My agent has received my text concerning Allstate not aligning with certain viewpoints. I am looking into a more American provider now.
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My agent has received my text concerning Allstate not aligning with certain viewpoints. I am looking into a more American provider now.
I thought Allstate was an American company. What did I miss?
What is this about??
Did you see the all state commercial special made for the sugar bowl?
It's in regards to the Allstate message before the Sugar Bowl. He basically was calling out Americans and making it sound like their fault that some crazed brain washed ISIS lunatic committed an act of terror on Tuesday night. Said Americans need to "overcome their addiction to divisiveness" and "accept people's differences". It was a god awful message and whoever told him to put that out should be fired on the damn spot. I can't believe there wasn't a hand raise guy somewhere along the chain of command for that message that wasn't like, "Hey guys, maybe let's not do this. Maybe let's just say our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and the city of New Orleans and will be in the weeks and months to come." Literally the easiest statement to make.
AllState is losing customers as we speak.
They tell us to keep politics out of sports and enjoy it but with ESPN and now this woke all state commercial, they are shoving a political stance down our throats.
I'm not sure your agent should really be getting the wrath on that one. I doubt he was consulted on the messaging before it went out. I'm sure he probably was like 85% of all the other people who sell Allstate. They probably all said, "Oh 17. This is going to cost me some business."Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
No. I did not. At work so I just glanced at the game when I could. Never paid attention to the commercials. TV in my office was muted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
Sux for the local guys- but the only way to make these people understand is to cost them business. Bud Light learned their lesson. Others are as well.
I totally agree. It causes speculation also, the group think in their company that no one did raise their hand. It looks like that line of thinking is so strong in their leadership, that anyone that might have wanted to raise their hand did not out of fear of their job.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Switch to Farm Bureau if you?re in MS
Best insurance money can buy and won?t grieve you to death if god forbid you need to use it.
They bud light themselves. It was less on the nose, but a much more serious topic.Quote:
Originally Posted by DownwardDawg
Or Nationwide!!!
Yup. Just coming up with that statement was a colossal 17-up. What kind of person sees that there is a terrorist tack by somebody brainwashed with ISIS propaganda and has the immediate reaction of "Damn americans and their addiction to divisiveness" or that the terrorist killed 14 people because Americans are unwilling to accept people's imperfections and differences. That said, smart and competent people say and do stupid things all the time and the stupidity in proposing this statement is forgiveable. But having a culture where this was vetted and everybody was either too scared or similarly stupid is a colossal leadership failure. The board should immediately do an investigation as to how this statement made it onto the air.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
Excellent rational post! Yeah someone gonna have to fall on the sword for that one. The idea should've been shotdown pretty quick but I'm guessing one of the big dogs came up with the idea and everyone was to scared to challenge it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnson85
Why not say prayers and condolences to the family members who lost loved ones in the tragic incident on Bourbon St. on New Year's Day?
Because they didn't have a hand raise guy to say, "Hey guys, this statement is stupid as shit and is going to negatively affect our bottom line. Maybe just go with a boilerplate statement and say we're starting a relief fund for victims families and donating 1 million dollars to it".Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
A little off topic, but I'll be very interested to see the class action lawsuit that inevitably comes out of this. Any insurance company is going to deny a claim due to it being an act of terrorism so it will end up in court.
The "yes" culture has permiated the military and governmental agencies. I suspect the same for corp. America. Two main reasons, top leaders don't create a culture of wanting subordinates to speak up and "careerism."Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
The City of NOLA will be sued to kingdom come
Well, this is the company that has a mascot of "Mayhem" so not surprised. Heads will need to roll but it probably won't be the idiot that made the statement. Some underling will get blamed and shown the door.
The mechanical bollards they are installing on Bourbon Street are a PITA. I've been responsible for repairing/maintaining them at military bases, the are out of service a lot. The old fashioned bollards that fit in hole (with a padlock) are far and away better. One average sized man can remove and replace them easily. Whatever LE officer assigned to that beat would have the key and be responsible for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
Well, don't eat ChicFilA chicken then
Seems the customers have gotten the message loud and clear. What will the allstate dei group do now?
I'm insured with Allstate and I recently (4/09/24) had marginal hail damage in Madison. Five different roofing companies told me that if I wasn't with Allstate they would pursue a claim but they really thought we would be wasting our time trying to deal with Allstate. This is a 100% true story. I was already changing at renewal in 30 days without this other stuff.
These local agents will feel it in the pocketbook but there is no alternative in this case.
Just chiming in with an extremely loud incorrect buzzer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
BUD the year and a half before the commercial had stock price fluctuation from $44 to $67 (with the peak week of $67 being right when the commercial was released, which had more to do with hedge funds making money against the general public). BUD the year and a half after the commercial has had price fluctuation between $49 and $68 with the peak week being May this year though it did scrape $66 right during the start of NFL playoffs last season.
AB InBev owns more than Bud Light. It was hilarious to see people boycott Bud Light by going to Michelob, Miller, Modelo, etc. People have no idea who actually owns which beer anymore and the point is it's gotten so murky that AB owned all 3 of those at different points (yes i know they sold miller to Coors - but do you? does the general public know?). Boycotting AB would take someone just boycotting beer altogether to be safe which obviously wasn't happening. Bud Light was back in the hands of people spouting to boycott it less than 6 months later (Kid Rock being the most notable).
It's like if someone was mad and wanted to boycott the Pepsi Kardashian girl commercial, they would have to boycott eating doritos, cheetos, lays, and quaker oats too.
Or if you think Nestle's water bottling practices are abhorrent then you'd have to stop getting gerber for your baby and purina for your fur baby.
If this sounds exhausting, that's the point. Americans have lost the ability to truly boycott big brands by having an illusion of choice.
AllState and Progressive largest shareholders are the same group: Vanguard. Was this a calculated decision thinking that they wanted to buy up more AllState stock in a month when they sell off the boom Progressive will see? People will forget about this in six months and AllState will rebound. People forgot about how little they donate for the good hands program and just ignored when they stopped showing the number after they were shamed on how low it is.
But hey what do I know, I'm not a genius message board poster who thinks "Bud Light" is the one who needed a lesson learned by switching to Modelo.
good for them. thx for the prognosticating
I have USAA, they are high as a cat's back, but pay out well when there is a claim. A couple of years ago after a hail storm, USAA more than treated me fairly, my neighbors with State Farm fought for months. State Farm only wanted to place parts of the roof.Quote:
Originally Posted by Churchill
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/29/busin...les/index.html
"In North America, organic revenue, seen as the best measure of operating performance, plunged $1.4 billion last year as beer sales by volume tumbled in the region, primarily due to a decline in Bud Light sales in the United States. Beer makes up the lion’s share of AB InBev’s revenue."
I've always wondered if that was a PSYOP, like the coke/new coke deal, to bring stock prices down so execs could buy back at a low price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tater
And yet the stock stayed relatively flat. Which is where it really impacts their pocketbook. If you produce less in anticipation of a boycott, you spend less. Revenue dropping $1.4 billion when operating costs drop $1.5 billion still means a net profit of $0.1 billion. And the stock price is the true measure of if a boycott was successful longterm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Pancho, please get a quote from SAFECO. Rates are competitive and They Will PAY YOUR CLAIMS! I?ve had 2 roof replacements in the last 10 - 20 years. Last time the adjuster printed me a settlement check from his portable printer in his car. No problems either time. State Farm is also competitive but they have a bad reputation for paying claims. I would get quotes from 4 or 5 different companies.
I am aware of state farm. in talks with shelter at the moment
It was the correct message. They are correct.
State Farm in Mississippi. Just check up on their coverage after the tornadoes north of Tupelo.
Everyone needs to stop being little bitches and not take every comment from a company as an affront to your way of life.
Budlight did nothing wrong, AllState said nothing wrong. One could make an argument that Allstate was 100% correct in everything they said. So it wasn?t 100% your cup of tea?.. who the F are you? Guess what, you are not the main character. So settle down, and just be Fn happy for a moment and realize it is not about you 100% of the time.
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 Allstate Agent 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead
one would assume the ISIS dude, the killer was the one with the divisive attitude. Fn on that for a bit and see how you like it. some folks may swallow the full woke wad but I am not one of em. you are free to do as you please.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead
The Allstate CEO FAed, we see what he FOs. In the long run, I doubt this has much impact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead
Just stick with, "our thoughts and prayers are with the victim's loved ones and all those effected." I have no idea what the thought process on the statement was. Sure what he said is true, but saying it in relation to this event was stupid.