Nationwide Insurance

Company Profile: Nationwide® sold their first policy in 1926, and The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation is open for business. They’ve grown from a small mutual auto insurance company, owned by policyholders who spent their days farming in Ohio, to one of the largest insurance and financial services companies in the world.

Nationwide® is still owned by policyholders, but they protect a lot more than just autos owned by Ohio farmers. Today they offer a full range of insurance and financial services across the country, including car, motorcycle, boat, homeowners, pet, farm, life and commercial insurance, as well as administrative services, annuities, mortgages, mutual funds, pensions, long-term savings plans and specialty health services in all 50 states.

milestones:
  • 1925 - The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation incorporates Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.
  • 1926 - The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation sells its’ first policy.
  • 1934 – Expands into West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Vermont and North Carolina.
  • 1943 – Farm Bureau Mutual continues expansion into 12 additional states.
  • 1955 – After continued expansion into 20 additional states changes name to Nationwide®
  • 1978 - Completes construction of One Nationwide Plaza,
  • 1982 - Acquires Farmland Insurance, America’s leading farm insurer and founded Scottsdale Insurance Company and excess and surplus lines company.
  • 1997 – Goes Public.
  • 1998 - Acquires Allied Mutual Insurance Co.
  • 1999 - Acquires Cal Farm Insurance Co.
  • 1999 - Acquires Crestbrook Insurance as part of Cal Farm acquisition.
  • 2000 - Nationwide Arena opens as the home to the NHL team Columbus Blue Jackets.
  • 2007 - Nationwide Bank opens to the public.
  • 2007 - Columbus Children’s Hospital rededicated as Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
  • 2009 - Acquires Veterinary Pet Insurance.
  • 2009 - Purchases all outstanding shares of Nationwide Financial Services.
  • 2010 – Announces Six-year sponsorship of the Memorial Tournament of the PGA Tour.
  • 2012 - Acquires Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company and Harleysville Group Inc.
  • 2016 - Acquires Jefferson National.

Financial Stability:
  • Nationwide® is rated A+ by A.M. Best, A+ by Standard & Poor’s, A1 by Moody’s.
  • These ratings reflect strong capital position, excellent risk management and capabilities, product and distribution breath, diversified business with market leadership position and a superior ability to meet on going insurance obligations.
  • 2018 Direct Written Premiums more than $18.4 billion.
Employee and Customer Oriented:
  • Nationwide® promotes a culture that provides meaningful and engaging career growth opportunities for over 34,000 associates across the country. The company continuously evolves its innovative talent development strategies, as well as comprehensive health, well-being and retirement benefits and resources to meet their individual needs. Nationwide associates have broad opportunities to give support to one another as well as the communities where they live and work.
  • A diverse and inclusive workforce is critical to Nationwide's success. Bringing together the unique characteristics of their associates -- gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, disability, veteran status, ethnicity, race, religion as well as many other differences such as thinking styles, personalities and work experience -- is an integral part of who they are and how they operate as a company.
    • 2018 Catalyst Award
    • Fortune 100 Best Workplaces for Diversity®
    • Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For ®
    • 2018 Gallup Great Workplace Award
  • In 2009, Nationwide launched its national partnership with Feeding America. Associates often take time during their workdays to support hunger-relief efforts as team building opportunities. Since 2000, Nationwide associates have raised more than 43.8 million meals* for Feeding America food banks.
  • Nationwide Foundation has awarded funds to nonprofit organizations that meet crucial needs in communities: Nationwide companies are the donors to the Nationwide Foundation, a nonprofit, private foundation. In 2018, the Nationwide Foundation contributed $36.4 million to organizations across the U.S., including:
    • $10 million to Nationwide Children’s Hospital
    • $2 million for the National Veterans Memorial and Museum
    • $2.1 million to American Red Cross disaster relief (includes $1M for Florence)
    • $3 million for Opioid Abuse Education & Prevention
    • $2.5 million to Feeding America
  • Recently certified as a great workplace by Great Place to Work®.

Company Highlights:
  • Nationwide® supports the communities where they live and do business. As a mutual company, they dedicate time, energy and resources to serving the community. Nationwide has been working with Nationwide Children’s Hospital for more than 60 years to help them achieve their vision and mission.
  • Investing in a safer future by using technology to better protect you. Partnered with Nexar, to promote safer driving through dashboard cameras and monitoring of specific driving habits. A 16-week pilot drivers showed a meaningful decrease in key behaviors most likely to lead to accidents and dramatically improved safe-driving behaviors.
  • Launched Make Safe Happen® in 2015 to empower parents, caregivers and children with tools and resources to make homes safer. The Make Safe Happen® program has delivered over one million safety actions through 2016 with the hope of reducing childhood accidental injury and death.
  • Associates across the country support Feeding America ® and its member food banks through food drives, monetary donations and volunteerism. Since 2000, Nationwide associates have raised more than 32.9 million meals* for Feeding America food banks. Official Sponsor of the Memorial Tournament of the PGA Tour, Nationwide Children's
  • Hospital Championship for 12 years and Primary Sponsor of NASCAR ® Sprint Cup Driver #88.

Industry Rankings:
  • Nationwide® is the 10 th largest Property and Casualty Insurer and in the United States based on 2018 revenue per the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
  • 8 th largest writer of Homeowners coverage in the United States per NAIC per NAIC.
  • 8 th largest writer of Private Passenger Auto coverage in the United States per NAIC.
  • 12 th largest writer of Commercial Liability coverage in the United States per NAIC.
  • 3 rd largest writer of Commercial Auto in the United Sates . per NAIC.
  • 73 rd on the Fortune 500 list of largest corporations in 2018.
  • 57 th on the 2019 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®
  • Named to the’ “100 Best Companies to Work For” list by Fortune Magazine for the third consecutive year.

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8195 166th Ave Ne, #201
Redmond, WA 98052
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