Insurance company that doesn't outsource

**simply1** · 01-07-2010, 07:54 PM

My dad is a Marine vet, I wonder if I can get a quote through USAA, I know they always seem to kick butt on customer satisfaction.

**simply1** · 01-07-2010, 07:59 PM

Consumer Reports:

1) Amica
2) USAA
3) Chubbs
4) Farm Bureau FS
5) Hartford

Pretty good for Farm Bureau

**lizzie** · 01-07-2010, 08:13 PM

My husband worked for Liberty Mutual's company in Des Moines before we were moved to Colorado to work for their company out here (Colorado Casualty). The name of the Iowa office is Hawkeye Security. They are in West Des Moines by Jordan Creek. Outstanding company.

**lizzie** · 01-07-2010, 08:19 PM

One more thing I would like to add. Liberty Mutual is a privately held company and has never accepted a penny of government money. They are solid and have recently purchased SafeCo out of Seattle- an extremly large company- and they paid cash.

**clone0** · 01-07-2010, 08:19 PM

No outsourcing.....EMC Insurance....Count on EMC!

Headquarters in DSM.....no layoffs and no financial troubles like some others in the last couple of years.

Bonus....ISU supporter.

EMC Insurance Companies - Home

**JP4CY** · 01-07-2010, 08:20 PM

Since you also brought up credit unions I was also wondering about what people recommend in the metro/Ames area.

**simply1** · 01-07-2010, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by lizzie

One more thing I would like to add. Liberty Mutual is a privately held company and has never accepted a penny of government money. They are solid and have recently purchased SafeCo out of Seattle- an extremly large company- and they paid cash.

Thats pretty cool, i didn't know safeco had been purchased

**simply1** · 01-07-2010, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by clone0

No outsourcing.....EMC Insurance....Count on EMC!

Headquarters in DSM.....no layoffs and no financial troubles like some others in the last couple of years.

Bonus....ISU supporter.

I like the bonus!

**CyGal** · 01-07-2010, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by johnpkelly81

Since you also brought up credit unions I was also wondering about what people recommend in the metro/Ames area.

Members1st Community Credit Union in Ames is pretty good. Also have branches in Boone, Mtown, and maybe 1-2 other locations.

**kilgore_trout** · 01-07-2010, 08:32 PM

Liberty Mutual = cheap

Cheap insurance is good until you have a claim. From personal experience, I think LM has perfected the tag team "no, your car isn't worth nearly that much" bit.

If it's your primary concern, the call center I dealt with is in Illinois...

**CyGal** · 01-07-2010, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by kilgore_trout

Liberty Mutual = cheap

Cheap insurance is good until you have a claim. From personal experience, I think LM has perfected the tag team "no, your car isn't worth nearly that much" bit.

If it's your primary concern, the call center I dealt with is in Illinois...

Farm Bureau doesn't have the cheapest insurance, but they have great service to offset that. They try to get the claims handled as quickly as possible. You get what you pay for.

**simply1** · 01-07-2010, 08:44 PM

Liberty Mutual is 10 on CR so probably not going that way, FB is rated well and local, EMC I don't know much about just yet

**ddisu** · 01-07-2010, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by CyGal

Farm Bureau doesn't have the cheapest insurance, but they have great service to offset that. They try to get the claims handled as quickly as possible. You get what you pay for.

FB rates in DM are pretty good, they want the business there. FB is a pretty big donor to ISU and from what i know are pretty good people to work with and don't use loopholes to get out of things.

FYI, I am a FB agent.

**Ms3r4ISU** · 01-08-2010, 09:48 AM

IMT and Wadena are Midwest-based companies. We always get a U.S. person when we call, but we always call our local office and agent.

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**jsb** · 01-08-2010, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by simply1

Please no politics, I'd like to find a quality insurance company that does not outsource overseas, a small step I'd like to take. I figure I'm safe moving my banking from Bank of America to a credit union or local bank? Dish Network/DirecTv is probably not solvable other than going to *gulp* mediacom.

I would like to do what I can, I understand there are things you can't purchase that don't meet this criteria.

Any suggestions for WDM?

What a really great idea. I have no advice on the insurance. But I'm a member of Verdian Credit Union and I assume they are all local. And I know mediacom gets a bad rap, but at least for a year or two you can lock in at really low rates with really fast internet. I got Mediacom, figuring that I would switch to Dish or Direct soon, but I am loving having Mediacom.