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January 2008 (Revised July 2008)
Case

The Allstate Corporation

By: John R. Wells

In 2007, Allstate was the number two property and casualty insurer in the USA and had enjoyed five years of rapid profit improvement. The question facing CEO Thomas J. Wilson was how to maintain the momentum. This case tracks the evolution of Allstate's strategy over... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Financial Institutions; Insurance; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Financial Services Industry

August 2019
Case

The Allstate Corporation, 2019

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In July 2019, Allstate, the United States’ number-three property and casualty (P/C) insurer, released its second-quarter earnings, which reported first-half revenues of $22.1 billion, up 11.4% year-over-year. Shareholders cheered the top-line growth, but P/C premiums... View Details

Keywords: Insurance Companies; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Insurance; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Insurance Industry; North America

September 2011
Teaching Note

The Allstate Corporation (TN)

By: John R. Wells

Teaching Note for 708485. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Profit; Insurance; Performance Improvement; Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

March 2016
Case

Managing Marketing Data at Allstate

By: John Deighton

November 1986 (Revised February 1996)
Case

Allstate Chemical Company: The Commercialization of Dynarim

By: David A. Garvin

Raises three issues: the different requirements for competing in specialty and commodity chemicals; the steps a new idea follows in moving from research, applied research, and development to manufacturing and marketing; and the role of a commercial development... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Production; Marketing; Product Development; Goals and Objectives; Research; Managerial Roles; Business Divisions; Chemical Industry

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March 1991
Teaching Note

Allstate Chemical Co.: The Commercialization of Dynarim, Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein

Teaching Note for (9-687-010). View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

September 2018 (Revised August 2019)
Case

The Progressive Corporation, 2018

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In early 2019, The Progressive Corporation (Progressive), the USA’s third-largest auto insurance writer, reported earned premiums were up 20% in 2018 compared to the previous year, and net income was up 64%. Direct sales of personal auto policies rose 21%, while agent... View Details

17 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men

gender gaps in punishments include: A. G. Edwards & Sons, SunTrust Investment Services, Allstate Financial Services, and Morgan Stanley. While having more diversity in upper management could be one way to level the playing field in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

Robert E. Wood

implement his vision. Building the stores in urban areas so as not to further detract from the catalog-driven rural business, Wood’s chain stores were immensely successful. In addition to this success, Wood created the Allstate Insurance... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Peter B. Lewis

Lewis took the helm of his father’s small insurance business in the mid sixties when it was the 48th largest insurer in the nation. Over the course of the next two decades, Lewis built Progressive into one of the leading insurers in the nation – on par with State Farm... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Mar 2009
News

Inciting Wonder

history. As the New York Times reported (December 14, 2008), “Ms. Rogers, an Obama fundraiser and an executive at Allstate Financial, will oversee every White House social event from Easter egg hunts to lavish state dinners (along with... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

11 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

proposals that are actually viewed as legitimate by the majority of the firm’s shareholders. For example, in 2011, activist investor Ken Steiner issued a proposal to allow Allstate Corp. shareholders to act via written consent rather than... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

overall business offering. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508003 The Allstate Corporation Harvard Business School Case 708-485 In 2007, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/615046-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-426 Allstate Corporation, 2007-2013 After five years of global financial crises and natural catastrophes, Allstate, the U.S.'s number two... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

double sales. Should he focus on direct sales or add more channel partners? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-023 Managing Marketing Data at Allstate No abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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