Allstate (ALL)

Notice of 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

        The annual meeting of stockholders of The Allstate Corporation ("Allstate," or "Corporation") will be held in the Chase Auditorium located on the Plaza Level of Chase Tower, 10 South Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at 11 a.m. for the following purposes:

1.

To elect to the Board of Directors thirteen directors to serve until the 2008 annual meeting;



2.

To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Allstate's independent registered public accountant for 2007; and



3.

To approve the proposed amendments to the Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority vote requirements.

        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 and proof of stock ownership. Stockholders holding Allstate stock through a bank, brokerage or other nominee account will need to bring their account statement showing ownership as of the record date, March 16, 2007. Cameras, recording devices or other electronic devices will not be allowed in the meeting.

        Allstate began mailing its proxy statement and annual report, and proxy card/voting instruction form to stockholders and to participants in its profit sharing fund on April 2, 2007.

	By Order of the Board,
	Mary J. McGinn Secretary