All the headlines from our Allstate Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 5 2017 // Jeff Sadler has joined online insurance agency Answer Financial as director of Carrier Relations. Sadler will oversee strengthening the agency’s carrier platform to meet the needs of its growing customer base. He...
May 3 2017 // Allstate saw its first quarter profit take a big jump this year to $666 million, up from the $217 million reported for the first quarter of 2016.Total revenue of $9.4 billion in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 6.3...
Apr 20 2017 // The Allstate Corp. announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of March 2017 of $516 million, pre-tax ($335 million after-tax), and an estimated $781 million, pre-tax ($508 million after-tax), for first quarter...
Apr 5 2017 // More companies, including carmaker BMW and insurer Allstate, have pulled their advertising from Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” television program days after the New York Times reported Fox and star...
Mar 31 2017 // About 30 Esurance employees in Sioux Falls have lost their jobs as part of cuts within the insurance company. The Argus Leader reports that has Esurance cut 100 jobs, mostly in Sioux Falls and in two California locations....
Mar 28 2017 // Storms in Texas affected more Allstate insured homes in Collin County than any other part of the state over the past five years, while Smith County saw the highest frequency of lightning, the company says. Allstate...
Mar 9 2017 // Two people were found guilty of felonies and two others were charged in connection with insurance fraud investigations in Washington by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s criminal investigations unit.Alhagie...
Feb 10 2017 // The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is pleased to announce the election of Floyd M. Yager as the new chairman of its board of directors. Yager is senior vice president, property product management, Allstate...
Feb 3 2017 // Allstate ended 2016 with a solid profit thanks to premium hikes and tighter underwriting, despite a $853 million jump in catastrophe losses over the previous year.The property/casualty insurer ended up with more than $2.5...
Jan 30 2017 // In celebration of Black History Month, which begins Feb. 1, Allstate Insurance Co. is launching its annual digital, social and radio campaign, “Worth Telling.”“We are celebrating Black History Month by...
Jan 5 2017 // Allstate Corp. said that the mobile-device insurer that it acquired for $1.4 billion had posted five years of losses before the deal.SquareTrade Holding Co.’s annual loss narrowed to $26.5 million in 2015 from $37.4...
Dec 15 2016 // Allstate Insurance Co., the nation’s largest publicly-held personal lines insurer, is continuing its drive into new technology, agreeing to a multi-year research project with the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at...
Nov 28 2016 // The Allstate Corp. agreed to acquire SquareTrade, a consumer electronics and appliance protection plan provider that distributes through many of America’s major retailers. Allstate said it will acquire the...
Nov 4 2016 // Catastrophe losses climbed 78 percent for Allstate in its 2016 third quarter, a trend that led to a double-digit drop in net income and higher losses for Esurance, its online auto and home insurance provider.The...
Oct 19 2016 // At a time when technology startups are also targeting the small commercial insurance market, giant Allstate has debuted a hi-tech business insurance quoting platform that it says makes it possible for small business owners...
Oct 10 2016 // Online insurance seller Esurance, which offered fake Election Insurance in an April Fools’ Day prank that it says created a “furor of demand” from Americans this election year, has created a sweepstakes...
Sep 14 2016 // Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, said the country’s transportation network is highly inefficient, with vehicles sitting idle for most of the day, and that the company is betting...
Aug 25 2016 // Allstate is now offering a home-sharing endorsement in Michigan for homeowner insurance customers who rent out their homes on a temporary basis.With participation in the home-sharing economy expected to quadruple over the...
Aug 22 2016 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested and accused of creating false auto policies, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Eddie Ray Butler, 29, formerly of...
Aug 4 2016 // Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson created a stand-alone unit for a telematics business that he expects to grow rapidly by collecting data on drivers and selling analytics products to third parties.The firm...