Their policies are sold exclusively through local and independent insurance agents within their 26 operating states.

[3] They currently sponsor Martin Truex Jr. and Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series.

In 1916, Vern V. Moulton and four other associates organized Auto-Owners Insurance Company in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

In 1917, the company moved its headquarters to Lansing, Michigan where the home office has remained.

[4] Auto-Owners began writing insurance in Indiana, its first state outside of Michigan, in 1935.