Allstate Recognized by CIO as a CIO 100 Award Winner

Allstate's 2016 CIO 100 Award is due to the company's successful development and launch of Good Hands Rescue^SM in July 2015. This service is aimed at disrupting the conventional market for roadside assistance, which typically involves paying a monthly or annual fee whether a customer uses the service or not. Instead, Good Hands Rescue is a pay-per-use, on-demand service created for both Allstate customers and the public. Via a mobile application and/or website, drivers can digitally request roadside assistance, such as towing, a tire change or lock-out assistance, and track the arrival of the service provider.

"Good Hands Rescue launched Allstate into a new consumer business and aligns with our strategy to combine strong customer relationships, a robust service provider network and advanced, digitally-enabled capabilities," said Suren Gupta, executive vice president of Allstate Technology and Strategic Ventures. "The CIO 100 Award also recognizes our team's outstanding capabilities. From a development and delivery perspective, Good Hands Rescue moved from a simple concept on paper to a full multi-service offering via a responsive mobile web application in just 12 months."

Recipients of this year's CIO 100 Award were selected through a three-step process. First, companies filled out an online application detailing their innovative IT and business initiatives. Next, a team of external judges (many of them former CIOs) reviewed the applications in depth, looking for leading-edge IT practices and measurable results. Finally, CIO editors reviewed the judges' evaluations and selected the final 100.

About Allstate
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.

About CIO
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