8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 12, 2002

The Allstate Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	1-11840	36-3871531
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)
2775 Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		60062(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (847) 402-5000

Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure

        Furnished with this Form 8-K, as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, are the statements under oath provided on August 13, 2002 by Edward M. Liddy, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Casey J. Sylla, Acting Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of The Allstate Corporation, in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission's June 27, 2002 Order Requiring the Filing of Sworn Statements Pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        Also furnished with this Form 8-K, as Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4, are the certifications by Edward M. Liddy, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Casey J. Sylla, Acting Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of The Allstate Corporation, pursuant to 18 United States Code § 1350, that accompanied the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The Allstate Corporation for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002.

Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Statement under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
99.2	Statement under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
99.3	Certification Pursuant to 18 United States Code § 1350 of the Chief Executive Officer
99.4	Certification Pursuant to 18 United States Code § 1350 of the Chief Financial Officer

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
Title:	/s/  SAMUEL H. PILCH
Name:	Samuel H. Pilch
Title:	Controller

August 13, 2002

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Statement under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
99.2	Statement under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
99.3	Certification Pursuant to 18 United States Code § 1350 of the Chief Executive Officer
99.4	Certification Pursuant to 18 United States Code § 1350 of the Chief Financial Officer

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Edward M. Liddy, state and attest that:

        (1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of The Allstate Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

•

no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and



•

no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

        (2)    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with The Allstate Corporation's Audit Committee.

        (3)    In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

•

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of The Allstate Corporation;



•

all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of The Allstate Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and



•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  EDWARD M. LIDDY Edward M. Liddy August 13, 2002	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002.
	/s/  JENNIFER M. HAGER Notary Public
	My Commission Expires: OFFICIAL SEAL JENNIFER M. HAGER NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF ILLINOIS MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:11/19/04

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EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Casey J. Sylla, state and attest that:

        (1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of The Allstate Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

•

no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and



•

no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

        (2)    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with The Allstate Corporation's Audit Committee.

        (3)    In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

•

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of The Allstate Corporation;



•

all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of The Allstate Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and



•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  CASEY J. SYLLA Casey J. Sylla August 13, 2002	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002.
	/s/  JENNIFER M. HAGER Notary Public
	My Commission Expires: OFFICIAL SEAL JENNIFER M. HAGER NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF ILLINOIS MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:11/19/04

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EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to 18 United States Code § 1350

        The undersigned hereby certifies that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002 of The Allstate Corporation (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/  EDWARD M. LIDDY Name: Edward M. Liddy
Title: Chairman of the Board, President
        and Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 12, 2002

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EX-99.4

Exhibit 99.4

CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to 18 United States Code § 1350

        The undersigned hereby certifies that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002 of The Allstate Corporation (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

	/s/  CASEY J. SYLLA Name: Casey J. Sylla Title: Acting Vice President and          Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 12, 2002

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