All the headlines from our Allstate Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 20 2014 // Esurance, the direct-to-consumer insurance company, will open a new sales and claims office in Greenville, South Carolina, this summer that will employ up to 450 South Carolina residents.The insurer said job openings will...
Feb 20 2014 // Allstate Corp. said estimated catastrophe losses for the month of January were $277 million.The cost is $180 million after tax, the personal lines insurer said. Catastrophe losses were from six events at an estimated cost...
Feb 19 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. is launching a recruitment campaign to appoint 120 new agency owners in Texas this year. Allstate agency owners are also actively searching for qualified candidates to fill more than 800 sales...
Feb 6 2014 // The winner of the Esurance $1.5 million Twitter sweepstakes was revealed last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC.Aunt Chippy from Jimmy Kimmel Live! interviewed the winner to get his reaction to the news that his Tweet...
Feb 6 2014 // Allstate Corp. aims to grow its share of the U.S. home and auto insurance markets without the need for “abnormally large” rate increases, its CEO said, after the company’s profit more than doubled in the...
Feb 3 2014 // Direct car insurance provider Esurance is giving consumers a chance to win $1.5 million in a Twitter sweepstakes.Actor John Krasinski announced Esurance’s Twitter sweepstakes in a television commercial that aired on...
Feb 3 2014 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of the members of Allstate Insurance Group (Allstate).Best also affirmed...
Jan 30 2014 // Online seller Esurance is now offering car insurance in West Virginia. In addition to state-required liability coverage, Esurance provides optional auto insurance coverage options including: CarMatch Rental Coverage, which...
Jan 9 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. has announced plans to appoint new agency owners in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio this year.The company plans to appoint 21 new insurance agency owners in Indiana. Additionally, Allstate’s new and...
Jan 5 2014 // Texas’ three largest home insurers are kicking off 2014 with steep increases in policyholder premiums, according to a report published on Jan. 4.The Dallas Morning News reports that Allstate, Farmers and State Farm...
Dec 27 2013 // Deutsche Bank AG and Allstate Corp. settled a suit the insurer brought that accused the bank of misrepresentations and omissions in connection with loans backing $185 million in mortgage securities.Allstate sued the...
Dec 24 2013 // The Allstate Corp. reported that it expects to report a fourth-quarter 2013 settlement charge of $100 to $125 million, after-tax, related to the annual measurement of its pension obligations as of Dec. 31, 2013.Settlement...
Dec 18 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration announced it has approved Esurance’s new telematics program designed to help prevent teens from texting while driving.This new voluntary program, called...
Dec 16 2013 // Based on third quarter reports, GEICO Corp. has surpassed Allstate Corp. to become the nation’s second-largest private auto insurer.According to data compiled by SNL, GEICO logged $4.89 billion in direct premiums...
Dec 9 2013 // ING U.S. Inc. will begin selling fixed annuities through Allstate Corp. agencies as the largest publicly traded U.S. auto and home insurer ceases to offer its own brand of the retirement products.The deal gives ING U.S....
Nov 13 2013 // Insurance broker Marsh has appointed Donald Bailey as its new head of sales for U.S. and Canada. In this newly created position, Bailey will be responsible for executing the firm’s overall strategy and increasing the...
Nov 12 2013 // Esurance, the online car insurance seller owned by Allstate Corp., is betting that bundling auto and home policies will help it compete with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Geico unit and Progressive Corp.Esurance started...
Oct 22 2013 // Direct writer GEICO’s success in auto insurance sales is due to spending dollars on effective advertising rather than on agents, according to recent research from analysts at Nomura Equity Research, which notes that...
Oct 10 2013 // Allstate Insurance Company announced this week it is planning to appoint more than 130 new insurance agents in Massachusetts by the end of next year. The expansion is in response to what the company described as an...
Oct 7 2013 // Allstate Insurance Co. received a judgment of more than $7 million following a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations investigation nearly 10 years in the making.It is the company’s first medical fraud...