Insurance companies exist for one reason and one reason only – to make a profit.  Though they have wonderful marketing campaigns that make you feel all warm and fuzzy, everything they do is designed to maximize that profit.  We should not be surprised, then, when insurance companies like Allstate refuse to help their insureds who lost everything ins Super Storm Sandy, even when those same insureds are featured in Allstate’s commercials.  Here is a link to the story:

http://www.thepoptort.com/2013/01/hurricane-homeowners-victimized-again-by-ambiguous-insurance-policies-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Thepoptort+%28The+Pop+Tort%29