Allstate - You're in good hands

"The Good Hands^SM Network" becomes a reality with a total of 15 states scheduled for rollout during 2000. Acquisitions and alliances of the previous year begin to add revenue and fuel growth. The new Allstate Life and Savings reorganizes to better compete in the rapidly changing financial services market place.

2000
In May The Good Hands^SM Network goes live for the first time in Oregon. Customers are able to purchase auto insurance on the Internet, over the phone through Customer Information Centers or through an agent.

Allstate Life becomes Allstate Financial. The name reflects an expansion of traditional life insurance products to include savings and investment products.

Working Woman names Allstate top company for Executive Women.

2001
Allstate acquires Sterling Collision Centers Inc., a leader in the auto body repair industry.

Allstate announces that it will be the Official Home and Auto Insurance Sponsor of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City and the 2002 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Teams.

2002
Continuing to execute its strategy to become broader in financial services, Allstate ends the year with nearly 7,000 personal financial representatives (more than half of Allstate exclusive agencies) licensed to sell a broad range of financial services and products. They issue more than $1.6 billion in new premiums and deposits - a total greater than 1999, 2000 and 2001 combined.

2004
Allstate announces an agreement to become the Official Home and Auto Insurance sponsor for USA Basketball and its Athens-bound 2004 U.S. men's and women's basketball teams. Allstate and USA Basketball also announce plans to host a series of 10 youth basketball clinics at select Boys & Girls Clubs.

Allstate is recognized as a Top Company for Diversity, African-Americans and Recruitment and Retention by DiversityInc.

The United States Olympic Committee and Allstate announce the return of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Presented by Allstate, which had been inactive since 1992. The Class of 2004 is announced during a special induction ceremony on July 1.

For the 14th consecutive year, Working Mother Magazine honors Allstate as a top company for working moms in its annual list of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers."

2005
Allstate signs a multiyear NASCAR sponsorship agreement, becoming the official insurance sponsor of NASCAR, with the "Allstate 400 at the Brickyard" as its cornerstone.

For the eighth consecutive year, Allstate is recognized as one of the "50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work" by LATINA Style magazine.

Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast, becoming the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history with estimated industrywide, insured losses of nearly $40 billion. Allstate employees and agencies and The Allstate Foundation together contribute more than $6 million to help thousands of victims rebuild their lives.

InformationWeek names Allstate one of the nation's top 50 innovative users of information technology.

Allstate is ranked as the second most-admired company in the Property & Casualty industry in the 2005 Fortune magazine Most Admired Companies.

With Allstate® Your Choice Auto Insurance, Allstate revolutionizes car insurance in America, breaking the mold of products traditionally offered by many insurers with more choices, innovative features and enhanced rewards for safe drivers.

The Allstate Foundation launches the SAFE HANDS Domestic Violence Program to address economic challenges of domestic violence survivors. The Foundation also launches a multiyear teen driving program to help curb the number-one killer of teens: motor-vehicle crashes.

Allstate initiates ProtectingAmerica.org, a broad coalition that seeks to better prepare and protect Americans from natural disasters.

2006
Institutional Investor ranks Allstate first in a survey rating the effectiveness of corporate investor relations among insurance companies in the property-casualty sector.

The National Association of Female Executives recognizes Allstate as a leading company for executive women to work at in 2006.

Allstate announces a multiyear sponsorship agreement with the FOX Broadcasting Company and the Sugar Bowl Committee to become the title sponsor of the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

On April 17, Allstate celebrates its 75th anniversary.

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