King Risk Partners, a national insurance brokerage w
ith home offices in Gainesville, Florida, has acquired Cummings Insurance Agency in Aiken, South Carolina.
Cummings, founded in 2014, has specialized in agricultural and equ
estrian clients, the companies said in a news release. Ted Cummings is principal of the agency.
The agency is not affiliated with other Cummings insurance agencies in Alabama, Florida and Pennsylvania.
King Risk has continued to grow in recent years through acquisiti
ons. Earlier this summer, King announced the acquisition of the Nobles Insurance Agency in North Carolina.
Those insurers allegedly then used the driving scores and to
make decisions about consumers’ insurance, including increasing
insurance premiums, canceling existing insureds’ coverage, or denying coverage entirely.
“Nebraskans deserve to work with companies that are truthful and
honest about what they are doing,” Hilgers said. “That is not what h
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appened here, and we filed this lawsuit because one large company decided that it wouldn’t honestly tell Nebr
askans that their data was going to be used to impact their insurance rates. This is wrong. Our office will hold com
panies that mislead Nebraskans accountable, no matter how large.”
The lawsuit alleges GM deceived customers at the point of sale by misrepresenting the scope of its OnStar telemat
ics services. Customers allegedly were often misled to believe enrollment in OnStar was mandatory to access basic safety features.
Additionally, dealerships were incentivized to enroll customers in
OnStar without proper disclosure, and, in some cases, without any consent at all, the lawsuit alleges.
The complaint seeks civil penalties and restitution for impacted Nebraska drivers.