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To: Paul Senior who wrote (10193)	3/19/2000 2:32:00 AM
From: James Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78958

<<With Allstate, you might not (won't?) get the cheapest auto rates, but you will be easily and conveniently able to keep all your insurance requirements with them.>> I priced my Allstate auto policy against Geico, and even with the 8% shareholder discount Geico was not even close. I was surprised to say the least. State Farm, on the other hand, was 10% below Geico, which tells you why this is a bad business unless you are the low cost producer. That said, I too like Allstate at anywhere close to 20. But there are so many similar ideas out there which I understand better than insurance. And owning Berkshire and Ambac, I really don't need more insurance stocks. (A buy rationale, not necessarily mine, for both Berkshire and Ambac was in Barrons today).