Prudential Insurance Company of America and Prudential Property and Causality Insurance Company have been named in a lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Fair Housing Act. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by the National Fair Housing Alliance, four fair housing groups and three African-American homeowners, alleges that Prudential engages in "pervasive discriminatory practices and policies" that restrict, limit or deny homeowners insurance in predominantly African-American, Latino and