SWOT Analysis.

Provides a business analysis of Allstate Corp., a Northbrook, Illinois-based company which is engaged in personal property and casualty insurance, life insurance, and retirement and investment products business, focusing on its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for improvement and threats to the company. Strengths, including benefits derived from its diversified product portfolio, strong market position in the property and casualty business and strong credit ratings; Weaknesses, including declining profitability, weak revenue growth and weak cash position; Opportunities for improvement, including increasing home ownership, increasing demand for investment products and rising interest rates in the U.S.; Threats to the company, including intense competition and catastrophic losses and mounting expenses.