Articles Tagged with Allstate Financial Services

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker William Fielder (Fielder), previously associated with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Fielder recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $60,000.00 on February 22, 2022.

Surviving Spouse ([REDACTED]) and Beneficiary of Customer [REDACTED], now deceased, has expressed verbal concerns to current representative after receiving an IRS letter stating taxes and penalties of approximately $60k are due with regard to a NQ Prudential VA purchased 10/2019 with the help of former EFS Rick Fielder. [REDACTED] alleges Mr. Fielder told he and his wife there would be no taxes due regarding a liquidation and sale ($280,000) of stock in 2019 to fund the VA, along with a personal check of $100,000 and has further stated they would have never gone through with the transaction had they known they would be taxed. [REDACTED] has further stated the representative and/or AFS should be liable for the tax bill.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jason Jodway (Jodway), previously associated with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Jodway recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $100,000.00 on February 24, 2022.

Failure to perform due diligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and otherwise negligent in recommending an investment in an oil and gas private placement:  the Explore America Income fund.

Currently financial advisor Kennister Daley (Daley), currently employed by brokerage firm Allstate Financial Services, LLC has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. According to a BrokerCheck reports most of the recent customer complaints concern either corporate debt securities or alternative investments such as direct participation products (DPPs) like business development companies (BDCs), non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), oil & gas programs, annuities, and private placements.  The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP have represented hundreds of investors who suffered losses caused by these types of high risk, low reward products.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $100,001.00 on February 22, 2022.

SOC Alleges unsuitability, fraud in offer or sale of securities, misrepresentations and omissions of material facts, breach of contract, common law fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence as it relates to the purchase of a non-traded REIT.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Danniel Kazi (Kazi), previously associated with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Kazi recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $20,415.00 on April 12, 2022.

Client’s family member alleged that the Representative’s recommended liquidation and subsequent investment with the proceeds were not in the client’s best interest based on the tax implications and the sales load. Following the firm’s review, the extent of the Rep’s disclosure of the taxable consequences was unclear. As a result, the matter was resolved through a settlement with the client for the reimbursement of tax consequence and the sales load. Payment to the client of $20,415 was completed on 7/8/22.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Joseph Cheddar (Cheddar), previously associated with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Cheddar recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $303,800.00 on April 21, 2022.

Customer alleges representative’s recommendation to convert his Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA was not sound and has caused financial pain. The poor recommendation caused a large tax liability, a reduction in death benefit in the variable annuity contract, an increase in premiums for Medicare and a loss of social security income.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Brian Casey (Casey), previously associated with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Casey recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $6,000.00 on August 17, 2022.

Customer has alleged he instructed registered representative to invest his non-qualified $50,000 in a safe harbor until the market dropped and that the representative did the exact opposite by placing him in a variable annuity. Customer has requested to be made whole and has claimed damages of (market value) loss in contract.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Ryan Lansford (Lansford), currently associated with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Lansford recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $60,000.00 on October 06, 2022.

Customer claims the RR made a poor recommendation to liquidate his variable annuity resulting in tax consequences that he did not fully anticipate due to receiving inaccurate cost basis information. The liquidation of the variable annuity was processed as of 12/4/2021.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Noe Lumbreras (Lumbreras), currently associated with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Lumbreras recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $13,500.00 on October 10, 2022.

Customer’s alleged the RR incorrectly advised that there would be no sales charges at the time they redeemed their A shares that were previously purchased at NAV.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Christopher Coffey (Coffey), previously associated with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Coffey recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $125,000.00 on March 27, 2025.

Claimant, age 64, alleges that Respondent and its Financial Advisor, Christopher Coffey, engaged in misconduct resulting in significant financial harm. In 2020, Coffey advised Claimant to liquidate an Athene annuity rather than execute a tax-deferred rollover. This recommendation triggered a taxable event of nearly $80,000 and a withdrawal penalty of approximately $47,000. Coffey allegedly assured Claimant that his investment strategies would offset these losses, a promise Claimant asserts was unrealistic given Coffey’s limited experience.\, \, Claimant alleges continued misconduct by Financial Advisor Christopher Coffey, including unauthorized communications and forged signatures on annuity applications in 2023, despite explicit instructions not to invest in annuities. The annuity provider ultimately reversed the transactions and waived penalties. Coffey was terminated by Respondent and sanctioned by FINRA. However, Claimant asserts that these actions do not remedy the approximately $125,000 in damages stemming from the original Athene annuity liquidation. The claim includes allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation, failure to supervise, negligent hiring, unsuitable investment recommendations, and violations of FINRA conduct rules.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Gina Kidd (Kidd), previously associated with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Kidd recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $100,000.00 on November 03, 2022.

Customer alleges that she has been wronged by this policy which is not a valid contract due to the way it was sold to her by the representative and an individual (Michael Benjamin Burns) that was not properly registered to sell the policy. Customer states she was told she could increase the value of her existing policy (a fixed universal life policy) very easily and continue to pay the very same amount each month on a new variable universal life policy with zero increase in cost.

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