Auto-Owners Insurance is an insurance company that has been around for more than 100 years. The company offers several discounts and coverage options through more than 48,000 agents in 26 states. Auto-Owners Insurance uses a customer-centric approach with a focus on personalized experiences. This means its quote process is only available via an agent, which can be a downside for people looking to get a quick quote online. Learn more about the auto coverage you can get in this Auto-Owners Insurance review. Auto-Owners Insurance: Is it worth it? What is Auto-Owners Insurance? Auto-Owners Insurance is an insurance company founded in 1916 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Today, it’s headquartered...
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Happy Family Playing in Garden. Photo: Getty Images/Westend61 Auto-Owners Insurance is among the leading property and casualty insurance companies in the United States. It was founded in 1916 by Vern V. Moulton. The company is headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, and offers coverage in 26 states through 48,000 licensed, independent agents. Mr. Moulton started his insurance company in one room of a bank building. In the early days, the company wrote only automobile insurance. In the 1940s Auto-Owners Insurance entered the casualty insurance marketplace and began offering personal property and commercial casualty coverage, including homeowner’s insurance, life insurance, car insurance, and...
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TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IVANS Insurance Solutions ® today announced that Auto-Owners Insurance has partnered with IVANS to automate appetite communications to the largest network of independent insurance agents. IVANS enables insurers to more nimbly manage appetite communications directly in agents’ management systems, allowing Auto-Owners Insurance to manage market appetite changes in real-time while increasing market awareness to agency partners in their daily workflows. “Independent agents are a critical component of our company’s success, so we want to make it easier for them to do business with us,” said Jeff Twait, director of Commercial Lines Underwriting...
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Joe Gibbs Racing announced today that Auto-Owners Insurance has signed a contract extension to continue serving as a primary sponsor of Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 19 Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Cup Series. Auto-Owners Insurance, one of the nation’s largest insurers writing more than five million policies annually, has been a longtime supporter of Truex dating back to 2016 and joined Joe Gibbs Racing in 2019. The combination has proved to be a winning one as Truex has wheeled the Auto-Owners Camry to multiple wins, including a dominant victory at Darlington Raceway earlier this season. “I’m so thankful for Auto-Owners and what they have meant to me both on and off the track,” said Truex. “...
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Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announced today that Auto-Owners Insurance has signed a contract extension to continue serving as a primary sponsor of Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 19 Toyota Camry TRD in the NASCAR Cup Series. Auto-Owners Insurance, one of the nation’s largest insurers writing more than five million policies annually, began sponsoring Truex in 2016 and moved to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2019. The Truex-Auto-Owners’ partnership has proved powerful with multiple wins on the racetrack and numerous charity initiatives off the track. “Auto-Owners has been a great partner of ours for a long time now,” said Truex. “They’re always 100 percent behind whatever we’re doing whether that’s on the track or...
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Auto-Owners Insurance found its start in Monterey, California in 1898 and has focused on insuring Western United States residents in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Auto-Owners is best for customers looking for more than just basic liability insurance. The carrier offers gap insurance, pet coverage and insurance for additional expenses beyond what a typical policy would cover. As far as customer service, Auto-Owner insurance complaints are lower than many of its larger competitors, proving the auto insurance company is customer-focused. Auto-Owners Quickpoints Region offered: West (Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington) AM Best rating/financial strength...
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Auto-Owners vs. State Auto: What You Need to Know Vern V. Moulton and four of his associates founded Auto-Owners Insurance Company in a single room in the Commercial Block Building in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The company moved to Lansing, Michigan where it still is today. In its first year, Auto-Owners Insurance had only one book of policyholders and $174.25 in total assets. In 1935, Auto-Owners extended beyond Michigan and began writing policies in Indiana. In 1951, the company opens the doors to its new four-story home in downtown Lansing and 400 associates moved in. In 1966 the company established Auto-Owners Life Insurance Company. In 1976, the company moved into its current home in...
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LANSING, Mich. and MONTEREY, Calif., Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Auto-Owners Insurance is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Capital Insurance Group. Auto-Owners is an A.M. Best A++ (Superior) rated multi-line property & casualty insurer, operating solely through independent agencies in 26 states. Auto-Owners also owns a life insurance company, an excess & surplus lines company, and is affiliated with Concord General Mutual Insurance Company in the northeastern U.S. Capital Insurance Group is the leading regional property & casualty insurer, serving the western U.S. since 1898. With extensive local knowledge, claims and underwriting...
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SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Auto-Owners Insurance is among the nation's largest insurers providing coverage to more than 3 million policyholders and is now integrated with the IBQ Systems commercial platform. Independent agents are now able to easily send customer data to Auto-Owners for Business Owners Policy (BOP) quotes from IBQ's platform, saving time and increasing efficiency with their single-entry solution. "The independent agent is at the core of Auto-Owners business model and we strive to improve the agent's workflow when quoting commercial business," said Jeff Twait, director of commercial underwriting systems, Auto-Owners. "IBQ shares a similar goal and we were...
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Leadership: Jeffrey S. Tagsold, chair and CEO; Daniel J. Thelen, president; Michael D. Pike, executive vice president; William F. Woodbury, first vice president, secretary, general counsel; Jonathan R. Riekse, senior vice president, personal lines underwriting; Mary S. Pierce, senior vice president, marketing and sales, life company operations; Denise G. Williams, senior vice president, HR and incentive travel; Theodore W. Reinbold, senior vice president and treasurer, actuarial and financial; Anthony Dean, senior vice president, IT; Andrea L. Lindemeyer, senior vice president, commercial lines underwriting; Jamie P. Whisnant, senior vice president, claims Established in 1916, Auto-Owners...
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