in the action should contact the attorneys for the class for more information.

Many corporate health benefit programs have been downgraded in the midst of the healthcare crisis. A class action has been filed against Case Corporation and successor to its former parent company, El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Company, on behalf of several thousand retirees and surviving spouses of retirees who worked for Case, who allege that El Paso is refusing to pay the cost for health care premiums for the group in violation of its contract with them.

The theory of diminished value asserts that buyers choosing between two otherwise equal vehicles will select one that has not been previously damaged and repaired, even where the repairs to the other vehicle were first-rate. On July 10, 2003, the court gave final approval to a settlement, apparently valued at $825,000, in a class action on behalf all persons insured by an automobile insurance policy issued in Georgia by American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company, American Protection Insurance Company, or Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company and who made a claim for damage to their vehicles under their collision, comprehensive or uninsured motorist coverage over a specified time period. Though there is no claims deadline at this time, persons who are eligible to take part in the settlement who have not received a notification letter should act as soon as possible to alert the company of their eligibility.

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