UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 11-K

 

(Mark One):

 

x                              ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

 

 

OR

 

o                                 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                  to

 

Commission file number 1-11840

 

A.  Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

 

 

B.  Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION

2775 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE F-5

NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS 60062-6127

 



 

Allstate 401(k)
Savings Plan

 

(EIN: 36-3871531 Plan: 001)

 

Financial Statements as of and for the
Years Ended December 31, 2014 and 2013,
Supplemental Schedule as of
December 31, 2014, and
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm

 



 

ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

1

 

 

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

 

 

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

2-3

 

 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Years Ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

4-5

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements as of and for the Years Ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

6–16

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE:

 

17

 

 

 

Form 5500—Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014

 

18–20

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

21

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

NOTE: All other supplemental schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.

 


 


 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the Trustee and Participants of
Allstate 401(k) Savings Plan
Northbrook, Illinois

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Allstate 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of  assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2014 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements, but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplementary information by fund in the statements of net assets available for benefits and the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits is presented for the purpose of individual analysis rather than to present the net assets available for benefits and changes in net assets available for benefits to the individual funds.  The supplemental schedule and supplementary information by fund are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Such supplemental schedule and supplementary information by fund have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2014 financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

Chicago, Illinois

June 9, 2015

 

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ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

Supplementary Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participant-

 

Allstate

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directed

 

Stock

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funds

 

Fund

 

Unallocated

 

 

Total

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments—At fair value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Allstate Corporation common stock

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

683,160

 

 

 

$

263,663

 

 

 

$

946,823

 

Invesco Advisors Inc. Stable Value Fund

 

 

659,778

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

659,778

 

Funds managed by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA U.S. Bond Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

408,142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

408,142

 

SSgA S&P 500 Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

1,100,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,100,150

 

SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

342,538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

342,538

 

SSgA Russell Small Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

387,703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

387,703

 

SSgA S&P Mid Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

226,679

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

226,679

 

NTI Emerging Markets Fund

 

 

23,344

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,344

 

Northern Trust Focus Funds

 

 

483,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

483,767

 

Collective short-term investment fund

 

 

 

 

 

3,339

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

3,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

 

3,632,101

 

 

686,499

 

 

 

263,664

 

 

 

4,582,264

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and interest

 

 

1

 

 

2,672

 

 

 

1,051

 

 

 

3,724

 

Employer contributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,521

 

 

 

7,521

 

Participant contributions

 

 

31

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

Participant notes receivable

 

 

91,999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,999

 

Interfund

 

 

 

 

 

76,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total receivables

 

 

92,031

 

 

79,159

 

 

 

8,572

 

 

 

179,762

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

3,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 

3,727,468

 

 

765,658

 

 

 

272,236

 

 

 

4,765,362

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP loan (Notes 1 and 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,308

 

 

 

15,308

 

Payables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interfund

 

 

1,247

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,238

 

 

 

76,485

 

Other

 

 

631

 

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

1,878

 

 

37

 

 

 

90,546

 

 

 

92,461

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS REFLECTING ALL INVESTMENTS AT FAIR VALUE

 

 

3,725,590

 

 

765,621

 

 

 

181,690

 

 

 

4,672,901

 

Adjustments from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

 

(22,407

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,407

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

 

$

3,703,183

 

 

$

765,621

 

 

 

$

181,690

 

 

 

$

4,650,494

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

Supplementary Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participant-

 

Allstate

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directed

 

Stock

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funds

 

Fund

 

Unallocated

 

 

Total

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments—At fair value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Allstate Corporation common stock

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

575,248

 

 

 

$

251,168

 

 

 

$

826,416

 

Invesco Advisors Inc. Stable Value Fund

 

 

710,164

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

710,164

 

Funds managed by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA U.S. Bond Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

370,035

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

370,035

 

SSgA S&P 500 Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

998,879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

998,879

 

SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

328,403

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

328,403

 

SSgA Russell Small Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

427,312

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

427,312

 

SSgA S&P Mid Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A

 

 

200,530

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200,530

 

NTI Emerging Markets Fund

 

 

17,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,666

 

Northern Trust Focus Funds

 

 

427,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

427,878

 

Collective short-term investment fund

 

 

 

 

 

1,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

 

3,480,867

 

 

576,620

 

 

 

251,168

 

 

 

4,308,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and interest

 

 

 

 

 

2,610

 

 

 

1,152

 

 

 

3,762

 

Employer contributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,880

 

 

 

7,880

 

Participant notes receivable

 

 

92,351

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92,351

 

Interfund

 

 

 

 

 

52,756

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52,756

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

2,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total receivables

 

 

92,351

 

 

57,542

 

 

 

9,032

 

 

 

158,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

5,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 

3,579,038

 

 

634,162

 

 

 

260,200

 

 

 

4,473,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP loan (Notes 1 and 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,787

 

 

 

20,787

 

Payables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interfund

 

 

1,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,718

 

 

 

52,756

 

Other

 

 

617

 

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

654

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

1,655

 

 

37

 

 

 

72,505

 

 

 

74,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS REFLECTING ALL INVESTMENTS AT FAIR VALUE

 

 

3,577,383

 

 

634,125

 

 

 

187,695

 

 

 

4,399,203

 

Adjustments from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

 

(19,002

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(19,002

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

 

$

3,558,381

 

 

$

634,125

 

 

 

$

187,695

 

 

 

$

4,380,201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

Supplementary Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participant-

 

Allstate

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directed

 

Stock

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funds

 

Fund

 

Unallocated

 

 

Total

ADDITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

 

$

193,658

 

 

$

159,390

 

 

 

$

58,963

 

 

 

$

412,011

 

Interest

 

 

13,604

 

 

5

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

13,613

 

Dividends

 

 

(8

)

 

11,691

 

 

 

4,204

 

 

 

15,887

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

207,254

 

 

171,086

 

 

 

63,171

 

 

 

441,511

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income on participant notes receivable

 

 

3,650

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,650

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participants

 

 

178,319

 

 

12,033

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

190,352

 

Employer–ESOP loan debt service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,271

 

 

 

2,271

 

Employer–cash matched on participant contributions

 

 

905

 

 

(905

)

 

 

5,250

 

 

 

5,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total contributions

 

 

179,224

 

 

11,128

 

 

 

7,521

 

 

 

197,873

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allocation of company shares–shares matched on participant deposits at fair value

 

 

 

 

 

69,988

 

 

 

(69,988

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total additions

 

 

390,128

 

 

252,202

 

 

 

704

 

 

 

643,034

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEDUCTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits paid to participants

 

 

317,433

 

 

49,021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

366,454

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,455

 

 

 

1,455

 

Administrative expense

 

 

4,446

 

 

382

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

4,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deductions

 

 

321,879

 

 

49,403

 

 

 

1,459

 

 

 

372,741

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE)

 

 

68,249

 

 

202,799

 

 

 

(755

)

 

 

270,293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERFUND TRANSFERS

 

 

76,553

 

 

(71,303

)

 

 

(5,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

 

3,558,381

 

 

634,125

 

 

 

187,695

 

 

 

4,380,201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

 

 

$

3,703,183

 

 

$

765,621

 

 

 

$

181,690

 

 

 

$

4,650,494

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

Supplementary Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participant-

 

Allstate

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directed

 

Stock

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funds

 

Fund

 

Unallocated

 

 

Total

ADDITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

 

$

498,562

 

 

$

168,704

 

 

 

$

66,177

 

 

 

$

733,443

 

Interest

 

 

15,641

 

 

6

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

15,649

 

Dividends

 

 

79

 

 

11,415

 

 

 

4,606

 

 

 

16,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

514,282

 

 

180,125

 

 

 

70,785

 

 

 

765,192

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income on participant notes receivable

 

 

3,607

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,607

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participants

 

 

194,431

 

 

12,019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

206,450

 

Employer–ESOP loan debt service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,630

 

 

 

2,630

 

Employer–cash matched on participant contributions

 

 

(224

)

 

224

 

 

 

5,250

 

 

 

5,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total contributions

 

 

194,207

 

 

12,243

 

 

 

7,880

 

 

 

214,330

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allocation of company shares–shares matched on participant deposits at fair value

 

 

 

 

 

46,468

 

 

 

(46,468

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total additions

 

 

712,096

 

 

238,836

 

 

 

32,197

 

 

 

983,129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEDUCTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits paid to participants

 

 

358,109

 

 

57,651

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

415,760

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,775

 

 

 

1,775

 

Administrative expense

 

 

4,174

 

 

362

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

4,538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deductions

 

 

362,283

 

 

58,013

 

 

 

1,777

 

 

 

422,073

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE

 

 

349,813

 

 

180,823

 

 

 

30,420

 

 

 

561,056

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERFUND TRANSFERS

 

 

64,345

 

 

(59,095

)

 

 

(5,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

 

3,144,223

 

 

512,397

 

 

 

162,525

 

 

 

3,819,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

 

 

$

3,558,381

 

 

$

634,125

 

 

 

$

187,695

 

 

 

$

4,380,201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND 2013

 

1.                    DESCRIPTION OF PLAN

 

The following description of the Allstate 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”), sponsored by The Allstate Corporation (the “Company”), provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

General—Regular full-time and regular part-time employees of subsidiaries of the Company, with the exception of those employed by the Company’s international subsidiaries, Kennett Capital, Inc., Esurance Insurance Services, Inc., and Answer Financial, Inc. are eligible to participate in the Plan. There is no waiting period to enroll in the Plan, provided employees are at least 18 years old.

 

The Plan is a defined contribution plan consisting of a profit sharing and stock bonus plan containing a cash or deferred arrangement which is intended to meet the requirements of Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”). The stock bonus portion of the Plan includes a leveraged and a nonleveraged employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) which is intended to meet the requirements of Section 409 and Section 4975(e)(7) of the Code. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

 

Administration—The Plan is administered by the Administrative Committee. Investment transactions are authorized by the Plan’s Investment Committee. Members of the Administrative and Investment Committees are appointed by the 401(k) Committee. The 401(k) Committee is comprised of various Allstate Insurance Company officers as described in the Plan.

 

Trustee of the Plan—The Northern Trust Company holds Plan assets as trustee under the Allstate 401(k) Savings Plan Trust.

 

Contributions—Each year, employees may contribute up to 50% of eligible annual compensation through a combination of pre-tax and after-tax contributions, subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. All eligible employees hired or rehired are automatically enrolled in the Plan at a 5% pre-tax contribution rate, unless the participant declines enrollment or changes the contribution rate within the first 45 days of eligibility. Participants age 50 or older have the option to make additional pre-tax contributions (“Catch-Up” contributions). Employees may also roll over pre-tax amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans. The Company changed the Plan effective January 1, 2014.  The Company match for a plan year will be 80 cents for every pre-tax dollar that a participant contributes to the Plan during the plan year, up to 5% of eligible compensation.  Prior to January 1, 2014, the Company match was 40% of the first 5% of eligible compensation that a participant contributes on a pre-tax basis to the Plan, and at the Company’s discretion, up to an additional 40% of the first 5% of eligible compensation. The variable portion of the Company match was tied to improvement in the Company’s position on the Customer Loyalty Index, Allstate’s internal metric that gauges customer sentiment on three key drivers of loyalty: overall satisfaction, likelihood to renew, and likelihood to recommend Allstate to others. All employer contributions are invested in the Allstate Stock Fund. However, participants can transfer all or part of their Company contributions to any investment option within the Plan at any time, subject to certain limited trading restrictions. Eligible participants in the Plan received a company match of 56% of eligible pre-tax contributions, up to the first 5% of their eligible pre-tax compensation for the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

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Participant Accounts—Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, allocations of the Company’s contribution and investment earnings and losses, and is charged with an allocation of administrative expenses. Accounts may increase by rollovers and decrease by rollovers and withdrawals. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

 

Vesting—Participants hired prior to March 1, 2009 were immediately vested in their contributions and the Company’s contributions plus earnings thereon. Employees hired on or after March 1, 2009 are immediately vested in their contributions and will fully vest in the Company’s contributions after three years of vesting service.

 

Investment Options—Upon enrollment in the Plan, a participant may direct employee contributions to any or all of the current investment options as listed below.  If a participant does not make an investment election, employee contributions will be invested in the Target Retirement Date Fund that corresponds with the participant’s birth date and assumes a retirement date at age 65.  Participants may change their investment elections at any time, with limited trading restrictions, but without redemption restrictions. The funds transact with the participants at net asset value on a daily basis.

 

Allstate Stock Fund (The Allstate Corporation common stock) — The Allstate Stock Fund is a unitized fund that invests in Company common stock with a portion of the fund invested in short-term securities to provide liquidity to process transactions.

 

Stable Value Fund (Invesco Advisors, Inc. Stable Value Fund) — The fund, managed by Invesco Advisors, Inc. (“Invesco”), a registered investment advisor, is an actively managed portfolio that includes a number of investment contracts issued by a diversified group of insurance companies, banks, and other financial institutions, each backed by one or more diversified bond portfolios.

 

Bond Fund (SSgA U.S. Bond Index Non-Lending Series Fund - Class A) — The fund, managed by State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”), a registered investment company, invests in the U.S. Bond Index Non-Lending Series Fund - Class A, which is a collective fund whose objective is to approximate as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index over the long term.  The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an index representative of well-diversified exposure to the overall U.S. bond market.

 

S&P 500 Fund (SSgA S&P 500® Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A) — The fund, managed by SSgA, invests in the S&P 500® Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A, which is a collective fund whose objective it is to approximate as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500® Index over the long term.  The Standard & Poor’s 500® Index consists of large capitalization stocks across over 24 industry groups and 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry group representation.

 

International Equity Fund (SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A) — The fund, managed by SSgA, invests in a portfolio whose objective is to approximate as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index Ex-U.S. over the long term.  The Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index Ex-U.S. is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the combined equity market performance of developed and emerging market countries, excluding the U.S.

 

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Russell 2000 Fund (SSgA Russell Small Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A) — The fund, managed by SSgA, invests in the Russell Small Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A, which is a collective fund whose objective is to approximate as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the Russell 2000® Index over the long term.  The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.

 

Mid-Cap Fund (SSgA S&P Mid-Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A) — The fund, managed by SSgA, invests in the S&P Mid-Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A, which is a collective fund whose objective is to approximate as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the S&P Mid-Cap 400TM Index over the long term.  The S&P Mid-Cap 400TM Index is a cap-weighted index that measures the performance of the mid-range sector of the U.S. stock market.

 

Emerging Markets Fund (Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (“NTI”) Emerging Markets Fund) — The Emerging Markets Fund invests in the Northern Trust Collective Emerging Markets Index Fund—Non-Lending managed by Northern Trust Investments.  The fund’s objective is to approximate the risk and return characteristics of the MSCI® Emerging Markets Equity Index. The MSCI® Emerging Markets Equity Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.

 

Target Retirement Date Funds (Northern Trust Focus Funds) — The Target Retirement Date Funds invest in the Northern Trust Focus Funds, a series of target retirement date collective trust funds for qualified plans managed by Northern Trust Investments, Inc.  There are ten different Target Retirement Date Funds ranging from 2010 – 2055, in five-year increments, and an Income Fund. Target Retirement Date Funds are dynamic asset allocation investment options. The asset allocation of each Target Retirement Date Fund (except for the Income Fund) gradually changes over time according to a targeted retirement year, assuming a retirement age of 65, until the Target Retirement Date Fund eventually merges with the Income Fund. The funds invests in a broadly diversified portfolio of primarily passive investment funds comprised of U.S. and international stocks, inflation sensitive securities, and U.S. bonds.

 

Participant Notes Receivable—Participants may borrow from their vested account balance. The loan amount must be at least $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of: (i) 50% of their vested account balance, or (ii) $50,000, and will be taken from the participant’s accounts in the following order: pre-tax, rollover, and after-tax. Loan transactions are treated as a proportional transfer from/to the investment funds and to/from the loan fund. Loan terms range from 6 to 48 months for a general-purpose loan and 49 to 180 months for a primary residence loan. Loans are secured by the participant’s account balance and bear interest at the prime rate, as published in the Wall Street Journal in effect on the 15th day of the month prior to the first day of the quarter in which the loan is requested, plus one percent and fixed for the duration of the loan. Generally, principal and interest are paid by participants ratably through payroll deductions.

 

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)—The Company has a leveraged ESOP. The ESOP loan bears interest at 7.9%. The borrowing is to be repaid through the year 2019 or earlier, if the Company elects to make additional contributions for principal prepayments on the ESOP Loan. As the Plan makes each payment of principal and interest, a proportional percentage of unallocated shares are allocated to eligible participants’ accounts in accordance with applicable regulations under the Code. The Company has made principal prepayments to fund Company contributions.

 

ESOP shares not yet allocated to participants are held in a suspense account, and none of these shares serve as collateral. ESOP shares allocated to participants and other Company shares that were acquired with participant contributions are included in the Allstate Stock Fund and the lender has no rights against these shares.

 

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Payment of Benefits—Upon termination of service, a participant is entitled to a complete withdrawal of his or her vested account balance. Partial withdrawals are also permitted under the Plan subject to restrictions.  If the value of a vested account balance on or after a participant’s settlement date does not exceed $1,000, the participant will receive an automatic lump sum distribution of their vested account balance.

 

Forfeited Accounts — As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $1,246,743 and $1,044,849, respectively, and are reported in other assets. These accounts will be used to reduce future employer contributions. During the year ended December 31, 2014, employer contributions were reduced by $1,037,537 due to forfeited nonvested accounts.  During the year ended December 31, 2013, employer contributions were reduced by $38,243 due to forfeited nonvested accounts.

 

2.                    SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Accounting—The Plan’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

 

Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Risks and Uncertainties—The Plan utilizes various types of investments, including institutional index funds, a stable value fund and common stock. These investments are subject to market risk, the risk that losses will be incurred due to adverse changes in creditworthiness, equity prices and interest rates. It is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investments will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition—Plan investments are stated at fair value. Shares of institutional index funds are valued at prices that represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end and the fair value of the underlying investments. Common stock held in the Allstate Stock Fund is valued using market price. The Stable Value Fund is stated at fair value and then adjusted to contract value as the investment contracts are fully benefit-responsive.

 

The Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits present investment contracts at fair value, with an additional line item showing adjustments of the fully benefit-responsive contracts from fair value to contract value. The Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is presented on a contract value basis.

 

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date plus one basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

Benefits Paid to Participants and Participant Notes Receivable—Benefits paid to participants and participant notes receivable are recorded upon distribution. Amounts allocated to accounts of persons who have elected to withdraw from the Plan, but have not yet been paid as of year end are included in other assets on the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits. Participant notes receivable are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest.

 

3.                    ESOP LOAN

 

The ESOP Loan agreement provides for the loan to be repaid through the year 2019 at an annual interest rate of 7.9%. There are no principal payments required on the loan during the next four years and $13 million is scheduled in 2019.

 

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The following table presents additional information, as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, for the Plan’s investment in The Allstate Corporation common stock held in the Allstate Stock Fund and the ESOP Company Shares Unallocated:

 

($ in thousands)

 

2014

 

 

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP

 

 

 

Allstate

 

Company

 

 

 

Allstate

 

Company

 

 

 

Stock

 

Shares

 

 

 

Stock

 

Shares

 

 

 

Fund

 

Unallocated

 

 

 

Fund

 

Unallocated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares

 

9,724,698

 

3,753,203

 

 

 

10,547,285

 

4,605,203

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

$

266,441

 

$

26,742

 

 

 

$

296,201

 

$

32,813

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value

 

$

683,160

 

$

263,663

 

 

 

$

575,248

 

$

251,168

 

 

 

 

The estimated fair value of the ESOP loan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, was $14,202,908 and $19,694,287, respectively, determined using discounted cash flow calculations based on current interest rates for instruments with comparable terms and considering the Plan’s own credit risk.

 

4.                    PLAN TERMINATION

 

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event that the Plan is terminated, participants would be 100% vested in their accounts.

 

5.                    TAX STATUS

 

The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter, dated September 23, 2013, that the Plan and related trust were designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Code. The plan document has been amended since receiving the determination letter. The Plan’s management believes that the Plan is currently designed and is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements, and there are no uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Internal Revenue Service is currently examining the Plan.

 

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6.                    INVESTMENTS

 

The Plan’s investments which exceeded 5% of net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, were as follows:

 

($ in thousands)

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Allstate Corporation common stock *

 

$

683,160

 

$

575,248

 

ESOP Company Shares Unallocated

 

263,663

 

251,168

 

SSgA U.S. Bond Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

408,142

 

370,035

 

SSgA S&P 500 Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

1,100,150

 

998,879

 

SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index NL Series Fund - Class A

 

342,538

 

328,403

 

SSgA Russell Small Cap Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

387,703

 

427,312

 

 

* Employer contributions are made directly to the Allstate Stock Fund; Participants may redirect funds immediately.

 

 

During 2014 and 2013, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows:

 

($ in thousands)

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Allstate Corporation common stock

 

$

159,390

 

$

168,704

 

ESOP Company Shares Unallocated

 

58,963

 

66,177

 

SSgA U.S. Bond Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

22,368

 

(8,991

)

SSgA S&P 500 Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

133,197

 

251,755

 

SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index NL Series Fund - Class A

 

(16,490

)

42,260

 

SSgA Russell Small Cap Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

17,455

 

122,207

 

SSgA S&P Mid-Cap Index Series Fund – Class A

 

19,543

 

46,613

 

NTI Emerging Markets Fund

 

(1,144

)

(390

)

Northern Trust Focus Funds

 

18,729

 

45,108

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

$

412,011

 

$

733,443

 

 

 

The Stable Value Fund holdings include investment contracts called synthetic guaranteed investment contracts comprised of investments in the common collective trusts plus a wrapper contract. The wrapper contract is issued by a financial institution and the contract guarantees to provide a specific interest rate to be credited to the contract plus provide for participant liquidity at contract value in certain situations.

 

The Stable Value Fund’s wrapper contracts are benefit-responsive and are thus eligible for contract-value reporting. Funds may be withdrawn pro-rata from all the Stable Value Fund’s investment contracts at contract value determined by the respective issuing companies to pay benefits and to make participant-directed transfers to other investment options pursuant to the terms of the Plan after the amounts in the Stable Value Fund’s Short-Term Investment Fund reserve are depleted.

 

The wrapper contracts wrap underlying assets which are held in the trust and owned by the Stable Value Fund. The underlying assets are comprised of common collective trusts which may include a variety of high quality fixed income investments selected by the fund manager consistent with the Stable Value Fund’s investment

 

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guidelines. High quality, as defined by the Stable Value Fund’s investment guidelines, means the average credit quality of all of the investments backing the Stable Value Fund contracts is AA/Aa or better as measured by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s credit rating services. The investments in the common collective trusts are used to generate the investment returns that are utilized to provide for interest rates credited through the wrapper contracts.

 

The wrapper contracts are benefit-responsive in that they provide that participants may execute transactions from the Stable Value Fund according to Plan provisions at contract value. Contract value represents contributions made to the Stable Value Fund, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals. The interest rates in wrapper contracts are reset monthly, based on market rates of other similar investments, the current yield of the underlying investments, the spread between the market value and contract value of the investments held by the contract, and the financial duration of the contract investments. All contracts have a minimum crediting rate of 0%. Certain events, such as plan termination, or a plan merger initiated by the plan sponsor, or changes to Plan provisions not approved by the issuers of the Stable Value Fund’s wrapper contracts, may limit the ability of the Stable Value Fund to transact at contract value or may allow for the termination of the wrapper contracts at less than contract value. Plan Management does not believe that any events that may limit the ability of the Stable Value Fund to transact at contract value are probable.

 

Changes in market interest rates affect the yield to maturity and the market value of the investments in the common collective trusts, and thus can have a material impact on the interest crediting rate. In addition, participant withdrawals and transfers from the Stable Value Fund are paid at contract value but funded through the market value liquidation of the investments in the common collective trusts, which also may affect future interest crediting rates. If market interest rates rise and fair values of investments in the common collective trusts fall, the fair value may be less than the corresponding contract value. This shortfall in fair value will be reflected in future crediting rates by amortizing the effect into the future through an adjustment to interest crediting rates of the wrapper contracts. Similarly, if market interest rates fall and fair values of investments in the common collective trusts rise, the fair values of investments held by the wrapper contract may be greater than the corresponding contract value. This excess in fair value will also be reflected in future crediting rates through an amortization process similar to that when there is a fair value shortfall.

 

 

 

2014 

 

2013

 

Average yields:

 

 

 

 

 

Based on annualized earnings (1)

 

1.414

 %

1.346

%

Based on interest rate credited to participants (2)

 

2.150

 %

1.966

%

 

(1)      Computed by dividing the annualized one-day actual earnings of the investments on the last day of the plan year by the fair value of the investments on the same date.

 

(2)      Computed by dividing the annualized one-day earnings credited to participants on the last day of the plan year by the fair value of the investments on the same date.

 

For purposes of calculating the interest crediting rate, fair value is equal to the market value of the investments in the common collective trusts. The crediting interest rates ranged from 1.69% to 2.65% as of December 31, 2014, and 1.55% to 2.54% as of December 31, 2013.

 

There are no reserves against contract value credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise. The crediting interest rate is based on current market yields, adjusted upward/downward to amortize differences between book and market values of the underlying investments. All contracts have a minimum crediting rate of 0%. The crediting interest rates are reset monthly. The average yield is a weighted average of assets held on the last day of the year. The average yield based on book value as of December 31, 2014 was 2.32%. The average yield based on book value as of December 31, 2013 was 2.07%.

 

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Investment management fees, recordkeeping fees, and trustee fees along with other administrative expenses charged to the Plan for investments in each of the Plan’s investment options are deducted from income earned on a daily basis and are not separately reflected. Consequently, fees and expenses are reflected as a reduction of investment return for such investments.

 

7.                    FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The hierarchy for inputs used in determining fair value maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that observable inputs be used when available. Assets and liabilities recorded on the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits at fair value are categorized in the fair value hierarchy based on the observability of inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:

 

Level 1:              Assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that the Plan can access.

 

Level 2:              Assets and liabilities whose values are based on the following:

 

(a)                        Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

(b)      Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or

 

(c)                       Valuation models whose inputs are observable, directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

 

Level 3:                Assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. Unobservable inputs reflect the Plan’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the assets and liabilities.

 

The availability of observable inputs varies by instrument. In situations where fair value is based on internally developed pricing models or inputs that are unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. The degree of judgment exercised by the Plan in determining fair value is typically greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. In many instances, valuation inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. The category level in the fair value hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Plan uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, including during periods of market disruption. In periods of market disruption, the ability to observe prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments.

 

In determining fair value, the Plan principally uses the market approach which generally utilizes market transaction data for the same or similar instruments. To a lesser extent, the Plan uses the income approach which involves determining fair values from discounted cash flow methodologies and the cost approach which is based on replacement costs.

 

Summary of significant valuation techniques for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

 

Level 1 measurements

 

The Allstate Corporation Common Stock: The Company’s common stock is actively traded in the New York Stock Exchange and is valued based on unadjusted quoted prices.

 

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Level 2 measurements

 

Invesco Advisors, Inc. Stable Value Fund Common Collective Trusts: A component of the Stable Value Fund which comprise funds that have daily quoted net asset values for identical assets in markets that are not active. The net asset values are derived based on the fair values of the underlying investments in the fund some of which are not actively traded.

 

SSgA U.S. Bond Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A, SSgA S&P 500 Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A, SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A, SSgA Russell Small Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A, SSgA S&P Mid Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund – Class A, NTI Emerging Markets Fund, Northern Trust Focus Funds: Comprise funds that have daily quoted net asset values for identical assets in markets that are not active. The net asset values are primarily derived based on the fair values of the underlying investments in the fund, some of which are not actively traded.

 

Collective Short-Term Investment Fund: Comprise funds that have daily quoted net asset values for identical assets in markets that are not active. The net asset values are derived based on the fair values of the underlying investments in the fund some of which are not actively traded. A portion of the Collective Short-Term Investment Fund is deemed part of the Stable Value Fund.

 

Level 3 measurements

 

Invesco Advisors, Inc. Stable Value Fund Wrappers: A component of the Stable Value Fund which comprise various wrappers that are valued based on a discounted cash flow methodology that is widely accepted. The discounted cash flow methodology uses inputs such as the change in replacement costs for the wrappers obtained from the wrapper providers which are unobservable, and a discount rate (which includes swap yields, duration, and a credit rating adjustment for the wrapper providers).

 

The following table summarizes the Plan’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2014.  There were no assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2014.

 

($ in thousands)

 

 

Level 1

 

 

 

Level 2

 

 

 

Level 3

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Allstate Corporation Common Stock

 

 

$

946,823

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

946,823

 

Invesco Advisors, Inc. Stable Value Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

659,596

 

 

 

182

 

 

 

659,778

 

SSgA U.S. Bond Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

408,142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

408,142

 

SSgA S&P 500 Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,100,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,100,150

 

SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

342,538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

342,538

 

SSgA Russell Small Cap Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

387,703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

387,703

 

SSgA S&P Mid Cap Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

226,679

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

226,679

 

NTI Emerging Markets Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,344

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,344

 

Northern Trust Focus Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

483,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

483,767

 

Collective short-term investment fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,340

 

 Total assets at fair value

 

 

$

946,823

 

 

 

$

3,635,259

 

 

 

$

182

 

 

 

$

 4,582,264

 

% of total assets at fair value

 

 

20.7%

 

 

 

79.3%

 

 

 

--   

 

 

 

100.0%

 

 

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The following table summarizes the Plan’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013.  There were no assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2013.

 

($ in thousands)

 

 

Level 1

 

 

 

Level 2

 

 

 

Level 3

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Allstate Corporation Common Stock

 

 

$

826,416

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

826,416

 

Invesco Advisors, Inc. Stable Value Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

709,956

 

 

 

208

 

 

 

710,164

 

SSgA U.S. Bond Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

370,035

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

370,035

 

SSgA S&P 500 Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

998,879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

998,879

 

SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

328,403

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

328,403

 

SSgA Russell Small Cap Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

427,312

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

427,312

 

SSgA S&P Mid Cap Index NL Series Fund – Class A

 

 

 

 

 

 

200,530

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200,530

 

NTI Emerging Markets Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,666

 

Northern Trust Focus Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

427,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

427,878

 

Collective short-term investment fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,372

 

 Total assets at fair value

 

 

$

826,416

 

 

 

$

3,482,031

 

 

 

$

208

 

 

 

$

 4,308,655

 

% of total assets at fair value

 

 

19.2%

 

 

 

80.8%

 

 

 

--   

 

 

 

100.0%

 

 

 

The following table presents the rollforward of Level 3 assets held at fair value on a recurring basis during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

($ in thousands)

 

Balance as
of
December
31, 2013

 

Net appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments included in
the Statement of
Changes of Net Assets
Available for Benefits

 

Purchases,
sales,
issuances and
settlements

 

Net
transfers
into Level
3

 

Net
transfers
out of
Level 3

 

Balance as
of
December
31, 2014

 

Invesco Advisors Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stable Value Fund Wrapper

 

  $

208

 

  $

(26)

 

  $

-

 

  $

-

 

  $

-

 

  $

182

 

Total recurring Level 3

 

  $

208

 

  $

(26)

 

  $

-

 

  $

-

 

  $

-

 

  $

182

 

 

The following table presents the rollforward of Level 3 assets held at fair value on a recurring basis during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

($ in thousands)

 

Balance as
of
December
31, 2012

 

Net appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments included in
the Statement of
Changes of Net Assets
Available for Benefits

 

Purchases,
sales,
issuances and
settlements

 

Net
transfers
into Level
3

 

Net
transfers
out of
Level 3

 

Balance as
of
December
31, 2013

 

Invesco Advisors Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stable Value Fund Wrapper

 

  $

186

 

  $

22

 

  $

-

 

  $

-

 

  $

-

 

  $

208

 

Total recurring Level 3

 

  $

186

 

  $

22

 

  $

-

 

  $

-

 

  $

-

 

  $

208

 

 

Transfers in and out of level categorizations are reported as having occurred at the beginning of the quarter in which the transfer occurred. Therefore, for all transfers into Level 3, all realized and changes in unrealized gains and losses in the quarter of transfer are reflected in the Level 3 rollforward table. There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 or Level 2 and Level 3 during 2014 or 2013.

 

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Net appreciation (depreciation) of investments included in the Statement of Change of Net Assets Available for Benefits relate to investments still held as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.

 

8.                    RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

 

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

($ in thousands)

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

 

$

4,650,494

 

$

4,380,201

Adjustments from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

22,407

 

19,002

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

 

$

4,672,901

 

$

4,399,203

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of net investment income per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

($ in thousands)

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net investment income per the financial statements

 

$

441,511

 

$

 765,192

 

 Interest income on participant notes receivable

 

3,650

 

3,607

 

Adjustments from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

3,405

 

(23,161

)

Total net investment income per the Form 5500

 

$

448,566

 

$

 745,638

 

 

 

9.                    RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Plan invests in The Northern Trust Collective Short Term Investment Fund, the NTI Emerging Markets Fund, and the Northern Trust Focus Funds, which are collective investment funds managed by Northern Trust Investments, Inc., the investment advisor division of The Northern Trust Company, the trustee of the Plan. The Plan is not charged directly for investment management services associated with The Northern Trust Collective Short Term Investment Fund. Fees paid by the Plan for investment management services associated with the NTI Emerging Markets Fund and the Northern Trust Focus Funds were included as a reduction of the return earned on each fund. The Plan also invests in the common stock of The Allstate Corporation, the Plan’s sponsor, as referenced in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

 

10.            SUBSEQUENT EVENT

 

The Company changed the Plan effective January 1, 2015. Employees may now contribute to the Plan using a Roth 401(k) account.  In addition, employees may directly rollover Roth accounts maintained under other eligible plans to Roth rollover accounts and elect to convert certain existing balances to Roth 401(k) accounts.  Also, employees are now assessed a $75 loan origination fee.

 

 

******

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

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ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

36-3871531  Plan: 001

FORM 5500—SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i—

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

 

 

 

(c) Description of investment ,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

including maturity date,

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Identity of issue, borrower,

 

rate of interest, collateral,

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

lessor, or similar party

 

par, or maturity value

 

(d) Cost

 

(e) Current Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 *

The Allstate Corporation common stock

 

13,477,901 shares

 

$

 293,183,066

 

$

 946,822,545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invesco Advisors Stable Value Fund:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 *

The Northern Trust Collective Short Term

 

25,505,364 shares

 

25,505,364

 

25,505,364

 

 

Investment Fund No. 22-19589

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGT MxMgr A+ Int G/C Common Collective Trust

 

63,128,187 shares

 

77,954,569

 

101,304,201

 

 

Voya Retirement & Annuity Wrapper

 

Voya Retirement & Annuity No. 60256

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGT Invesco Short Term Bond Common Collective Trust

 

13,294,006 shares

 

20,707,262

 

21,355,517

 

 

Voya Retirement & Annuity Wrapper

 

Voya Retirement & Annuity No. 60256-B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGT ING Short Duration Common Collective Trust

 

19,972,739 shares

 

20,709,094

 

21,228,445

 

 

Voya Retirement & Annuity Wrapper

 

Voya Retirement & Annuity No. 60256-C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGT PIMCO A+ Int G/C Common Collective Trust

 

507,103 shares

 

1,232,121

 

1,241,216

 

 

IGT Invesco A+ Int G/C Common Collective Trust

 

655,725 shares

 

1,232,182

 

1,248,317

 

 

IGT Jennison A+ Int G/C Common Collective Trust

 

930,510 shares

 

1,538,697

 

1,566,975

 

 

IGT BlkRK A+ Int G/C Common Collective Trust

 

796,438 shares

 

1,231,639

 

1,243,176

 

 

IGT BlkRK A+ Core Common Collective Trust

 

9,028,497 shares

 

14,168,860

 

14,774,224

 

 

IGT GS Core A Common Collective Trust

 

9,716,743 shares

 

14,144,673

 

14,722,596

 

 

IGT Invesco A+ Core Common Collective Trust

 

4,262,224 shares

 

6,857,869

 

7,253,939

 

 

IGT Invesco Short Term Bond Common Collective Trust

 

47,026,304 shares

 

73,546,467

 

75,543,149

 

 

IGT PIMCO A+ Core Common Collective Trust

 

4,208,010 shares

 

6,949,246

 

7,207,854

 

 

Transamerica Wrapper

 

Transamerica No. MDA-00714TR

 

 

 

181,637

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGT Invesco Short Term Bond Common Collective Trust

 

57,949,499 shares

 

91,975,707

 

93,090,192

 

 

IGT GS Core A Common Collective Trust

 

6,632,943 shares

 

9,787,132

 

10,050,089

 

 

IGT BlkRK A+ Core Common Collective Trust

 

6,163,154 shares

 

9,766,633

 

10,085,379

 

 

IGT PIMCO A+ Core Common Collective Trust

 

5,869,982 shares

 

9,760,183

 

10,054,627

 

 

IGT Invesco A+ Core Common Collective Trust

 

5,945,573 shares

 

9,771,561

 

10,118,854

 

 

Pacific Life Insurance Wrapper

 

Pacific Life Insurance No. G-26930.01.0001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Continued)

 

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ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

36-3871531  Plan: 001

FORM 5500—SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i—

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

 

 

 

(c) Description of investment ,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

including maturity date,

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Identity of issue, borrower,

 

rate of interest, collateral,

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

lessor, or similar party

 

par, or maturity value

 

(d) Cost

 

(e) Current Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invesco Advisors Stable Value Fund:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGT Invesco A+ Core Common Collective Trust

 

4,354,807 shares

 

$

 7,007,810

 

$

 7,411,507

 

 

IGT Invesco Short Term Bond Common Collective Trust

 

57,778,585 shares

 

90,191,982

 

92,815,634

 

 

IGT Jennison A+ Int G/C Common Collective Trust

 

18,361,283 shares

 

29,870,543

 

30,920,327

 

 

IGT PIMCO A+ Core Common Collective Trust

 

4,299,415 shares

 

7,109,399

 

7,364,420

 

 

Prudential Insurance Company Wrapper

 

Prudential Insurance Company No. GA-62294

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGT BlkRK A+ Int G/C Common Collective Trust

 

19,945,891 shares

 

28,607,561

 

31,133,920

 

 

IGT Invesco A+ Int G/C Common Collective Trust

 

16,426,804 shares

 

28,454,933

 

31,272,069

 

 

IGT PIMCO A+ Int G/C Common Collective Trust

 

12,699,817 shares

 

29,004,716

 

31,084,846

 

 

State Street Bank Wrapper

 

State Street Bank No. 105027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA U.S. Bond Index Non-Lending Series Fund - Class A

 

31,313,659 shares

 

365,226,900

 

408,142,231

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA S&P 500 Index Non-Lending Series Fund - Class A

 

29,127,621 shares

 

661,526,022

 

1,100,150,257

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA Global Equity ex U.S. Index Non-Lending Series Fund - Class A

 

22,690,632 shares

 

315,630,161

 

342,537,787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA Russell Small Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund - Class A

 

10,133,370 shares

 

254,947,023

 

387,702,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA S&P Mid-Cap Index Non-Lending Series Fund - Class A

 

3,950,353 shares

 

164,815,957

 

226,679,172

 

 

(Continued)

 

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ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

36-3871531  Plan: 001

FORM 5500—SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i—

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

 

 

 

(c) Description of investment ,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

including maturity date,

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Identity of issue, borrower,

 

rate of interest, collateral,

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

lessor, or similar party

 

par, or maturity value

 

(d) Cost

 

(e) Current Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 *

The Northern Trust Collective Short Term

 

3,340,084 shares

 

$

 3,340,084

 

$

 3,340,084

 

 

  Investment Fund No. 22-44460, No. 22-41639, and No. 22-18490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NTI Emerging Markets Fund

 

156,470 shares

 

24,441,266

 

23,344,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus Income Fund

 

62,086 shares

 

7,328,936

 

7,723,495

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2010 Fund

 

108,672 shares

 

12,607,808

 

13,749,132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2015 Fund

 

499,250 shares

 

55,206,056

 

64,043,823

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2020 Fund

 

919,917 shares

 

104,112,016

 

119,488,054

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2025 Fund

 

743,363 shares

 

83,326,071

 

97,707,660

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2030 Fund

 

486,463 shares

 

55,337,719

 

64,762,778

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2035 Fund

 

334,451 shares

 

39,242,982

 

45,003,790

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2040 Fund

 

223,247 shares

 

27,391,572

 

30,305,716

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2045 Fund

 

141,708 shares

 

16,893,825

 

19,250,977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2050 Fund

 

79,913 shares

 

9,632,125

 

10,856,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Trust Focus 2055 Fund

 

80,032 shares

 

9,912,292

 

10,875,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rates of interest from 3.25% to

 

 

 

 

 

 *

Participant loans

 

9.50% maturing through 2030

 

91,998,764

 

91,998,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

 3,213,186,848

 

$

 4,674,263,349

 

 

 *

Permitted party in interest.

 

 

 

 

 

(Concluded)

 

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SIGNATURES

 

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

ALLSTATE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Josee Wilson

 

 

 

 

Josee Wilson

 

 

 

 

Plan Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: June 9, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

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