Allstate : Roger Odle to Lead Midwest Region of Allstate Insurance Company

NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 17, 2016 - Allstate Insurance Company announced that field vice president of Allstate's North Central Region, Roger Odle, has been promoted to field senior vice president of Allstate's Midwest Region. In his new role, Odle is responsible for leadership of Allstate's business operations in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Odle joined Allstate in 1993 as an actuarial analyst and progressed through several actuarial roles of increasing responsibility before joining Allstate's Encompass organization in 1998. He then took on leadership of Allstate's pricing efforts in New York and New Jersey, after which he assumed his most recent role, leading Allstate's business strategy in Ohio.

Odle has a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He serves on the Junior Achievement of Chicago board of directors.

Odle succeeds Alice Byrne, who announced her retirement after 32 years at Allstate and served in this leadership capacity for the past eight years.

The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) is the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer, protecting approximately 16 million households from life's uncertainties through auto, home, life and other insurance offered through its Allstate, Esurance, Encompass and Answer Financial brand names. Now celebrating its 85th anniversary as an insurer, Allstate is widely known through the slogan 'You're In Good Hands With Allstate.' The Allstate brand's network of small businesses offers auto, home, life and retirement products and services to customers in the United States and Canada. In 2015, The Allstate Foundation, Allstate, its employees and agency owners gave $36 million to support local communities. Allstate employees and agency owners donated 230,000 hours of service across the country.

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