In animals which chew their food, the stomach is considered the second phase of digestion, following the. In humans and many other vertebrates, the stomach is located between the oesophagus and the small intestine. It secretes digestive enzymes and gastric acid to aid in food digestion.
Email this article. Reporting directly to the audit committee chair of Allstate Insurance Companyâs board has its pros and cons, says Kathy Swain, head of the insurance giantâs 52-person internal-audit team. âThe pro is that I can maintain this distance from the company,â she says.
Sears President Robert Wood decided to sell auto insurance to customers by mail. The name Allstate was borrowed from an automobile tire in a Sears catalog. With the backing of Sears, the business took off. Allstate became a publicly traded company in 1993 and totally independent from Sears in 1995. Allstate has approximately 12,000 exclusive agencies and financial representatives in the United States and Canada. It also owns the Esurance brand that sells insurance online along with Encompass and Answer Financial.