Allstate Insurance Company was founded in 1931 as a division of Sears selling auto insurance by direct mail. It’s since grown to become the largest publicly held auto and home insurer in the US. Allstate employs over 40,000 people. In addition, it contracts with over 11,000 exclusive agents who act as its sales force. These […]

Aon is one of the world’s top providers of risk management, insurance brokerage, reinsurance brokerage, human resource solutions, and outsourcing services—in other words, it offers what companies need to manage their risk, and manage and optimize their employees. In 2011, Business Insurance magazine ranked Aon the #1 largest insurance broker in the world based  on […]

State Farm was founded in 1922 by George Jacob “G.J.” Mecherle. And from the start, it was driven by innovation. Annette R. Martinez, State Farm’s VP of Human Resources, told us “(Mecherle) looked at the insurance industry and said, ‘I have a new idea.’ And he went and actually pitched this to an insurance company. […]