Allstate Northern Ireland
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| Private | |
| Industry | Software & Technology |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Key people | John Healy, Managing Director |
| Products | Software solutions |
| Website | www.allstate.com/about/Northern-Ireland/About-Allstate-NI.aspx |
Allstate NI is a company based in Belfast, Derry and Strabane in Northern Ireland.
Allstate NI specialises in delivering technology and business services to its parent company, Allstate. The company currently employs around 2300 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 headquarters to a larger building in Lanyon Place, and has opened another office in Derry and a third office in Strabane. Allstate NI is Northern Ireland's largest and most successful IT company, winning numerous highly prestigious business awards at local and national level, including two Queen's Award for Enterprise.[1] for 'Best Enterprise and International Trade' in 2005 for 'Enterprise - Sustainable Development' in 2014. In 2005 the previous managing director, Bro McFerran was awarded a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours.
Allstate NI plays a strategic role in developing, transforming and maintaining the various technology platforms used within Allstate Enterprise by supporting its day-to-day business, looking after the different systems that you might expect in one of the world's largest insurance giants to run including Infrastructure Services, Business Process Management, Managed Services, Consultancy Specialist Services, Application Development & Integration and Application Maintenance.
Awards
Allstate NI has won numerous business awards including:
2015
- 2015 HIGHLY COMMENDED - TV Business EYE Awards - Employer of the Year
- 2015 HIGHLY COMMENDED - NI Road Safety Awards - Secondary School Project
- 2015 WINNER - Strabane Business Awards - Excellence in Training
- 2015 WINNER - Belfast Business Top 50 - Belfast Business of the Year
- 2015 WINNER - Investors in People Gold Award
- 2015 WINNER - Stevie Awards in International Business - Silver Award Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Global Issues category
- 2015 WINNER - Investors in People Awards - Excellence in Social Responsibility Award
- 2015 WINNER - The Charities Aid Foundation - Platinum Award for Payroll Giving
- 2015 WINNER - The Active Belfast Challenge
- 2015 FINALIST - CIPD Awards - Best Health & Wellbeing Initiative
- 2015 WINNER - The Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards - Large Organisation Career Inspiration Award
- 2015 WINNER - The Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards - Global Team Award
- 2015 WINNER - Belfast Business Awards - Best Company to work for award
- 2015 WINNER - Global Business Excellence Awards - Outstanding HR Initiative - Global Connect
- 2015 WINNER - Belfast Telegraph Business Awards - Excellence in the Development of Management and Leadership
- 2015 FINALIST - Business in the Community - Responsible Business Awards - Bupa Employee Wellbeing Award
2014
- Queen's Award for Enterprise - Sustainable Development
- Business in the Community Awards - Responsible Company of the Year
- CIPD NI - Highly Commended - Employee Engagement Initiativve of the Year
- Distinction Awards -Distinction in Employer Branding
- Strabane Business Awards - Employer of the Year
- The Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards Large Organisation Career Inspiration Award
- Investors in People Awards Excellence in Work Life Balance
- Payroll Giving Quality Mark Platinum Award for Charitable Giving Scheme