The state of Allstate
The Internet and insurance were made for each other. Allstate is trying to work out how
“SLOW death” was the prognosis that Allstate's chief executive, Edward Liddy, had for his company, America's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer. So last autumn he embarked on a radical restructuring. But can such an old-style insurer adapt to the new economy?
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