{"id":5008,"date":"2026-07-14T16:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/allstate-names-christian-lown-chief-financial-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:40:44","slug":"allstate-names-christian-lown-chief-financial-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/allstate-names-christian-lown-chief-financial-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Allstate names Christian Lown Chief Financial Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 14, 2026<\/strong> \u2013 The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) today announced Christian (Chris) Lown as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Aug. 3. Lown will report to Tom Wilson, Chair, President and CEO of The Allstate Corporation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChris\u2019s leadership and capital markets expertise will enable us to continue increasing Property-Liability market share and expand protection provided to customers,\u201d said Tom Wilson, who leads Allstate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAllstate\u2019s purpose, strategy and execution have led it to be ranked among the world\u2019s best-managed companies,\u201d said Lown. \u201cI am thrilled to be joining this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more than 25 years of senior leadership experience in finance and capital markets, Lown has led organizations through growth, transformation and complex market environments. He joins Allstate from CoStar Group, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and led finance, investor relations, business development and facilities. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Freddie Mac and Navient Corporation, following senior finance roles at Morgan Stanley and UBS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lown earned an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a bachelor\u2019s degree in international relations from the University of Lynchburg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lown succeeds Jess Merten, who was named President of Property-Liability in October 2025 after serving as Allstate\u2019s Chief Financial Officer. John Dugenske, President, Investments and Corporate Strategy, has served as interim Chief Financial Officer and will continue in that role until Lown joins Allstate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"># # #<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Allstate<\/strong><br \/>The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) protects people from life\u2019s uncertainties with affordable,\u00a0simple\u00a0and connected protection for\u202f<strong>autos<\/strong>,\u202f<strong>homes<\/strong>, electronic devices and\u202f<strong>identities<\/strong>. Products are available through a broad distribution network including Allstate agents, independent agents, major retailers, online, and at the workplace. Allstate has\u00a0more than 212\u00a0million policies\u00a0in force and is widely known for the slogan \u201cYou\u2019re in Good Hands with Allstate.\u201d For more information, visit\u202f<strong>www.allstate.com<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-visibility\"\/> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Post Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">79<\/span>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 14, 2026 \u2013 The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) today announced Christian (Chris) Lown as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Aug. 3. Lown will report to Tom Wilson, Chair, President and CEO of The Allstate Corporation. \u201cChris\u2019s leadership and capital markets expertise will enable us to continue increasing Property-Liability market [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1361,4018,3824,1186,4039,2148,4019],"class_list":["post-5008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-allstate","tag-chief","tag-christian","tag-financial","tag-lown","tag-names","tag-officer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}