April 16, 2019
Starr Companies and Allstate have contributed to an $18 million financing round for Amenity Analytics, a startup developing cloud-based analytics designed to help businesses analyze text on a massive scale. The New York-based startup said that both Starr and Starr …
February 13, 2019
The Allstate Corp. said it has acquired iCracked, a provider of on-site, on-demand repair services for smartphones and tablets in North America. The privately held San Francisco-based company will join SquareTrade, a company Allstate purchased in 2019 for $1.4 billion …
February 8, 2019
The Allstate Corp. lost $312 million in its 2018 fourth quarter, which was attributable to higher catastrophe losses, lower investment income and a pension settlement charge. Catastrophe losses hit $963 million, versus just under $600 million in Q4 2017. However, …
January 16, 2019
Steady improvement for U.S. personal auto insurance companies has culminated in the sector’s best underwriting performance in 10 years, according to Fitch Ratings in a report. The market improvement was driven by the three biggest auto insurers. The U.S. personal …
December 17, 2018
Allstate Corp. tumbled for nine straight days, the longest string of losses since 2001, as coverage costs from the deadliest fires in California’s history are tallied. The company seemed to have “out-sized exposure” to the location of the blazes, Wells …
December 3, 2018
State Farm, Allstate and USAA have the lion’s share of exposure from the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Alaska on Nov. 30, according to a Morgan Stanley Research brief put out on Monday. The epicenter was roughly 7 miles north …
November 9, 2018
Allstate Corp., the automobile and home-insurance giant, is exploring a sale of its fixed-annuities business, which stopped selling new policies about five years ago, people familiar with the matter said. The insurer is working with financial advisers to seek buyers …
October 24, 2018
Four-in-10 parents of teen drivers don’t talk to their kids about safe driving on a regular basis. That factoid, says survey sponsor Allstate, could be an incentive for teens to “flip the script” and spearhead the conversation with their parents …
August 30, 2018
Illinois-based insurer, Allstate, has named Brownsville, Texas, the city with America’s safest drivers. The ranking is based on Allstate claims data. The 14th annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report spotlights safe driving leading up to the busy Labor Day travel …
August 27, 2018
The Allstate Corp. has agreed to acquire InfoArmor, a provider of employee identity protection, for $525 million in cash. The insurer said it sees “significant opportunity to cross sell” the new product through its own Allstate Benefits customer relationships and …