In Settlement With Washington State, Travel Insurer Allianz Agrees To Pay $1.5 Million For Mental Health Discrimination

The travel insurance company Allianz agreed to a settlement with the Washington State Attorney General in which it will pay $1.5 million to 560 policy holders whose claims for interrupted travel plans were denied because the claim was related to a nervous or mental health event. The litigation covered denials of claims by Allianz from January 2014 to February 2023.

The resolution came in advance of a trial scheduled to begin on January 17, 2024. As a result of the attorney general’s civil rights lawsuit, Washingtonians harmed by Allianz’s discrimination will receive full reimbursement for their travel . . .