Allstate News

Northbrook-based Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, will retire about $3 billion in debt as Chief Executive Officer Thomas Wilson takes advantage of near record-low interest rates.

This afternoon, JP Morgan declared its quarterly dividend of 38 cents per share, an increase of about 27% over its prior dividend.

Allstate Insurance Company is on the ground in Oklahoma assisting customers and residents following the recent rash of tornadoes across the state.

Property and casualty insurance companies are some of the most profitable and necessary companies around.

Travelers Cos. fell the most in the Dow Jones Industrial Average as property insurers face losses from a mile-wide tornado that flattened a suburb south of Oklahoma City yesterday.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed its ratings on Ally Financial Inc. on watch for a possible upgrade, after the government-controlled auto lender entered into a plan-support agreement with its troubled mortgage subsidiary Residential Capital and the unit's influential creditors.

Two severe weather events accounted for more than 75 percent of the estimated loss for the month, but the company declined to name the events.

Around 650 jobs are to be created by IT company Allstate across its three locations in the north - Belfast, Derry and Strabane.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock.

When Claire's Stores announced its intention to go public , it came as a bit of a surprise in some quarters because of its heavy debt load.

Northbrook-based Allstate and three other North Shore-based companies have made the Fortune 500 list for 2013.

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Thanks to the pervasiveness of the "Mayhem" campaign, American consumers are well aware that Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate is a major provider of auto insurance.

's stock had its "hold" rating restated by equities researchers at Drexel Hamilton in a report issued on Tuesday, StockRatingsNetwork reports.

The campaign, featuring celebrity home experts, delivers the message that Allstate and its agents offer more to help customers every day, including a new online experience at Allstate.com/goodlife. , senior vice president, Allstate Integrated Marketing Communications.

Dan Akerson is pushing General Motors Co. to build cars that the U.S. automaker's top executive hopes will attract a target demographic: his grandkids.

A number of other firms have also recently commented on ALL. Analysts at Zacks reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Allstate in a research note to investors on Thursday.

Dan Akerson is pushing General Motors Co to build cars that the U.S. automaker's top executive hopes will attract a target demographic: his grandkids.

PRNewswire NORTHBROOK - Allstate technology executive Pete Corrigan has been awarded a 2013 CIO Ones to Watch Award from IDG's CIO magazine and the CIO Executive Council.

's stock had its "outperform" rating reiterated by Zacks in a note issued to investors on Thursday, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports.