http://americaninsurancecompanies.org Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:26:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://americaninsurancecompanies.org/state-farm-a-man-with-an-idea/ http://americaninsurancecompanies.org/state-farm-a-man-with-an-idea/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://279506 In 1922 a retired farmer turned insurance agent named George Jacob Mecherle had an idea he took to his agency. Gj’s idea was simple, farmers drive less so in turn should pay less for insurance, his company thought differently. Mr. Mecherle was driven by his ideal and thus began State Farm. State Farm has strived to be the right choice for consumers ever since.
Decade after decade State Farm has raised the bar for all insurance companies. The first agency convention in 1927 had 175 agents in attendance, today State Farm has more than 17,000 agents and over 68,000 employees. In the 1930′s the State Farm road atlas began its publication and the first female agent was put into action. The 1940′s came in and State Farm became the nations top insurance company, and they still are today. The year 1955 brought the start-up of homeowners insurance and in the 1960′s became the top writer of homeowners policies. Together with being the top car insurance provider and top writer of homeowners policy put State Farm solidly at the top as the biggest insurance writer in the world. In 1971 State Farm added a disaster service that had employees, agency wide, volunteer to help in times of natural disaster. This disaster service was the start-up service that was later upgraded to catastrophe services following the record breaking catastrophes of the 1990′s. State Farm was started up by a man with an idea that people are different with different needs and built, brick by brick, into a leading company by proving he was right.
Reviewing consumer reports from different reporting agencys is always a good idea when looking for any type insurance. In researching State Farm, you will find, as with all agencys, mixed reviews. State Farm’s reviews show that if you are happy with your agent, you are happy with State Farm, with over 17,000 agents worldwide you should be able to find the one right for you. Although State Farm has guidelines for who does your claim repair, you will find per consumer reviews, clients were happy with the speed of the claims process overall.
State Farm, a company built by a man with an idea, a company built for the consumer.

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