2009

Auction of Recovered 1965 VW Bus Results in $29,573 for Lydia Place

- Allstate (NYSE: ALL) announced today that the public auction of a recovered 1965 VW Bus totaled $29,573.50. Last week Allstate announced it would sell the recovered 1965 Volkswagen Bus at auction and donate 100% of the proceeds to Lydia Place, a n...

Allstate to Auction Recovered 1965 Volkswagen Bus, Donate Proceeds to Charity

- Allstate (NYSE: ALL) announced today that it will sell a recovered 1965 Volkswagen bus at auction and donate the proceeds to Lydia Place, a nonprofit organization in Washington state serving homeless women and children impacted by domestic ...

Chicago Children's Museum, Chicago Fire Department and The Allstate Foundation Unveil Revitalized Play It Safe Exhibit

- Each year in the United States an estimated 2,800 children age 14 or younger are injured and 850 are killed in residential fires according to the U.S. Fire Administration. To help address this important issue, Chicago Children's Museum (CCM), the ...

Allstate to Once Again Encourage Volunteerism on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

- Allstate Insurance Company today announced it is once again encouraging volunteerism on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, to be observed in cities across the country on January 18, 2010. As part of the company's recognition of Dr. King's vision and its...

Financial Empowerment Grants Aid Survivors of Domestic Violence

- In the face of today's economic crisis and skyrocketing jobless rates, The Allstate Foundation is stepping up efforts to ease the financial burdens of domestic violence survivors with $635,000 in new economic empowerment grants for statewide coali...

Jordin Sparks Gives "Thumbs Up" To National Pledge Against Texting and Driving Icon-images

- Nineteen-year-old singing sensation Jordin Sparks and her mom, Jodi Sparks, today publicly pledged not to text and drive by leaving their mark - in this case, their thumbprints, on a pledge banner making its way around the country this holi...

Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. to Lead Allstate's Property and Casualty Business

- The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) today announced that Joseph P. Lacher, Jr., 40, has been named president of Allstate Protection. In this role, Lacher will lead all of Allstate's property and casualty offerings serving over 17 million American ...

Chicago Children's Museum, Museum of Science and Industry and Allstate Insurance Company Team Up to Create "Wonder" Among Our City's Youth

- Allstate Insurance Company, the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer, Chicago Children's Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry today announced the second year of Wonder Kids, a collaborative partnership focused on addressi...

Andrea Redmond Elected to Allstate's Board

- The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) announced that Andrea Redmond, 53, has been elected to its board of directors effective January 1, 2010. "Allstate's board has a longstanding record of effective corporate governance, independence and responsi...

Allstate Announces Quarterly Dividend

- The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) today announced a quarterly dividend of 20 cents on each outstanding share of the Corporation's common stock, payable in cash on January 5, 2010 to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 30...