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Allstate NI is a company based in Belfast
, Derry
and Strabane
in Northern Ireland
. The company was previously known as Northbrook Technology. As of May 7, 2008, Northbrook Technology was renamed to Allstate Northern Ireland.
Allstate NI specialises in delivering technology
and business services to its parent company, Allstate
. The company currently employs around 1500 workers with plans to develop further.
campus of the University of Ulster
in Derry. In 2005 the company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise. In the same year managing direct Bro McFerran was awarded a CBE
in the Queen's birthday honours.
In 2007 the company came 25th in the Belfast Telegraph's Top 100 Companies 2007, with a turnover of £41.3m and a profit of £1.2m, which is considerably less than 2004 when they made a profit of £6.3m.
Despite Allstate NI's best attempts at cost cutting, their finances in the year of 2008 only continued to worsen. According to the Belfast Telegraph, in 2008, they failed to make any profits, incurring a large loss of 3.5 Million Pounds.
The Strabane Facility holds the ATSC (Allstate Technology Support Center) and the top level management contact point ECC (Enterprise Command Center), these provide frontline contact and Technology Support for Allstate Employees and Allstate Agencies, as well as contractors home and abroad. This is the centre which has seen the largest recent growth of outsourcing in the company, taking advantage of the local expertise in the IT sector.
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, Derry
Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
and Strabane
Strabane
Strabane , historically spelt Straban,is a town in west County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It contains the headquarters of Strabane District Council....
in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. The company was previously known as Northbrook Technology. As of May 7, 2008, Northbrook Technology was renamed to Allstate Northern Ireland.
Allstate NI specialises in delivering technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and business services to its parent company, Allstate
Allstate
The Allstate Corporation is the second-largest personal lines insurer in the United States and the largest that is publicly held. The company also has personal lines insurance operations in Canada. Allstate was founded in 1931 as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and was spun off in 1993...
. The company currently employs around 1500 workers with plans to develop further.
History
The company established its first office in Corporation Street, Belfast and started recruiting in early 1999. The company has since moved to its current larger headquarters building in Lanyon Place and has opened a second facility within the Magee CollegeMagee College
Magee College is a campus of the University of Ulster located in Derry, Northern Ireland. It opened in 1865 as a Presbyterian Christian arts and theological college...
campus of the University of Ulster
University of Ulster
The University of Ulster is a multi-campus, co-educational university located in Northern Ireland. It is the largest single university in Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland...
in Derry. In 2005 the company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise. In the same year managing direct Bro McFerran was awarded a CBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
in the Queen's birthday honours.
In 2007 the company came 25th in the Belfast Telegraph's Top 100 Companies 2007, with a turnover of £41.3m and a profit of £1.2m, which is considerably less than 2004 when they made a profit of £6.3m.
Despite Allstate NI's best attempts at cost cutting, their finances in the year of 2008 only continued to worsen. According to the Belfast Telegraph, in 2008, they failed to make any profits, incurring a large loss of 3.5 Million Pounds.
The Strabane Facility holds the ATSC (Allstate Technology Support Center) and the top level management contact point ECC (Enterprise Command Center), these provide frontline contact and Technology Support for Allstate Employees and Allstate Agencies, as well as contractors home and abroad. This is the centre which has seen the largest recent growth of outsourcing in the company, taking advantage of the local expertise in the IT sector.