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Citigroup's Keith F. Walsh, who lowered his rating on the stock in June to "Hold" from "Buy," called Lacher's departure a negative that would depress Allstate shares and delay the Protection unit's turnaround.

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Although he likely won't win the Tour, his days in yellow and idolization in France "were a pure cash machine" for his sponsor, Europcar, says Ulrich Lacher , who analyzes the business of cycling for IFM Group, a sports consultancy based near Frankfurt.

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Mr. Lacher said the company needs a combined ratio "somewhere in the low to mid-eighties" when disasters are included to "generate adequate returns over time."

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In the auto unit, the decline in policy holders has come in part as the company has eliminated some of the smaller, newer insurance agencies that sell Allstate coverage and shifted attention to larger agencies where results have generally been better, Mr. Lacher said.

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"It will take from the weak and give to the strong," Mr. Lacher said.

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Cycling, says IFM's Mr. Lacher, "is still a great advertising investment if you can deal with the doping risk, and that can be handled with good crisis management."

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Mr. Wilson and Joe Lacher , the head of Allstate's property-casualty business, said Allstate's expertise can help Esurance sell coverage to older, "preferred" drivers, and Esurance can help Allstate better understand younger drivers.

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The performance of the home- and auto-insurance operations was the main reason that the head of that unit, Joseph Lacher , was pushed out last month, according to two people familiar with the situation.

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Romeo Lacher will lead this business area, also reporting directly to Mr. Meister and to Mr. Kyriakos-Saad.

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At the start of Monday's conference call, Mr. Wilson said, the decision about Mr. Lacher was made and we've moved on...

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