State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company

State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company
Company typePublic company
NASDAQ, STFC
IndustryInsurance
Founded16 September 1921
FounderRobert Pein
Headquarters518 East Broad Street,
OwnerLiberty Mutual

State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company, commonly shortened to State Auto Mutual or State Auto, is an American insurance company based in Columbus, Ohio. It was incorporated in 1921 as the first casualty insurance company to be headquartered in Columbus.[1][2] In 2022, it was acquired by Liberty Mutual for approximately $1 billion.[3]

  1. ^ Gingher, Paul R. (1978). Running mates : the story of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company. Internet Archive. New York : Newcomen Society in North America.
  2. ^ Office of the Insurance Commissioner, State of Wisconsin (4 February 2020). "Report of the Examination of State Auto Insurance Company of Wisconsin Columbus, Ohio As of December 31, 2018" (PDF). Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ^ "State Auto acquired by Liberty Mutual Insurance | State Auto". www.stateauto.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.