The name came from a car tire in the Sears catalog. Today Allstate ranks at No. 4 for private passenger auto insurance, behind State Farm, Geico and Progressive. In 1993, Allstate went public in ...

had pledged to restore Sears to its glory days, when it owned the tallest building in the world and companies that included a radio station and Allstate insurance. Sears dates back to the late ...