Allstate News
Allstate Discloses Newly Acquired SquareTrade Unit Had 5 Years of Losses
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 ...
Allstate Signs on for Multiyear Autonomous Vehicle Research Project at Stanford
Allstate Insurance Co., the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer, is continuing its drive into new technology, agreeing to a multiyear research project with the Intelligent Systems ...
Why Allstate Is Buying SquareTrade; CEO Wilson Reveals Deal Benefits
Why pay more than $1 billion for a business with revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars today? Analysts questioned executives of Allstate yesterday about the $1.4 billion deal announced ...
Targeting Millennials, Allstate Offers $2 On-Demand Road Rescues for Turkey Day
On Nov. 23—the day before Thanksgiving—Allstate announced that it is offering $2 roadside rescues for 1,000 stranded motorists experiencing common roadside emergencies, such as flat tires, dead ...
Allstate’s Catastrophe Losses Climb 78 Percent
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 ...
Allstate Launches New Hispanic Ad Campaign
Allstate Insurance Co. has launched a new Hispanic advertising campaign, "Estar en buenas manos nos da más," leveraging international reggaeton singer-songwriter Daddy Yankee. The campaign is the ...
Allstate Drones Continue Assessing Hurricane Matthew Claims in Ga., S.C.
Allstate will continue using drones in parts of Georgia and South Carolina to assess Hurricane Matthew-related roof and home damage claims. The drones will be used in Savannah, Ga., and several South ...
Allstate Debuts Revamped Commercial Insurance Quoting Platform; Pledges Policy in 5 Minutes
Allstate debuted a revamped commercial insurance quoting platform that it said will help small business owners buy a policy in about 5 minutes. Allstate's move comes with the emergence of InsureTech ...