Allstate Says Broadcom Ordered Four Audits After VMware Exit
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.
A June 12 filing states that 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 tied the filing to VMware's December 2025 lawsuit against the insurer.
In Allstate's filing, the insurer argues that VMware began a haphazard audit once it learned Allstate did not intend to renew contracts with VMware or CA.
VMware's complaint alleges that the insurer failed to comply with audit duties the complaint contends were required under the contract.
Allstate Says Four Audits Followed Its VMware And CA Exit
The June filing alleges that the software group simultaneously and unreasonably initiated four separate audits covering the insurer's licensed CA and VMware software.
Allstate maintains it met VMware's audit and reporting requirements in good faith and labels 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 same outlet wrote 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
Records cited by the outlet show that the insurer and VMware have had a business relationship since 2008.
VMware's complaint states that it issued a formal audit notice in March 2025 and that the insurer acknowledged receipt of audit materials on May 7, 2025.
The complaint alleges that the insurer withheld requested materials after communication attempts from VMware and audit partner Connor Consulting.
VMware also pointed to 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 further states that the insurer later told VMware in October that the VMware estate covered by the ELA had been ended and removed.
Allstate argues that its audit obligations were fulfilled.
CA Case Adds Symantec Product Dispute
The software group has a separate case against the insurer under CA Technologies.
According to the outlet, 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.
As cited by the outlet, the CA complaint 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 noted 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.
