Allstate Creates Agent Sites

Allstate Insurance Co. has expanded the Web presence of its 11,000 exclusive agents by creating individual agency Web sites that provide consumers local auto, home and financial services product information, insurance quoting capabilities and 24-hour customer service features. The sites provide consumers with expanded quoting and service capability along with a full suite of state-specific Allstate product and service information presented on behalf of the agent. "Allstate is excited to be one of the first in the industry to offer customers a tool that enables them to directly interface with their local Allstate agent," says Richard Heneberry, assistant vice president of Internet marketing at the Northbrook, Ill.-based company.