Laura Dunne was appointed to lead the finance and strategy team of Encompass Insurance Co., Northbrook, Ill., the company recently announced. Encompass is the independent insurance agency division of the Allstate Group.
Dunne joined Allstate in 1995 in finance and planning, leading the corporate strategy team. She has held leadership positions in Allstate marketing, where she was responsible for strategy and database marketing, and in Allstate protection finance, where she led the company’s protection strategy development.
Previously Dunne held positions in treasury and corporate finance at Sears, Roebuck and Co., FMC Corp. and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
More than 11,000 independent agencies sell Encompass, Allstate and Deerbrook-brand automobile, homeowner and related insurance products to almost 2 million customers across the country. Part of the Allstate Group, the three brands combined make Encompass one of the nation’s largest carriers to provide protection through independent insurance agencies.
Source: Encompass, Allstate


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