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{{Infobox company
| name = Safe Auto Insurance Company
| logo = Safe Auto logo (low res).jpg
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = 1993
| location = 4 Easton Oval, [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Ohio]] 43219<br>[[United States]]
| key_people = Ron Davies (President and CEO)<br> Ari Deshe (Cofounder and Executive Chairman)<br> [[Jon Diamond]] (Cofounder and Executive Chairman)<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/07/23/safe-auto-hires-allstate-executive-to.html Safe Auto hires Allstate executive to take over from insurer’s founders]</ref>
| industry = [[Insurance]] & [[Finance]]
| products = [[Auto insurance|Private-passenger auto insurance]]
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| homepage = [http://www.safeauto.com SafeAuto.com]
}}
'''Safe Auto Insurance Company''' is a property and casualty auto insurance carrier. It is a privately held carrier and provider of state-minimum private-passenger auto insurance for drivers in the nonstandard insurance market in 17 states across the country, including Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri, Arizona, Oklahoma, Kansas, Virginia, Texas and California.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.safeauto.com/state-insurance|title=State Minimum Car Insurance {{!}} Legal Requirements from SafeAuto|website=www.safeauto.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref>
==History==
The company was founded in [[Columbus, Ohio]]<ref name="Safe Auto HQ">{{cite news|author=Wartenberg, Steve|title=Meet Justin Case - (though he doesn't really exist)|work=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|publisher=Dispatch Printing Company|page=8A - Business|date= July 18, 2009|quote=Justin Case has a cubicle on the fourth floor of SafeAuto's headquarters building in Columbus.}}</ref> in 1993 by [[Jon Diamond]] and [[Ari Deshe]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |title=#100 Schottenstein family |publisher=[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]|date= |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/schottenstein/#51abd794578e |quote=Jay's brothers-in-law Ari Deshe and Jon Diamond together founded car insurer SafeAuto}}</ref>
==Operations==
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SafeAuto is licensed in 22 states,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.safeauto.com/license-disclosure|title=Safe Auto Group Agency Licensing Disclosure|website=www.safeauto.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref> markets in 17 states,<ref name=":0" /> and employs more than 700 associates across its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, and its satellite offices in Woodsfield, Ohio, and Somerset, Kentucky. SafeAuto's annual revenue was more than $300 million in 2013.<ref>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10842006.htm</ref> Since 2012, Ron Davies, former senior vice president with Allstate Insurance Co, took over the role of CEO; Diamond and Deshe remain involved with the company as chairmen and executive directors of the company's board.<ref>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/07/24/256927.htm</ref> Davies has since opened two SafeAuto storefronts in Columbus, Ohio, to serve customers face to face. In March 2015, SafeAuto acquired AutoTex MGA and began expanding to the independent agent insurance business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.safeauto.com/news-releases/details/2015/03/11/safeauto-to-acquire-autotex-mga|title=SafeAuto to Acquire AutoTex MGA|website=www.safeauto.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref>
==Target Demographic==
SafeAuto targets the nonstandard auto insurance market, in which it has specialized for over 20 years in providing [[Liability insurance|liability coverage]] that meets states' required minimum limits. Deshe and Diamond founded the company on the idea that SafeAuto could serve this market, which includes high-risk drivers and drivers who require an [[SR-22 (insurance)|SR-22]] that other companies were hesitant to insure, better than any other insurance company could.
==See also==
* [[List of United States insurance companies]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.safeauto.com/ Official website]
{{Automotive industry in the United States}}
[[Category:Insurance companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1993]]
{{Ohio-stub}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Safe Auto Insurance Company
| logo = Safe Auto logo (low res).jpg
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = 1993
| location = 4 Easton Oval, [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Ohio]] 43219<br>[[United States]]
| key_people = Ron Davies (President and CEO)<br> Ari Deshe (Cofounder and Executive Chairman)<br> [[Jon Diamond]] (Cofounder and Executive Chairman)<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/07/23/safe-auto-hires-allstate-executive-to.html Safe Auto hires Allstate executive to take over from insurer’s founders]</ref>
| industry = [[Insurance]] & [[Finance]]
| products = [[Auto insurance|Private-passenger auto insurance]]
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| homepage = [http://www.safeauto.com SafeAuto.com]
}}
'''Safe Auto Insurance Company''' is a property and casualty auto insurance carrier. It is a privately held carrier and provider of state-minimum private-passenger auto insurance for drivers in the nonstandard insurance market in 17 states across the country, including Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri, Arizona, Oklahoma, Kansas, Virginia, Texas and California.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.safeauto.com/state-insurance|title=State Minimum Car Insurance {{!}} Legal Requirements from SafeAuto|website=www.safeauto.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref>
==History==
The company was founded in [[Columbus, Ohio]]<ref name="Safe Auto HQ">{{cite news|author=Wartenberg, Steve|title=Meet Justin Case - (though he doesn't really exist)|work=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|publisher=Dispatch Printing Company|page=8A - Business|date= July 18, 2009|quote=Justin Case has a cubicle on the fourth floor of SafeAuto's headquarters building in Columbus.}}</ref> in 1993 by [[Jon Diamond]] and [[Ari Deshe]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |title=#100 Schottenstein family |publisher=[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]|date= |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/schottenstein/#51abd794578e |quote=Jay's brothers-in-law Ari Deshe and Jon Diamond together founded car insurer SafeAuto}}</ref>
==Operations==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Safe Auto headquarters.jpg|thumbnail|right|Safe Auto headquarters]] -->
SafeAuto is licensed in 22 states,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.safeauto.com/license-disclosure|title=Safe Auto Group Agency Licensing Disclosure|website=www.safeauto.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref> markets in 17 states,<ref name=":0" /> and employs more than 700 associates across its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, and its satellite offices in Woodsfield, Ohio, and Somerset, Kentucky. SafeAuto's annual revenue was more than $300 million in 2013.<ref>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10842006.htm</ref> Since 2012, Ron Davies, former senior vice president with Allstate Insurance Co, took over the role of CEO; Diamond and Deshe remain involved with the company as chairmen and executive directors of the company's board.<ref>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/07/24/256927.htm</ref> Davies has since opened two SafeAuto storefronts in Columbus, Ohio, to serve customers face to face. In March 2015, SafeAuto acquired AutoTex MGA and began expanding to the independent agent insurance business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.safeauto.com/news-releases/details/2015/03/11/safeauto-to-acquire-autotex-mga|title=SafeAuto to Acquire AutoTex MGA|website=www.safeauto.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref>
==Target Demographic==
SafeAuto targets the nonstandard auto insurance market, in which it has specialized for over 20 years in providing [[Liability insurance|liability coverage]] that meets states' required minimum limits. Deshe and Diamond founded the company on the idea that SafeAuto could serve this market, which includes high-risk drivers and drivers who require an [[SR-22 (insurance)|SR-22]] that other companies were hesitant to insure, better than any other insurance company could.
==See also==
* [[List of United States insurance companies]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.safeauto.com/ Official website]
{{Automotive industry in the United States}}
[[Category:Insurance companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1993]]
{{Ohio-stub}}
