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Allstate delays policy reinstatement for weeks after payment

A five-year customer paid to reinstate a lapsed auto policy but experienced repeated missed deadlines and escalations over nearly two weeks with no resolution. Reflects slow, poorly tracked internal reinstatement workflows.

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