DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,249

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
ABO-ENTERPRISE SERVICES
POLICY ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers
in such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 22, 2018, by a state workforce office on behalf
of the workers of Allstate Insurance Company, ABO-Enterprise
Services, Policy Administration department, Roanoke, Virginia
(herein referred to as "Allstate").
The worker group is engaged in activities related to the
supply of policy processing services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a) (1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Allstate have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Allstate.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Allstate Insurance
Company, ABO-Enterprise Services, Policy Administration
department, Roanoke, Virginia who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of policy processing services, meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Allstate Insurance Company, ABO-Enterprise
Services, Policy Administration department, Roanoke,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 18, 2017, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the date
of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 26th day of December 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance