Is Allstate Insurance Ready to Re-enter California with Huge Losses

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Allstate Insurance Reports $491 Million in Losses from Catastrophic Events Allstate Insurance disclosed that $491 million of its recent losses were due to 11 distinct catastrophic events, with roughly 80% coming from four major wind, hail, or tornado occurrences. The remainder of the losses included claims reserve re-estimates for ongoing catastrophes. This revelation highlights the extensive challenges faced by the insurance sector amid an era of increasingly severe and frequent natural calamities. AM Best noted that Aon pointed out potential billions in losses insurers could have endured due to severe…

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Allstate insurance company announces new Chief Legal Officer Christine DeBiase

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The insurer issued a news release welcoming DeBiase to her new position in the corporation. The Allstate Corporation has announced that Christine (Chris) DeBiase will be joining the insurance company just after the start of the new year as its new Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. DeBiase will be taking this position with the Allstate Corporation as of January 3, 2023. DeBiase will be taking the head of Law and Regulation as well as the insurance company’s sustainability strategy. She is an outsider from…

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Allstate announces new jobs through diversity program

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The insurer has created new entry-level asset management positions with the new AMDA program. Allstate has announced the creation of a new talent pipeline in the asset management industry for the direct purpose of boosting diversity while removing barriers. By working with William Blair Investment Management and LGIM America, the Asset Management Diversity Accelerator (AMDA) was created. The AMDA is a development program for diverse and under-represented jobseekers. The AMDA works as a two-year rotational development program, providing recruits with considerable experience within the industry. Simultaneously, it helps those recruits…

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Allstate Insurance announces Vice Chair Don Civgin retirement

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The insurer simultaneously announced that it would be undergoing a change in its senior leadership. Allstate Insurance has announced the retirement of Vice Chair and CEO of Protection Products and Services Don Civgin. This decision to retire followed a “distinguished 13-year career,” with the insurer, according to a recent news release. Cigvin first came to the company in 2008, at which time he was the Chief Financial Officer. From that time, Civgin moved up in Allstate Insurance, becoming the President and CEO of Allstate Financial in 2012. In 2019, he…

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CEO Tom Wilson wants more Allstate independent agents but not “human modems”

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The insurer’s chief exec seeks to purchase more independent agencies to build on newly acquired business. According to Chief Executive Office Tom Wilson, the insurance company is seeking more Allstate independent agents, according to a recent Reuters report. The plan is to build on the business the insurer acquired when it took on National General. That said, the Allstate independent agents the insurance company is seeking are those who will be able to hold in depth discussions with customers. The plan isn’t simply to hire people for data entry to…

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