Allstate Corp. says it expects $1.08 billion in pretax catastrophe losses, mostly from Superstorm Sandy, for the month of October.

The Northbrook, Ill.-based insurance group says in a statement that while gross losses are higher, the company expects to get about $200 million from reinsurance.

Allstate says the late October storm was the largest of five catastrophe events in October, but it did not break down each event.

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