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Allstate Says Broadcom Ordered Four Audits After VMware Exit

BySendTech Times Capital & Policy DeskNewsroom-edited, source-reviewed coverage|Source: Ars Technica
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Ars Technica reported that a June filing accused Broadcom of starting four audits after Allstate chose not to renew VMware and CA contracts. VMware and CA have separate cases against the insurer, while the filings leave its current virtualisation stack and production impact undisclosed.

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Allstate Says Broadcom Ordered Four Audits After VMware Exit
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A June 12 filing says Allstate accused Broadcom of launching four software audits after the insurer decided not to renew VMware and CA Technologies contracts, widening VMware's lawsuit against Allstate into a dispute over licence checks and customer exits.

Ars Technica reported that the filing is tied to VMware's December 2025 lawsuit against the insurer.

Allstate's filing said VMware started a haphazard audit once it knew the insurer did not intend to renew contracts with VMware or CA.

VMware's complaint says the insurer failed to comply with audit duties that the company says were required under the contract.

Allstate Says Four Audits Followed Its VMware And CA Exit

The June filing said the software group simultaneously and unreasonably initiated four separate audits covering the insurer's licensed CA and VMware software.

The insurer said it met the VMware audit and reporting requirements in good faith, and it called VMware's contrary claims unfounded.

The Register had described the relationship between the insurer and Broadcom as troubled for some time, according to the outlet.

The Register also reported that the insurer decided to move away from both VMware and CA around the time the VMware acquisition closed.

Broadcom declined to comment to the outlet.

The public source record leaves the insurer's response inside the court filings.

VMware Complaint Cites March 2025 Audit Notice

According to the filings cited by the outlet, the insurer and VMware have had a business relationship since 2008.

VMware's complaint says the company issued a formal audit notice in March 2025 and that the insurer acknowledged receipt of audit materials on May 7, 2025.

The complaint says the insurer withheld requested materials after communication attempts from VMware and audit partner Connor Consulting.

VMware also cited a September 12, 2025, message in which the insurer said it had removed VMware from all devices and could no longer run scripts that depended on VMware components in its environment.

VMware's complaint says the insurer later told the company in October that the VMware estate covered by the ELA had been ended and removed.

The insurer says its audit obligations were fulfilled.

CA Case Adds Symantec Product Dispute

The software group has a separate case against the insurer under CA Technologies.

CA's May 2025 lawsuit accuses the insurer of copyright infringement and breach of contract after the sale of its Employer Voluntary Benefits business and Symantec products used by that business to StanCorp Financial Group, according to the outlet.

The CA complaint, as cited by the outlet, alleges that the insurer first addressed its notice to Symantec, even though that entity no longer existed, and did not send the same kind of letter to CA.

The two cases keep the post-VMware licensing disputes in court rather than in a commercial renewal process.

The outlet reported that May 17, 2027, is the deadline for dispositive motions in both cases, the filings that can ask the court to resolve the disputes before trial.

Current VMware Replacement Remains Unnamed

The filings place the insurer among enterprise customers that have challenged Broadcom's software-licensing posture after the VMware takeover.

The outlet named T-Mobile, Tesco and Western Union as other sizable companies that have moved or plan to move partly or completely away from VMware.

The filings do not identify how reliant the insurer was on VMware, the virtualisation technology it uses now, or whether the audits affected any current production systems.

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