Allstate Taps Union Pacific General Counsel as Top Lawyer Successor

Rhonda Ferguson, most recently the executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Union Pacific Railroad headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, will join Allstate in Northbrook, Illinois, as executive vice president and general counsel Sept. 28.

Insurance giant Allstate Corp. announced it has hired a new general counsel who will eventually take over for the longtime chief legal officer next year.