One of Allstate’s “mayhem” ads.

Allstate’s “mayhem” ad campaign won “Best of Show” at the Chicago ADDY awards Thursday night, the first such awards given out here in about a decade.

In the mayhem campaign, actor Dean Winters portrays all of the obstacles that unlikely events that can lead to a major insurance claim, like a team pennant tearing loose from a pick-up truck, a distracted teen mowing the lawn or a Christmas tree falling on your car’s roof during a rainstorm. Get the full story »