Allstate Appoints Victoria Dinges to Assistant Vice President of Corporate Relations

Allstate Insurance Company today announced the appointment of Victoria Dinges, 52, to assistant vice president of Public Social Responsibility based in Northbrook, Ill.

In her newly created position, Dinges will oversee the corporation's public social responsibility efforts, directing strategy and initiatives for The Allstate Foundation and its domestic violence and teen driving signature programs, employee volunteerism, corporate social responsibility programming, and Chicago cultural and civic affairs.

"As a leading corporate citizen, Allstate is committed to strengthening and improving our communities. Allstate's public social responsibility is an extension of our core values of caring, integrity, initiative and innovation," explains Sari Macrie, vice president of Corporate Relations, Allstate.

With more than 20 years of strategic communications, marketing and nonprofit experience, Dinges joins Allstate from the McCormick Tribune Foundation, where she was vice president of External Affairs. Dinges holds a master's of business administration from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois.

For a high-resolution photograph of Dinges, please call Allstate's media hotline at (847) 402-5600 or visit www.allstate.com/media.

The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) is the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer. Widely known through the "You're In Good Hands With Allstate®" slogan, Allstate helps individuals in approximately 17 million households protect what they have today and better prepare for tomorrow through approximately 14,600 exclusive agencies and financial representatives in the U.S. and Canada. Customers can access Allstate products and services such as auto insurance and homeowners insurance through Allstate agencies, or in select states at allstate.com and 1-800 Allstate®. Encompass® and Deerbrook® Insurance brand property and casualty products are sold exclusively through independent agents. The Allstate Financial Group provides life insurance, supplemental accident and health insurance, annuity, banking and retirement products designed for individual, institutional and worksite customers that are distributed through Allstate agencies, independent agencies, financial institutions and broker-dealers.

Contact:
Jennifer McLaughlin
(847) 402-5600