Allstate Insurance Company of Canada (Allstate Canada) is a property and casualty insurer that delivers auto and property products to Canadians in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The company also offers specialty insurance, commercial insurance, pet insurance, boat insurance, and critical illness and accident insurance, alongside other solutions. It relies on a network of agencies to distribute products to its customers across the country.
Allstate Canada falls under the umbrella of the Allstate Corporation, which was founded in 1931 and is the largest publicly held personal lines insurer in the United States.
Allstate Canada in the news
Key people as of 2022
London Bradley – President and CEO of Allstate Canada and subsidiary companies
Bradley assumed the role of president and CEO of Allstate Canada and its subsidiaries Pembridge Insurance Company, Pafco Insurance Company, and Ivantage Insurance Brokers Inc. in May 2022. Prior to his appointment, he was senior vice-president and east zone leader for Allstate Sales and Distribution with the Allstate Corporation in the US. He succeeded Ryan Michel, who transferred back to the US to take on the role of president of Allstate Business Insurance.
Bradley joined Allstate Corporation in 1998 as an exclusive agent in the US Midwest region. He transitioned into sales leadership in 2001 and progressed through roles of increasing responsibility before becoming field senior vice-president for the Southeast region, where he led one of the largest regions for Allstate's business in the US.
Culture
Allstate Canada was recently recognized as one of the Best Employers in Canada by Kincentric (formerly Aon) for nine consecutive years.
To receive the Best Employers certification, Allstate Canada was assessed on four factors: employee engagement, organization agility, engaging leadership, and talent focus. Kincentric measures how well each company has met the four criteria by conducting an in-depth survey of employee opinions.
“We’re honoured to once again be regarded as one of the Best Employers in Canada,” said former president and CEO Michel.
He added that one of Allstate Canada’s strengths is its ability to create a workplace where employees “feel energized, engaged and empowered.”
However, not all employees have been satisfied with the company. Ex-agency manager Mehdi Joshi filed a lawsuit in 2018 where she claimed that she was fired after confronting her managers about an unwritten managerial directive to stop offering auto insurance policies in Brampton – an area with some of the highest auto insurance premiums in Ontario. She alleged that the directive is a subtle attempt to deny auto insurance to the city’s large visible-minority population.
Joshi’s lawsuit seeks $600,000 in total damages. She mentioned in her submission that Allstate has attempted to cause a “chilling effect” that would stop her from speaking to the media.
“It is very stressful to have your past employer sue you for so much money for speaking out about concerns you have regarding their practices,” her submission read.