Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 3, 2013, The Allstate Corporation (the "Registrant") entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, with respect to the offer and sale by the Registrant of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.100% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Debentures due 2053 (the "Debentures"). The Debentures sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement were registered under the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-181059).

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the terms of such agreement, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 1, and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) Not applicable

(d) Exhibits

1 Underwriting Agreement, dated January 3, 2013, among the Registrant and J.P.
Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

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