Nationwide History
Over the last 80 years Nationwide® has gone from a small auto insurer for Ohio farmers, to one of the largest insurance and financial services companies in the world with more than $157 billion in statutory assets.The Early Years
1925 - The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation incorporates the Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company with the goal of providing quality auto insurance at low rates for rural drivers in Ohio.
1926 - The first policy is sold, and The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation is open for business.1928 - With help from locally based "sponsoring" organizations, Farm Bureau Mutual begins expanding into other states. These include West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Vermont, and North Carolina.
1934 - The company starts insuring motorists in metropolitan areas and through the purchase of a fire insurance company, begins writing property insurance policies.
1943 - Farm Bureau Mutual operates in 12 states and the District of Columbia.
Growing National!
1955 -- From 1943 on, the Farm Bureau Mutual expanded operations until it became clear that they had far outgrown their original goals...and their name. So, with a western expansion that included 20 additional states, the company changed its name to Nationwide InsuranceSM.
1978 -- Nationwide completes its international headquarters One Nationwide Plaza. The 40-story structure is the largest single office building in Central Ohio.
1996 -- Nationwide Financial® goes public.
2000 -- With a ground breaking in 1997, the Nationwide Arena opens providing a home to a National Hockey League franchise, the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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1926 - The first policy is sold, and The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation is open for business.1928 - With help from locally based "sponsoring" organizations, Farm Bureau Mutual begins expanding into other states. These include West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Vermont, and North Carolina.
1934 - The company starts insuring motorists in metropolitan areas and through the purchase of a fire insurance company, begins writing property insurance policies.
Growing National!
1955 -- From 1943 on, the Farm Bureau Mutual expanded operations until it became clear that they had far outgrown their original goals...and their name. So, with a western expansion that included 20 additional states, the company changed its name to Nationwide InsuranceSM.
1978 -- Nationwide completes its international headquarters One Nationwide Plaza. The 40-story structure is the largest single office building in Central Ohio.
1996 -- Nationwide Financial® goes public.
2000 -- With a ground breaking in 1997, the Nationwide Arena opens providing a home to a National Hockey League franchise, the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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