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Reportable Segments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Reportable Segments
Note 4Reportable Segments
The Company’s chief operating decision maker reviews financial performance and makes decisions about the allocation of resources for the seven reportable segments. These segments are described below and align with the Company’s key product and service offerings.
Allstate Protection principally offers private passenger auto and homeowners insurance in the United States and Canada, with earned premiums accounting for 79.4% of Allstate’s 2020 consolidated revenues. Allstate Protection primarily operates in the U.S. (all 50 states and the District of Columbia (“D.C.”)) and Canada. For 2020, the top U.S. geographic locations for premiums earned by the Allstate Protection segment were Texas, California, New York and Florida. No other jurisdiction accounted for more than 5% of premium earned for Allstate Protection. Revenues from external customers generated outside the United States were $1.57 billion, $1.37 billion and $1.20 billion in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Discontinued Lines and Coverages includes property and casualty insurance coverage that
primarily relates to policies written during the 1960s through the mid-1980s. Our exposure to asbestos, environmental and other discontinued lines claims arises principally from direct excess commercial insurance, assumed reinsurance coverage, direct primary commercial insurance and other businesses in run-off.
Protection Services comprise Allstate Protection Plans, Allstate Dealer Services, Allstate Roadside, Arity and Allstate Identity Protection. Protection Services offer consumer product protection plans, finance and insurance products (including vehicle service contracts, guaranteed asset protection waivers, road hazard tire and wheel and paintless dent repair protection), roadside assistance, device and mobile data collection services and analytic solutions using automotive telematics information and identity protection. Protection Services primarily operate in the U.S. and Canada, with Allstate Protection Plans also offering services in Europe and Japan. Revenues from external customers generated outside the United States relate to consumer product protection plans sold primarily in
the European Union and were $188 million, $95 million and $61 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Allstate Life consists of traditional, interest-sensitive and variable life insurance products. Allstate Life primarily operates in the U.S. (all 50 states and D.C.). For 2020, the top geographic locations for statutory direct life insurance premiums were New York, California, Texas, Florida and Illinois. No other jurisdiction accounted for more than 5% of statutory direct life insurance premiums.
Allstate Benefits offers voluntary benefits products, including life, accident, critical illness, hospital, short-term disability and other health products. Allstate Benefits primarily operates in the U.S. (all 50 states and D.C.) and Canada. For 2020, the top geographic locations for statutory direct accident and health insurance premiums were Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and California. No other jurisdiction accounted for more than 5% of statutory direct accident and health insurance premiums. Revenues from external customers generated outside the United States relate to voluntary accident and health insurance sold in Canada and were not material.
Allstate Annuities consists primarily of deferred fixed annuities and immediate annuities (including standard and sub-standard structured settlements). This segment is in run-off.
Corporate and Other comprises holding company activities and certain non-insurance operations, including expenses associated with strategic initiatives.
Allstate Protection and Discontinued Lines and Coverages segments comprise Property-Liability. The Company does not allocate investment income, realized capital gains and losses, or assets to the Allstate Protection and Discontinued Lines and Coverages segments. Management reviews assets at the Property-Liability, Protection Services, Allstate Life, Allstate Benefits, Allstate Annuities, and Corporate and Other levels for decision-making purposes.
The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 2. The effects of intersegment transactions are eliminated in the consolidated results. For segment
results, services provided by Protection Services to Allstate Protection are not eliminated as management considers those transactions in assessing the results of the respective segments.
Measuring segment profit or loss
The measure of segment profit or loss used in evaluating performance is underwriting income for the Allstate Protection and Discontinued Lines and Coverages segments and adjusted net income for the Protection Services, Allstate Life, Allstate Benefits, Allstate Annuities, and Corporate and Other segments. A reconciliation of these measures to net income applicable to common shareholders is provided below.
Underwriting income is calculated as premiums earned and other revenue, less claims and claims expenses (“losses”), Shelter-in-Place Payback expense, amortization of DAC, operating costs and expenses, amortization or impairment of purchased intangibles and restructuring and related charges as determined using GAAP.
Adjusted net income is net income applicable to common shareholders, excluding:
Realized capital gains and losses, after-tax, except for periodic settlements and accruals on non-hedge derivative instruments, which are reported with realized capital gains and losses but included in adjusted net income
Pension and other postretirement remeasurement gains and losses, after-tax
Valuation changes on embedded derivatives that are not hedged, after-tax
Amortization of DAC and DSI, to the extent they resulted from the recognition of certain realized capital gains and losses or valuation changes on embedded derivatives that are not hedged, after-tax
Business combination expenses and the amortization or impairment of purchased intangibles, after-tax
Gain (loss) on disposition of operations, after-tax
Adjustments for other significant non-recurring, infrequent or unusual items, when (a) the nature of the charge or gain is such that it is reasonably unlikely to recur within two years, or (b) there has been no similar charge or gain within the prior two years
Reportable segments revenue information
For the years ended December 31,
($ in millions)202020192018
Property-Liability
Insurance premiums
Auto$24,640 $24,188 $22,970 
Homeowners8,254 7,912 7,517 
Other personal lines1,919 1,861 1,808 
Commercial lines767 882 655 
Allstate Protection35,580 34,843 32,950 
Discontinued Lines and Coverages— — — 
Total Property-Liability insurance premiums35,580 34,843 32,950 
Other revenue736 741 738 
Net investment income1,421 1,533 1,464 
Realized capital gains (losses)990 1,470 (639)
Total Property-Liability38,727 38,587 34,513 
Protection Services
Consumer product protection plans909 633 503 
Roadside assistance188 238 263 
Finance and insurance products396 362 332 
Intersegment premiums and service fees (1)
147 154 122 
Other revenue (2)
208 188 82 
Net investment income44 42 27 
Realized capital gains (losses)30 32 (11)
Total Protection Services
1,922 1,649 1,318 
Allstate Life
Traditional life insurance premiums633 630 600 
Accident and health insurance premiums
Interest-sensitive life insurance contract charges705 711 713 
Other revenue121 125 119 
Net investment income502 514 505 
Realized capital gains (losses)(10)(14)
Total Allstate Life1,953 1,983 1,925 
Allstate Benefits
Traditional life insurance premiums46 43 44 
Accident and health insurance premiums926 988 980 
Interest-sensitive life insurance contract charges122 114 111 
Net investment income78 83 77 
Realized capital gains (losses)12 (9)
Total Allstate Benefits1,180 1,240 1,203 
Allstate Annuities
Fixed annuities contract charges10 13 15 
Net investment income761 917 1,096 
Realized capital gains (losses)279 346 (166)
Total Allstate Annuities1,050 1,276 945 
Corporate and Other
Net investment income47 70 71 
Realized capital gains (losses)59 24 (38)
Total Corporate and Other106 94 33 
Intersegment eliminations (1)
(147)(154)(122)
Consolidated revenues$44,791 $44,675 $39,815 
(1)Intersegment insurance premiums and service fees are primarily related to Arity and Allstate Roadside and are eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.
(2)Other revenue is primarily related to Allstate Identity Protection, Allstate Dealer Services, and Allstate Protection Plans.
Reportable segments financial performance
For the years ended December 31,
($ in millions)202020192018
Property-Liability
Allstate Protection$4,566 $2,912 $2,343 
Discontinued Lines and Coverages(144)(108)(90)
Total underwriting income4,422 2,804 2,253 
Net investment income1,421 1,533 1,464 
Income tax expense on operations(1,166)(887)(747)
Realized capital gains (losses), after-tax774 1,161 (500)
Tax Legislation expense— — (5)
Property-Liability net income applicable to common shareholders5,451 4,611 2,465 
Protection Services
Adjusted net income153 38 
Realized capital gains (losses), after-tax23 25 (9)
Amortization of purchased intangibles, after-tax(84)(97)(74)
Impairment of purchased intangibles, after-tax— (43)— 
Tax Legislation expense— — (4)
Protection Services net income (loss) applicable to common shareholders92 (77)(79)
Allstate Life
Adjusted net income194 261 295 
Realized capital gains (losses), after-tax(9)— (11)
Valuation changes on embedded derivatives that are not hedged, after-tax(34)(9)— 
DAC and DSI amortization related to realized capital gains and losses and valuation changes on embedded derivatives that are not hedged, after-tax(5)(8)
Tax Legislation expense— — (16)
Allstate Life net income applicable to common shareholders159 247 260 
Allstate Benefits
Adjusted net income96 115 124 
Realized capital gains (losses), after-tax(7)
DAC and DSI amortization related to realized capital gains and losses, after-tax— — 
Tax Legislation benefit— — — 
Allstate Benefits net income applicable to common shareholders103 124 118 
Allstate Annuities
Adjusted net (loss) income(53)10 131 
Realized capital gains (losses), after-tax221 274 (131)
Valuation changes on embedded derivatives that are not hedged, after-tax(2)(6)
Premium deficiency for immediate annuities, after-tax (1)
(178)— — 
Gain on disposition of operations, after-tax
Tax Legislation benefit— — 69 
Allstate Annuities net (loss) income applicable to common shareholders(9)282 76 
Corporate and Other
Adjusted net loss(428)(438)(406)
Realized capital gains (losses), after-tax47 19 (30)
Pension and other postretirement remeasurement gains (losses), after-tax39 (90)(370)
Curtailment gain, after-tax— — 
Business combination expenses, after-tax— — (7)
Tax Legislation expense— — (15)
Corporate and Other net loss applicable to common shareholders(335)(509)(828)
Consolidated net income applicable to common shareholders$5,461 $4,678 $2,012 
(1) Contract benefits increased by $225 million, pre-tax, for premium deficiency on immediate annuities with life contingencies due to updated investment and actuarial assumptions in the third quarter of 2020.
Additional significant financial performance data
For the years ended December 31,
($ in millions)202020192018
Amortization of DAC
Property-Liability$4,642 $4,649 $4,475 
Protection Services
658 543 463 
Allstate Life149 173 132 
Allstate Benefits177 161 145 
Allstate Annuities
Consolidated$5,630 $5,533 $5,222 
Income tax expense (benefit)
Property-Liability $1,382 $1,196 $613 
Protection Services
26 (18)(19)
Allstate Life17 53 75 
Allstate Benefits28 35 32 
Allstate Annuities(7)73 (66)
Corporate and Other(63)(97)(167)
Consolidated$1,383 $1,242 $468 
Interest expense is primarily incurred in the Corporate and Other segment. Capital expenditures for long-lived assets are generally made in Property-Liability as the Company does not allocate assets to the Allstate Protection and Discontinued Lines and Coverages segments. A portion of these long-lived assets are used by entities included in the Protection Services, Allstate Life, Allstate Benefits, Allstate Annuities and Corporate and Other segments and, accordingly, are charged to expenses in proportion to their use.
Reportable segment total assets, investments and deferred policy acquisition costs (1)
As of December 31,
($ in millions)20202019
Assets
Property-Liability$69,171 $67,243 
Protection Services
6,177 5,746 
Allstate Life15,051 14,771 
Allstate Benefits2,905 2,915 
Allstate Annuities 27,080 26,914 
Corporate and Other5,603 2,361 
Consolidated$125,987 $119,950 
Investments
Property-Liability$50,134 $48,414 
Protection Services
1,822 1,544 
Allstate Life12,406 11,914 
Allstate Benefits2,012 1,941 
Allstate Annuities 22,291 22,221 
Corporate and Other5,572 2,328 
Consolidated$94,237 $88,362 
Deferred policy acquisition costs
Property-Liability$1,608 $1,624 
Protection Services
1,696 1,448 
Allstate Life909 1,079 
Allstate Benefits470 527 
Allstate Annuities17 21 
Consolidated$4,700 $4,699 
(1)The balances reflect the elimination of related party investments between segments.