Earlier today Allstate announced their estimated catastrophe losses for the month of March. The company estimated the totals to be approximately $190 million, pre-tax, putting the company's first quarter catastrophe losses at $260 million.

A reddit user posted a photo of him standing with actor Dennis Haysbert with the submission title "Dennis Haysbert aka 'The Allstate Guy' had lunch with me and friends today on our base in Italy. Great guy. Thanks for the support." Needless to say, some users poked fun at the poster identifying Haysbert as "The Allstate Guy" instead of recognizing him from his various acting jobs. 

With 12 tornadoes touching down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area over a five hour period, hundreds of homes have been left in shambles and property damage could range into the hundreds of millions. As a result, insurance companies are scrambling to offer assistance to victims of yesterday’s storms.

After weeks of intense gameplay, upsets, questionable reffing, and burst bubbles, the 2012 NCAA men's basketball championship game has finally arrived. Tonight the Kentucky Wildcats will face off against the underdogs Kansas Jayhawks to determine which team is the best of the D-I bunch. Throughout the tournament fans have seen numerous ads from various insurance companies, but the Allstate Mayhem ads have stuck out among the competition, offering up short, amusing, basketball-themed spots to remind us that Allstate protects its customers from all sorts of "mayhem."

Allstate's chief marketing officer Mark LaNeve, the man responsible for the company's extremely successful "Mayhem" ad campaign, announced last month that he is resigning for personal reasons. LaNeve cited the need to take care of his twin autistic sons as the reason for his departure. 

A new partnership between insurance giant Allstate and the NCAA is about to kick in as March Madness springs into gear later this week. Allstate is already the title sponsor of the Sugar Bowl, but has now extended its reach into collegiate sports to encompass the NCAA tournament and the NCAA's 89 men's and women's championship events.

People are livid over conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh's comments about a female college student who recently testified in front of the House regarding accessibility to affordable contraception. Limbaugh referred to the young woman as a "slut" and a "prostitute" because he interpreted her testimony as someone who is seemingly having so much sex that she needs the government to foot the bill for all of her birth control. Now outraged Americans are pressuring companies who advertise on Limbaugh's show to stop supporting him, and Allstate is the latest business to get caught in the crossfire.

Finding a good and trustworthy repair shop can be difficult, especially when you don't know what to look for. Fortunately, there are a few simple guidelines you can follow that make selecting a repair shop less of a headache.

Here are a few tips from Allstate that could prove helpful for drivers in need of advice: