The Allstate Corporation is an American insurance company, headquartered in Northfield Township, Illinois, near Northbrook since 1967.[4][5] Founded in 1931 as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., it was spun off in 1993 but still partially owned by Sears, until it became completely an independent company in June 1995.[3] The company also has personal lines insurance operations in Canada.
Allstate is a large corporation, and with 2018 revenues of $39.8 billion it ranked 79th in the 2019 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[6] Its long-running advertising campaign, in use since 1950, asks, “Are you in good hands?”,[7][8] and the recognizable logo portrays a suburban-style dwelling cradled protectively in a pair of giant human hands.