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Allstate October Catastrophe Losses of $286M Include Milton, Helene

Nov 21 2024 // Allstate today said it estimated pretax catastrophe losses of $286 million for the month of October.Losses during October included $102 million, pretax, from Hurricane Milton as well as $144 million in unfavorable reserve...

Allstate Thinks Outside the Cubicle With Flexible Workspaces

Nov 18 2024 // After ditching two-thirds of its office space and selling its Chicago headquarters, Allstate Corp. realized that even employees who prefer working remotely still need a place to gather with their coworkers from time to...

Allstate Says It’s Ready to Grow Homeowners Line With All 3 Distribution Channels

Nov 18 2024 // Allstate said it sees opportunity where others may not — in homeowners insurance. And the insurer plans to use all three distribution channels to do it.Due to rising trends in the frequency and severity of...

Allstate Insurers Sue Hyundai, Kia to Pay for Claims From Defective Cars

Nov 14 2024 // A group of subsidiaries of Allstate have filed a subrogation suit against Hyundai and Kia to get back costs paid to insureds for damages when their cars suddenly erupted in flames.According to the lawsuit, now in U.S....

Allstate Says It’s Ready to Grow Homeowners Line With All 3 Distribution Channels

Nov 1 2024 // Allstate said it sees opportunity where others may not — in homeowners insurance. And the insurer plans to use all three distribution channels to do it.Due to rising trends in the frequency and severity of...

Allstate Turns in Net Income of $1.2B After Q3 Hurricanes

Oct 31 2024 // Allstate Corp. said its net income attributable to common shareholders for the third quarter was about $1.2 billion compared to a loss of $41 million during the same time a year ago.The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer...

Allstate, Roberto Clemente Agency Settle Racial Bias, Fraud Dispute

Oct 30 2024 // The son of the late Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente and Allstate Insurance Co. have settled their disputes over Allstate’s cancellation of the Clemente Family Agency’s contract and...

Allstate Reports $1.7B in Q3 Pretax Catastrophe Losses, $630M From Helene

Oct 17 2024 // Allstate Corp. doesn’t announce third quarter earnings until Halloween but today it released some scary September pretax catastrophe losses.In keeping with its initiative to announce monthly catastrophe losses that...

Allstate to Sell Employer Voluntary Benefits Business to StanCorp for $2 Billion

Aug 14 2024 // Insurer Allstate has agreed to sell its subsidiaries that provide employer voluntary benefits to StanCorp Financial Group (The Standard) in a $2 billion cash deal, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.The...

Allstate’s National General Sued by DOJ Over Alleged Force-Placed Insurance ‘Scheme’

Jul 26 2024 // Allstate’s National General auto insurance brand has been sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations that National General and subsidiaries “engaged in a scheme to defraud customers” by...

Allstate, State Farm Sued Over $4 Billion Maui Fire Settlement

Jul 22 2024 // A half-dozen Maui wildfire victims sued a group of insurers, including State Farm and Allstate, accusing them of throwing a wrench into a tentative $4 billion deal to settle their claims.The lawsuit filed Friday in state...

Allstate Reports Second Quarter Pretax Catastrophe Losses of $2.1B

Jul 19 2024 // Allstate Corp. said it recorded pretax catastrophe losses of about $2.1 billion in the second quarter.The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer on July 18 said the total included $230 million of pretax catastrophe losses for...

Allstate Seeking 34% Rate Hike on California Homeowners Insurance

Jul 12 2024 // Allstate is seeking an increase in its California homeowners insurance premiums by an average of 34%.According to the California Department of Insurance, the Allstate homeowners filing was received by the Department on...

Investing in Climate Resilience Really Pays Off, Allstate, Chamber Study Shows

Jul 8 2024 // Weather-related catastrophes are increasing in frequency and intensity, and billion-dollar disasters are becoming the norm. The U.S. averages about 10 disasters costing more than $1 billion each year. Investing in...

Allstate, Nationwide Post Dramatic Q12024 Homeowners Loss Ratio Drops: S&P

Jun 28 2024 // In the topsy-turvy world of homeowners insurance, first-quarter loss ratios have been bouncing around for the last five years—from below 50 in 2020 to over 70 in 2021 and 2023, a new analysis shows.The S&P Global...

Allstate Reports May Pretax Catastrophe Losses of $1.4B

Jun 20 2024 // Allstate Corp. on Thursday reported May pretax catastrophe losses of about $1.4 billion.The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer said 14 events contributed to nearly $1.5 billion in catastrophe losses for May, with 70%...

Allstate Tops Profit Estimates on Higher Premiums, Investment Returns

May 2 2024 // Insurer Allstate posted an upbeat first-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by higher premiums and stronger investment returns.Insurers usually see stable product demand irrespective of economic conditions, mainly due to...

Allstate Reports $731M in Q1 Pretax Catastrophe Losses

Apr 19 2024 // Allstate Corporation estimated pretax catastrophe losses of $731 million, with $328 million from the month of March.Six events contributed to the $343 million total for March — before favorable reserve re-estimates...

Allstate’s Florida Company Defends 54% Condo Rate Hike. Blames Reinsurance, Hurricane, Rapid Growth

Mar 18 2024 // When Allstate’s Florida unit, Castle Key Indemnity Co., entered the surging condominium insurance market in 2020, it looked like it had made a smart bet: Within two years, the carrier had added no fewer than 123,000...

Smartphone Screen Repairs Surge to $8.3B in 2023: Allstate Protection

Mar 15 2024 // While smartphone use is rising, fewer phones are suffering damage that requires repairs or replacement.Good thing, because users can hardly part with smartphones long enough to get them fixed. In its latest Mobile...