Allstate Brings 200 New Jobs to Las Cruces

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – September 14, 2007 – Allstate Insurance Company announced today that it plans to open a new claims office in Las Cruces by January 2008, a move that will bring more than 200 new jobs to southern New Mexico. The new office is part of Allstate’s expansion of its “Express” claims handling model, which is focused on improving customer service and eliminating redundancies in the company’s claims organization.

The Las Cruces Express office will be one of nine current or planned Express offices in the U.S. Allstate Express office employees serve as the first point of contact for the vast majority of Allstate customers. Allstate expects to begin hiring for the Las Cruces office in December 2007. The Las Cruces office joins two Allstate offices in New Mexico, where the insurance leader employs 79 and has 108 exclusive agents. Las Cruces Mayor William Mattiace said, “The City of Las Cruces is thrilled with the decision by Allstate to expand their operations into the Mesilla Valley. Allstate is a growing company that will create excellent jobs that the citizens of Las Cruces are ready to fill. We are proud to have them in our community.”

The Allstate Express office will occupy 33,000 square feet of a building now under construction at 170 Roadrunner Parkway. The entire second level of the new building will be built out for the new Allstate office. The building is locally owned by George Rawson, President of Pueblo Builders, represented by Randy McMillan of NAI 1st Valley Realty.