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Senior Vice President
Protection Distribution
Allstate Insurance Company

Joseph J. Richardson, Jr. is senior vice president, Protection Distribution, for the Allstate Insurance Company and a member of Allstate's senior management team. Richardson is responsible for Allstate's multi-access distribution platform of exclusive agencies, independent agencies and direct.

Richardson joined Allstate in 1977 and has held key leadership roles within Allstate's Distribution, Claims and Underwriting organizations. Most recently, he was vice president, Eastern Market Operating Committee, where he co-led the entire field operation across 14 regions countrywide. He also served as chief executive officer for Allstate Floridian and chairman, Allstate New Jersey and was a board member of the Allstate Bank and ALLPAC.

A Pennsylvania native, Richardson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University. He is an active contributor and volunteer in the communities where he has worked and lived, including being a board member and treasurer for the National Adoption Center in Philadelphia, and is an active member of several insurance industry trade organizations.