Allstate (ALL)

Notice of 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

        The annual meeting of stockholders of The Allstate Corporation ("Allstate" or the "Company") will be held in the Chase Auditorium located on the Plaza Level of Chase Tower, 10 South Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at 11 a.m. for the following purposes:

1.

To elect to the Board of Directors eleven directors to serve until the 2007 annual meeting;



2.

To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Allstate's independent registered public accounting firm for 2006;



3.

To approve the Amended and Restated 2001 Equity Incentive Plan;



4.

To approve the 2006 Equity Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors; and



5.

To consider two stockholder proposals, if properly presented.

        In addition, any other business properly presented may be acted upon at the meeting.

        Registration and seating will begin at 9:45 a.m. Each stockholder may be asked to present picture identification. Stockholders holding Allstate stock through a bank, brokerage or other nominee account are asked to bring their account statement showing ownership as of the record date, March 17, 2006. Cameras, recording devices or other electronic devices will not be allowed in the meeting.

        Allstate began mailing this annual report, proxy statement, proxy cards and/or voting instruction forms to its stockholders and to participants in its profit sharing fund on March 27, 2006.

	By Order of the Board,
	Mary J. McGinn Secretary