Remember when insurance companies tried very, very hard to be boring? Recall the days when all we wanted to hear from insurers was, “Your claim will be paid right now?”
Instead, these days insurance companies act more like comedy clubs than financial underwriters. We have Jake hanging out with star athletes and popping up in our homes, an Australian gecko offering witty observations on irrelevant topics, and Flo & The Gang doing … whatever the hell it is they do. And don’t even get me started on Doug and Limu’s bizarre psychotherapy sessions.
And yet, all of that still pales in comparison to the very weird decision by Allstate during yesterday’s Sugar Bowl. Fresh off two terror attacks, Allstate CEO and chair Tom Wilson chose to advertise their services by [checks notes] scolding Americans for being addicted to “divisiveness and negativity.” Find Wilson…
