{"id":5868913,"date":"2011-02-02T12:54:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T20:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/?p=5868913"},"modified":"2011-02-02T12:55:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T20:55:58","slug":"allstate-gets-out-of-astrology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/astrology-numerology\/allstate-gets-out-of-astrology.html","title":{"rendered":"Allstate Gets Out of Astrology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A public relations effort went wrong this month for Allstate Insurance, when the auto insurance company released a &#8220;study&#8221;\u00a0in order to piggyback on the recent spate of interest in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/sidereal-zodiac-changes-old-signs-stay-the-same.html\/\">the new zodiac signs<\/a><\/strong>. The study, purporting to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/psychic-answers-whats-with-the-new-zodiac.html\/\">link different astrological signs<\/a><\/strong> with different rates of accident liability, ended up offending more people than it humored. The company issued a public apology on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chicagobreakingbusiness.com\/2011\/01\/allstate-apologizes-for-study-on-astrological-signs.html\">Chicago Breaking Business<\/a><\/strong> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What was supposed to be a light-hearted look at a link between car accidents and astrology has turned into a public-relations misstep for Allstate Insurance.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Northbrook-based insurer issued an apology Saturday for a study it released two days earlier that rated the safest drivers based on their Zodiac signs.\u00a0Its 2010 claims data showed that Virgos were the worst drivers. The insurer found that Virgos were 700 percent more likely to be in a car accident in the last year than Scorpios.<\/p>\n<p>Scorpios were involved in only 1.5 percent of accidents last year, making them the best drivers on the road, Allstate said in the press release. The rest of the list, from best to worst drivers, was <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/the-13th-sign.html\/\">Ophiuchus<\/a><\/strong>, Cancer, Aquarius, Libra, Aries, Capricorn, Gemini, Sagittarius, Pisces, Taurus, Leo and Virgo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think? Should people have had more of a sense of humor about the study?<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-top: 1px dotted #c9d9d9;border-bottom: 1px dotted #c9d9d9;margin: 10px 0px;padding: 10px 4px;font-weight: bold\"><strong>What are\u00a0<em>your <\/em>stars telling you?<\/strong> Try a psychic reading. <!-- ADD COPY ABOVE -->Call <span style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #d33d26\">1.800.573.4830<\/span> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/c\/c.aspx?lid=110524\">choose your psychic now. <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allstate Insurance published a humorous &#8220;study&#8221; this month linking astrology signs to accident rates. 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