Fired Agent Opposed Credit Scoring
An influential Allstate agent who testified against insurer use of credit scores in underwriting saw his contract terminated a few weeks later, although Allstate said the two events are unrelated.
John F. Bryant, whose J&B Bryant Agency is in Hammond, La., had testified in early March before the Maryland House Economic Matters Committee on House Bill 521. The bill seeks to extend the expiration date of statutes prohibiting insurers from, among other things, denying coverage to consumers on the basis of their credit scores.
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