AccessAllstate.com Now Available to Allstate's Financial Institution Partners.Business Editors NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004 Award Winning Resource from Allstate Combines Client, Product and Marketing Information in One Central Web site Location AccessAllstate.com, the award winning financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Web site by Allstate Financial, a business unit of The Allstate Corporation, is now available to Allstate Financial Institution Divisions' partners. The Web site had previously only been available to financial advisors or Allstate agents who were registered to sell Allstate or Lincoln Benefit Life Company products. The Web site has received many accolades from financial services and technology industry experts, including DALBAR and Application Development Trends magazine. In fact, DALBAR recently awarded the Web site its Communication Seal for Life Insurance and Annuity annuity: see insurance. annuity Payment made at a fixed interval. A common example is the payment received by retirees from their pension plan. There are two main classes of annuities: annuities certain and contingent annuities. Financial Professional Web Sites last month. Lauded as a comprehensive and easy-to-navigate tool, expanding this cutting edge Web site emphasizes Allstate's commitment to its financial institution partners. "AccessAllstate.com is a fantastic tool that helps Allstate effectively streamline how producers do business with us," explains Joe Tomalavage, director, Allstate Financial Technology, Allstate Financial. "Now our financial institution partners are able to quickly access client information, obtain real-time policy values, download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. forms, order marketing materials online, review product and fund information, access sales and marketing ideas 24-hours a day from one central location." Meeting the needs of the financial institutions channel Producers who register and log onto www.accessallstate.com see a tailored view, which only allows products that have been approved by their financial institution to be displayed. In addition, the site provides listings to Allstate products and riders approved by each state. "Tailoring the site allows Allstate to meet the unique requirements of our partners," explains Rob Shore, executive vice president, Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. "For example, since these producers sell a variety of products, they require consumer-friendly financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against tools that help them easily illustrate differences among the various types of retirement, college planning and life insurance products." In addition to these illustrations, www.accessallstate.com provides producers with product comparison tools, investment options, a support center and information on training, compliance and Web site support. So far, partners have been receptive receptive /re·cep·tive/ (re-cep´tiv) capable of receiving or of responding to a stimulus. to the site. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Tom Cornelia, vice president and private financial advisor, SunTrust Securities, "Using the Web site has allowed me to more efficiently prepare for client meetings and reviews, as well as satisfy customer service requests. In addition, periodic reviews of the database serve as a tickler file Noun 1. tickler file - a file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done tickler data file, file - a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together for making client contact calls." Besides SunTrust, Allstate's Financial Institution Division has almost 70 partners including US Bank, Citibank, Bank of the West, PNC PNC Purdue University North Central (Westville, Indiana) PnC Point 'n Click PNC Police National Computer PNC People's National Congress (Guyana) PNC People's National Congress , Chase and HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) . Financial producers may take an interactive site tour and learn how to register by visiting www.accessallstate.com. The Allstate Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALL) is the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer. Widely known through the "You're In Good Hands With Allstate(R)" slogan A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar. , Allstate provides insurance products to more than 16 million households and has approximately 12,900 exclusive agencies and financial specialists in the U.S. and Canada. Customers can access Allstate products and services through Allstate agents, or in select states at allstate.com and 1-800 Allstate(R). Encompass(SM) and Deerbrook(R) Insurance brand property and casualty products are sold exclusively through independent agents. Allstate Financial Group includes the businesses that provide life insurance, annuity, retirement, banking and investment products through distribution channels that include Allstate agents, independent agents, worksite, financial institutions and broker-dealers. |
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