[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 102 (Friday, June 24, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E994]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE

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                           HON. BILL HUIZENGA

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 24, 2016

  Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
Auto-Owners Insurance Company's one-hundred years of serving citizens 
in Michigan and across the country.
  Founded in one room of a bank building in 1916, Auto-Owners is now 
the largest property and casualty insurance company based in Michigan. 
Auto-Owners maintains its headquarters in Lansing, Michigan, where it 
serves its policyholders with a team of more than 43,000 agents. Today, 
the company offers auto and life insurance claims to Americans in more 
than half the country.
  Over the last one-hundred years, Auto-Owners has consistently 
demonstrated its strength and commitment to its policyholders. During 
the Great Depression, the company paid all claims in cash, writing more 
than $2.5 million in insurance premiums, despite drastic deflation and 
widespread instability throughout the country. Auto-Owners now issues 
over 5.1 million personal, commercial, and life policies with the same 
values of financial accountability and loyal service. As demonstrated 
by its A++ rating from A.M. Best, Auto-Owners has continued to put its 
policyholders first.
  Auto-Owners' stated mission is to provide the best claim service in 
the industry. It is a mission they have fulfilled for the last century, 
and this centennial milestone is an important achievement. For one-
hundred years, Auto-Owners has maintained its dedication to its 
policyholders to be there when people need them most. Their unwavering 
commitment is worthy of recognition and applause.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Auto-Owners Insurance, its 
employees, and its loyal agents for their efforts to live the values 
that define them and deliver on the promise found in their products.

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