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December 18, 2025

2025: A Year of Empowerment, Innovation, and Change

At Allstate, we believe transformation isn't just about technology, it's about people.

This video is a snapshot of an incredible year. It doesn't capture everything, but it shows what truly matters.

December 2, 2025

Allstate Northern Ireland Achieves Platinum Status in NI Environmental Benchmarking Survey

Allstate NI was thrilled to be named finalists in five categories at this year's Belfast Telegraph IT Awards — and even more delighted to bring home two incredible wins!

November 21, 2025

Allstate Celebrates Future Innovators Competition in Derry and Strabane

Allstate marked a major milestone in its commitment to developing digital talent in the North West by recognising the winners of the inaugural Allstate Future Innovators Competition.

November 20, 2025

Tech titan: Michael Coughlan, Lead Enterprise Architect

Discover Michael Coughlan's contributions as Lead Enterprise Architect at Allstate NI, where he is driving innovation and exploring emerging technologies to shape the future of enterprise architecture.

November 18, 2025

Allstate NI Triumphs at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards!

Allstate NI was thrilled to be named finalists in five categories at this year's Belfast Telegraph IT Awards — and even more delighted to bring home two incredible wins!

November 13, 2025

Tech Titan Spotlight: Kokila Nagaraj, Lead Digital Product Manager

Kokila Nagaraj chose Allstate for its unique blend of a caring culture and bold, tech-driven vision — reinforced by its strong reputation for supporting both employees and the community.

October 8, 2025

Tech Titan Spotlight: Mark Miskimmin, Senior Manager, Data Scientist

We're proud to feature Mark Miskimmin, a Senior Manager in Data Science, who shares his journey through the tech industry, what drives his passion for analytics, and what makes working in a digital product model so rewarding.

October 1, 2025

Featured in Forbes: Creating a Scalable Model for Digital Excellence

We're proud to be featured in Forbes Tech Council, where we share insights on building scalable models for digital excellence.

September 30, 2025

Allstate Northern Ireland launches North West Digital Hub and Future Innovators Competition

Allstate Northern Ireland officially launched its North West Digital Hub. The launch makred the beginning of the Allstate Future Innovators competition.

September 22, 2025

Tech Titans: Adam Hale, Lead Engineer

At Allstate, we've built an environment where collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning are genuinely encouraged. You're surrounded by talented individuals who are not only great at what they do but also generous with their time and knowledge.

September 17, 2025

£16m investment in Allstate workforce to drive global digital transformation

Economy Minister, Dr Caoimhe Archibald has announced that Allstate Northern Ireland is investing £16 million to upskill and reskill its workforce in Derry and Belfast.

August 18, 2025

Tech Titans: Ben Greene, Principal Engineer

Meet Ben Greene, Principal Engineer, have always been interested in technology, using it, developing it, pushing its limits or finding other ways to use it in a different domain.

August 6, 2025

Tech Titans: Suzi Murtagh — Principal Digital Product Manager

Suzi Murtagh answers questions about the various aspects of her role as a Principal Digital Product Manager at Allstate NI.

July 21, 2025

Tech Trailblazer: Lucy McCague, Senior Marketing and Communications Consultant, Allstate

Sync NI | by Patricia Rodriguez

Lucy discusses the value of mentorship and networking

July 3, 2025

Allstate NI Managing Director accepted into Forbes Technology Council

Sync NI | by Patricia Rodriguez

Stephen McKeown has been accepted into the prestigious Forbes Technology Council.

July 1, 2025

Tech Trailblazer: Susan Stewart, Digital Product Manager, Allstate

Sync NI | by Patricia Rodriguez

Susan Stewart leads a team transforming claims communications by improving processes and using Gen AI in innovative ways.

June 30, 2025

Tech Trailblazer: Caitlin Magee, Software Engineer, Allstate

Sync NI | by Patricia Rodriguez

Caitlin shares with Sync NI her journey into technology, the impact of mentorship, and the value of confidence, community, and continuous learning.

June 24, 2025

Tech Trailblazer: Victoria Johnston, Machine Learning IT Analyst, Allstate

Sync NI | by Patricia Rodriguez

Victoria Johnston sits down with Sync NI to talk about the Tech Trailblazer challenge.

June 16, 2025

Alison Ballard: 'Nothing can prepare you better for a career in technology than a willingness to learn'

Sync NI | by Kathryn McKenna

June 9, 2025

Susan Stewart & team scoop 'Highly Commended' for Tech Team of the Year!

Allstate Northern Ireland's Communications Manager product team, led by Digital Product Manager Susan Stewart, earned "Highly Commended" in the Tech Team of the Year category.

June 3, 2025

From Marketing to Making UX Magic: A Marketers Journey to Tech

Meet Leah Lappin, a former marketer who turned a passion into a successful career. In this feature, discover how she went from having an interest in user experience to developing user experiences instead!

May 21, 2025

How Allstate built a world leading digital Centre of excellence

Just over two years ago, Steven McKeown had the privilege of being asked to lead the transformation of our European technology operations. Allstate has operated in the region, serving technology delivery and innovation for all that time.

May 15, 2025

Allstate NI raises £376,000 for local charities in 2024

In 2024, a total of £200,000 was donated to six charities including Women's Aid, Rainbow Project, Men's Advisory Project, BITC Time to Programmes, Action Mental Health, and Dress for Success.

April 14, 2025

Allstate @ BelTech'25: A Product-Led Revolution

Allstate were proud to sponsor BelTech 2025, on the 10th April. BelTech is a flagship event that champions innovation and pushes the boundaries of what's possible in tech.

March 28, 2025

From Classroom to Code: Jonny Boyd's Bold Career Leap

A former substitute teacher who dared to take a risk for the chance to grow — both personally and professionally. In this feature, discover how he transitioned from guiding a classroom to building transformative software.

March 14, 2025

Celebrating Innovation at the Women in Business Awards

On March 13th, a group of our colleagues came together for an unforgettable evening at the Women in Business Annual Awards, celebrating the remarkable achievements of women across industries.

February 17, 2025

Allstate's 2025 Chosen Charity

Following a recent employee survey, homelessness emerged as the top cause Allstaters are passionate about supporting. In response, we are delighted to announce our new chosen charity for 2025 is Depaul Ireland.

February 3, 2025

Allstate Insight Programme 2025!

Are you an undergraduate eager to explore the dynamic world of IT? Our Insights Programme offers a 3-day immersive experience in Belfast.

February 3, 2025

From Prescriptions to Programming: A Pharmacist's Journey into Tech at Allstate

Meet Lesley Snoddy, a former community pharmacist who turned a passion into a successful career.

January 21, 2025

Optometrist to Software Engineer — A Leap Inspired by Health Tech

Meet Mairead O'Kane, a former optometrist who turned a life-long battle with Type 1 Diabetes into a coding adventure.

January 14, 2025

Celebrating Multigenerational Success at Allstate

Having recently marked 25 years in Northern Ireland, it's no surprise that Allstate is now welcoming different generations of families to join its ranks.

November 22, 2024

Allstate Wins 'Best Use of Cloud Services' at Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2024

Our award-winning Digital Contact Centre team has designed an AI-driven, cloud-based platform that not only enhances efficiency but also paves the way for a future-proof.

November 21, 2024

Allstate Northern Ireland Introduces Comprehensive 'Safe Leave' Package for Employees experiencing domestic crisis

Allstate NI has implemented its new Safe Leave support package available to any employee experiencing a domestic crisis.

November 14, 2024

Allstater Charlene Hoynes is 'CCNI Team Leader of the Year 2024'

We are delighted to share that Allstater Charlene Hoynes received the GOLD award for 'team leader of the year' at the Contact Centre Network NI (CCNNI) awards.

October 31, 2024

Placement Student Insight

I heard about Allstate through a University tech talk. They spoke about the summer internship which sounded very interesting, particularly to get some hands-on experience.

September 6, 2024

Allstate Celebrate Prestigious Wins at Business in the Community Northern Ireland Awards 2024

This award recognises the organisation that best demonstrates a positive impact on communities.

May 20, 2024

Fullstack Developer Insight

At Allstate NI we prioritize developing a talented workforce that is equipped with skills for the future. Hear from Ryan who recently completed our Apprenticeship.

April 24, 2024

Allstate NI Opens New Derry Office as Part of £1.6million North West Expansion

Allstate Northern Ireland has officially opened its new premises at the Innovation Centre in Londonderry as part a £1.6million investment in the North West over the next five years.

February 15, 2024

Advanced Rating Models Built In Record Time To Significantly Improved Pricing For Allstate Customers

Our D3 team within Allstate NI embarked on the ambitious task of creating advanced rating plan models.

January 18, 2024

Transforming Customer Engagement: The Evolution of Allstate's Collision Insights Experience

A game-changing approach that delivers almost real-time collision insights.

January 8, 2024

Speed is our new superpower: Generative AI PoC demonstrates a 20% faster migration to new tech stack

One of those solutions is a new auto product on a new technology stack with a new customer experience.

January 4, 2024

Empowering Communities: Repurposing End-Of-Life Laptops For Positive Impact

Our new initiative 'Equipment for Good' is aimed at exploring ways to repurpose our end-of-life technological equipment, for the betterment of our local community.

December 4, 2023

Allstate Software Studio opens at Queen's University Belfast

Allstate NI and Queen's University Belfast have opened the Allstate Software Studio, a new purpose-built training facility for software engineering students.

November 28, 2023

Helping revolutionize the Digital Landscape: Allstate NI iOS Developers Unleash Cutting-Edge App Magic!

Allstate has introduce an updated version of its mobile app, with new features with customers' broader needs and "go beyond" traditional insurance services.

November 27, 2023

Allstate NI achieves Platinum level in the 2023 Environmental Benchmarking Survey

We are delighted to have achieved Platinum level in the 2023 Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey recognised as the sector leader in sustainability.

November 15, 2023

Apprentice Insight

At Allstate NI we prioritize developing a talented workforce that is equipped with skills for the future. We offer a 4-year paid Apprenticeship in partnership with Ulster University with participants graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Computing Systems upon completion and a job within Allstate NI.

October 6, 2023

Volunteering for a Cause: How Allstate NI employees are getting involved!

The Allstate NI Volunteer Challenge provides 15 hours for all employees to Be a Force for Good in our community. A group of employees volunteer at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

October 23, 2023

Digital Product Manager: Reskilling Program

The 4-day course has been designed to build the core capabilities needed for these employees to transition into product manager roles. Participants explore the full product lifecycle learning the key skills required to go from idea to customer success.

September 25, 2023

Leading the Way: Allstate NI's Commitment to Sustainability

At Allstate Northern Ireland, we aim to be a responsible and socially conscious business, implementing practices and initiatives that benefit our people, our community and our environment.

September 22, 2023

Digital Product Manager: Reskilling Program

Digital Product Management bootcamp, delivered by MadeFor, explore the full product lifecycle, learning the key skills required to go from idea to customer success.

August 30, 2023

Digitally transforming our customer experiences within the Contact Centre

Allstate Technology Support Centre (ATSC) team pride themselves on their digital transformation for customer and employees.

August 25, 2023

Improving security globally using API's at Allstate

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team here at Allstate implemented reusable, event-driven, RESTful APIs that expose IAM capabilities and functions for the Enterprise to programmatically consume.

August 21, 2023

Investing in our People for Roles of the Future — Digital Product Manager reskilling

At Allstate NI, we're passionate about providing reskilling and upskilling opportunities to our employees to help them progress their careers.

August 10, 2023

Automation at Allstate using Large Language Model's to transform customer's experiences

There are many examples of machine-learning automation tools in use within Allstate, for example we have voice transcription and sentiment modeling.

August 4, 2023

Evolve Reskilling Program: Neil Mallon

Reskilling has become a vital strategy in today's rapidly evolving world. As technology continues to reshape industries, as individuals and an organization we must embrace the power of reskilling to adapt and thrive.

August 2, 2023

4-Day Digital Product Management Bootcamp!

The 4-day immersive bootcamp, held at our Belfast office, was designed to build the core capabilities needed for product manager roles.

August 2, 2023

Security Reskilling Program: Shalini Jagadeesan

Reskilling has become a vital strategy in today's rapidly evolving world. As technology continues to reshape industries, individuals must embrace the power of reskilling to adapt and thrive.

June 26, 2023

Allstate NI Awarded Gold CORE Accreditation for Responsible Business Leadership from Business in the Community

Allstate Northern Ireland has been awarded Gold CORE accreditation.

June 14, 2023

NI businesses encouraged to go for Diversity 'Gold'

A broad spectrum of businesses and industry representatives this week attended the Diversity Mark 'Going for Gold' event to learn more about how diversity, equity, and inclusion.

May 24, 2023

The Importance of Diversity in AI & Machine Learning

ANI's Lead Data Scientist in D3, Michelle McGlone, shares why diversity is so crucial in the development of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

May 24, 2023

Cybersecurity Reskilling Program: Niall Mullan

Niall had a personal intrest in Cybersecurity. When the Cybersecurity Reskilling Program became available, Niall enrolled in the course.

May 17, 2023

Lateral Move To Data & Intelligent Systems: Rose Crampsie

Rose's journey to Data & Intelligent Systems includes having confidence and believing in oneself - taking risks by stepping out of her comfort zone.

May 10, 2023

Full Stack Development Reskilling Program: Conor Rice

Conor took advantage of reskilling opportunities at Allstate Northern Ireland to advance his career in Full Stack Development.

May 4, 2023

Project Spotlight: Legal Automation Toolkit

As winners of the 2023 Digital DNA Digital Innovation of the Year Award, we wanted to share some more detail on what made the Legal Automation Toolkit carried out by our Data & Intelligent Systems (D&IS) ML R&D Team the worthy recipients of this prestigious award!

May 2, 2023

Reskilling program: Ann Marie Doherty

I was always interested in Cybersecurity roles when they were listed on the OWN IT emails, but I never applied because I didn't meet the essential criteria as I had no experience in Cybersecurity.

March 27, 2023

Allstate NI is the first company in UK & Ireland to earn Gold Diversity Mark

Allstate NI has been awarded the Gold Diversity Mark, making it the first company in the UK & Ireland to earn this top distinction for an inclusive and diverse workplace.

March 22, 2023

Get to know Imelda McVeigh, Career Journey at ANI

Great people are the driving force behind great business. That's why at Allstate we pride ourselves in hiring and nurturing the best people.

March 21, 2023

Allstate Northern Ireland appoints Dr. Stephen McKeown as vice president and managing director

Allstate Northern Ireland has appointed Dr. Stephen McKeown to lead its employees, technology and operations.

March 2, 2023

Get to know Sarah O'Neill, Facilities Administrator

Great people are the driving force behind great business. That's why at Allstate we pride ourselves in hiring and nurturing the best people.

February 21, 2023

Employee Spotlight - Megan D'Arcy

Megan D'Arcy as she gives us insight into her role, Data Analytical Engineer, here at Allstate NI and her journey so far.

February 10, 2023

BelTech returns for tenth annual conference

Director of Research Science at Zoom, Sebastian Stücker, to address leading conference in Belfast

February 9, 2023

Allstate Cyber Safety Celebrates Safer Internet Day 2023

Safer Internet Day took place this year on Tuesday February 7 with celebrations and learning based around the theme 'Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online'.

February 8, 2023

Get to know Tobin Craig, ATSV Senior Manager:

Great people are the driving force behind great business. That's why at Allstate we pride ourselves in hiring and nurturing the best people.

February 6, 2023

Young girls put cybersecurity skills to the test at schools competition

Girls from twelve schools across Northern Ireland have put their cybersecurity skills to the test in the Northern Ireland final of the UK CyberFirst Girls competition.

February 1, 2023

Get to know Chris Cunningham, AAV Senior Product Specialist:

Great people are the driving force behind great business. That's why at Allstate we pride ourselves in hiring and nurturing the best people.

January 25, 2023

Allstate NI's Stephen Lomas appointed chair of Contact Centre Network Northern Ireland

Established in 2018, CCNNI is a nonprofit membership organisation supporting the contact centre and customer service industry, which employs over 15,000 people across Northern Ireland.

January 25, 2023

Get to know Peter Barber, Director, Direct Sales, Service and Marketing Technologies:

Great people are the driving force behind great business. That's why at Allstate we pride ourselves in hiring and nurturing the best people.

January 18, 2023

Get to know Martina Donaghy, Lead Consultant, HR COE:

Great people are the driving force behind great business. That's why at Allstate we pride ourselves in hiring and nurturing the best people.

January 11, 2023

Get to know Tommy Monahan, Placement Test Engineer:

Great people are the driving force behind great business. That's why at Allstate we pride ourselves in hiring and nurturing the best people.

January 4, 2023

Get to know Melissa Tully, QA Engineer, ABI:

Great people are the driving force behind great business. That's why at Allstate we pride ourselves in hiring and nurturing the best people.