Allstate: A Case Study

Sears, Roebuck and Co began in the 19th century and sold farm supplies and consumer items as a small mail order company. The first Sears retail store opened up in Chicago on the 2nd February 1925 in the building named the Merchandise. This store had included a soda fountain and an optical shop. The first detached and separate retail store opened up on the 5th October 1925 in a city called Evansville in Indiana. During the summer season in 1928 3 more Chicago department stores opened newly, one on the 63rd and Western a second on the south side at Kenwood and 77th, and the third at north side at Lawrence and Winchester Street. In 1929

State Farm was founded in 1922 by a retired farmer George J Mecherle. At first this insurance company specialized only in auto insurance for farmers. Many years after this company started to expend their services and start offering life insurance and home owner’s insurance, in addition to banking and financial services. This company started to

Bell California is a small blue collar community which is one of the poorest cities in Los Angeles County, where the politicians had an easy time of taking advantage of the community. There are just two main streets with one having small shops and another a few blocks away with a few commercial stores. Many of the residents that live in Bell work for the city or receive public aid so not many people would speak out against any corruption that might be occurring within the city. Much of the residents are Hispanic or Latino and many do not have a high school education. Because of this fact it made it easy for the local politicians to raise taxes for public services, give city contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to associates and give

State Center’s city treasurer revealed that they city is projected to run a $1 million deficit and proposed an increase in sales taxes to prevent defaulting at yesterday’s city council meeting.

Members became our best avenue for growth. In 2005, we opened our eleventh branch office in Cornelius, NC.

To expand beyond their financial offering they also decided to move into insurance. Insurance compliment the financial services and added to the impressive array of service that Wells Fargo could offer. The Insurance division of Wells Fargo started in 1903. Wells Fargo has become a leader in the insurance world. They have “grown to become the largest bank-affiliated insurance brokerage firm in the U.S.” (WFIS About Us, 2016)

Allstate Data Elements list has been recently updated and I have noticed new Restricted field (Employee Identification Number) that was not part of the analysis phase during Phase 1.

The Allstate Insurance Company is the largest publicly held personal lines property and casualty insurance in America, serving more than 16 million households nationwide. Founded in 1931, Allstate has been dedicated to protecting our customers from life's uncertainties and preparing them for the future for more than 85 years. Allstate became a publicly traded company in 1993, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol ALL. As of year-end 2015, Allstate had nearly $104.7 billion in total assets. The popular company slogan, "You're in Good Hands with Allstate," first appeared in 1950 (Allstate Foundation).

Geico Insurance was founded in 1936 by Leo Goodwin, Sr. and his wife, Lillian. Mr. Goodwin’s idea was to provide auto insurance directly to federal employees. Geico Insurance’s originally business model was to provide insurance directly to military personal as they were less risky and more financially stable as

Sears Holdings is a relatively new company, having only been created in November of 2004 (Barbash & Barbaro, 2004). At that time, Kmart Holdings purchased Sears, Roebuck, and Co. The corporation decided it would operate stores under both names, and the merger was officially completed in March of 2005. The shareholders voted to close the deal, or it would not have been able to take place. Now the company is called Sears Holdings, and it operates both Sears and Kmart stores (Barbash & Barbaro, 2004). The company also markets both brands without blending them or favoring one over the other. There were several reasons why the companies chose to combine.

One of the fastest growing major auto-insurers in the United States, it is the second largest private passenger auto-insurer in the U.S, after State Farm Insurance. The company was founded by Leo Goodwin and his wife Lillian Goodwin in year 1936. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. It has provided coverage to more than 21 million motor vehicles owned by more than 14 million policy holders.

Sears Holding Corporation is the fourth largest retailer in the United States and Canada. Its subsidiaries include Sears, Roebuck and Co. as well as K-Mart. The closing of the merger between Sears and K-Mart took place on March 24, 2005. Sears has more than 4,000 retail stores across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Sears offers products and services through over 2,700 branded and affiliated stores. Sears operates 894 broad-line stores and 1,354 specialty stores. Sears’ broad-line stores are mall-based locations. The specialty stores include Sears Hometown Stores that are mostly independently owned, Sears Home Appliance Showrooms, Sears Hardware Stores, Sears Auto Centers,

They started selling quality furniture, bedrooms and other things made of wood but in 1930 because of the Great depression they started to look for other market and products so the company could survive this economic situation that affect all the US. Because of this they started

In 1897 Sebastian Spering Kresge opened five-dime stores in Memphis and Detroit with John McCrorey as his partner. Two years later the partnership broke up and each person kept one city. Mr. Kresge kept the Detroit store and began expanding from there onward. In 1912 the company became incorporated as S.S. Kresge and was the 2nd largest dime store chain with 85 stores and annual sales of more than $10 million. In 1918 S.S Kresge was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Throughout the decades, Kresge rapidly expanded eventually opening the first Kmart store in 1962 in Garden City, Michigan. By 1966 there were more 160 Kmart stores in the US and Canada. In 1968 Kmart began airing TV commercials. In the 1970s, Kmart continued to expand

There is a State University video and it seems cool. It offers a lot of majors and the school is nearby the house. One time he visited the school and has a tour with his parents. There is one tour guide that assist them to the whole University and it seems that he doesn’t know what he’s doing and they wasn’t able to complete the tour. And when they go to the gigantic lecture hall the lights are off and the tour guide can’t find the switch to turn the