---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000899051-26-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALL"
cik: "0000899051"
company_name: "ALLSTATE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-07-14T20:39:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-14T20:40:04.398608+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Allstate appoints Christian Lown as CFO effective Aug 3, 2026

## Summary
- Lown joins from CoStar Group; previously CFO at Freddie Mac and Navient.
- Base salary $875,000; sign-on cash bonus $2M; equity grant $4.1M in RSUs.
- Annual target cash incentive 200% of salary; equity target 375% of salary.
- Lown succeeds Jess Merten, who became President of Property-Liability in Oct 2025.
- John Dugenske continues as interim CFO until Lown's start date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000899051-26-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALL
- cik: 0000899051
- company_name: ALLSTATE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-07-14T20:39:31+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899051/000089905126000109/0000899051-26-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899051/000089905126000109/all-20260714.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000899051-26-000109
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000899051-26-000109.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000899051-26-000109.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christian M. Lown was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ALLSTATE CORP.
  - Action: will join
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Allstate Corporation today announced that effective August 3, 2026, Christian M. Lown will join Allstate as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Allstate Corporation and Allstate Insurance Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899051/000089905126000109/0000899051-26-000109-index.htm

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