To support employees’ development goals, Allstate partners with several providers to offer academic advancement opportunities to all employees, including:

• Online graduate and undergraduate programs offered through the University of Phoenix.
• The Allstate Management Curriculum, consisting of 19 workshops designed to provide leadership training focused on driving Allstate’s business strategy.
• A mini-MBA eight-week executive program facilitated by the University of Illinois at Chicago and Allstate officers that focuses on strategic planning and fact-based decision-making skills.

Allstate offers tuition reimbursement for both graduate and undergraduate courses from accredited colleges and universities. We also help employees and their family members secure educational loans and scholarships for private (K-12), undergraduate, graduate and professional education.

To adapt to the ever-changing needs of our customers, our employees need to continually improve their skills and knowledge. Allstate provides continuous learning opportunities that include online learning resources, business conferences and professional associations. Our Learning Resource Network provides more than 4,000 learning activities that help employees develop business, interpersonal, technical and leadership skills online, 24/7, from virtually every company workstation. We also provide financial support and flexible hours for employees who participate in industry certification and professional designation courses.

In 2006, Allstate launched the Talent Acceleration Program (TAP) to prepare future Allstate leaders for key leadership roles. This company-wide program offers employees customized opportunities to enhance their knowledge, broaden their exposure to Allstate’s business and hone their leadership skills. Over the course of a two-year commitment, employees in the program take on multiple temporary assignments throughout the company. As they do so, they acquire the tools, experiences and a network of relationships that will prepare them to lead the company tomorrow. In 2007, 48 new participants were selected for the program; in spring 2008 the first cohort of TAP participants, now 32 employees, will graduate from the program.