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{{Infobox company
| name = Erie Insurance
| logo = Erie Insurance Group (logo).png
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|ERIE}} (Class A)<br>[[Russell 1000 Index|Russell 1000 Component]]
| key_people = [[Timothy G. NeCastro]] {{small|(CEO)}}<br> [[Thomas B. Hagen]] {{small|(Chairman)}}
| industry = Insurance
| products = Property, Casualty and Life Insurance
| num_employees = 5,000
| num_locations = 12,400 Independent insurance agents located in 12 U.S. states and the District of Columbia
| foundation = {{start date and age|1925|4|20}}
| founders = H.O. Hirt<br> O.G. Crawford
| homepage = [http://www.erieinsurance.com/ www.erieinsurance.com]
| location = [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
}}

'''Erie Insurance''' is a publicly held [[insurance]] company, offering [[auto insurance|auto]], [[homeowners insurance|home]], commercial and [[life insurance]] through a network of independent insurance agents. {{As of|2018}}, Erie Insurance Group is ranked 378th among the largest public U.S. companies, in terms of revenue, by [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune magazine]].<ref>http://fortune.com/fortune500/erie-insurance-group/</ref>

Its geographic footprint extends to 12 [[U.S. state]]s and the [[District of Columbia]], including [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Maryland]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[North Carolina]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Tennessee]], [[Virginia]], [[West Virginia]] and [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="Erie Insurance Fact Sheet">{{cite web |title=Fact Sheet |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/news-room/fact-sheet |website=Erie Insurance}}</ref> It also owns the naming rights to the [[Erie Insurance Arena]] in [[Downtown Erie|downtown Erie, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="arena" />

==History==
Erie Insurance Exchange began in 1925 when two salesman for the Pennsylvania Indemnity Exchange, H.O. Hirt and O.G. Crawford, left to create their own insurance company. In three months and 20 days, the two convinced 90 [[shareholder|stockholders]] to invest using a hand-written business plan, raising $31,000 to begin their own auto insurance company.<ref name="Erie Insurance Historic Timeline">{{cite web |title=Erie Insurance Historic Timeline |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/about/Timeline.pdf |website=Erie Insurance |accessdate=2018-06-04}}</ref>
[[File:BAB1920(1).jpg|thumb|Erie Insurance Home Office]]
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department issued a license to the Erie Insurance Exchange as an [[Vehicle insurance|automobile insurer]], beginning operations on April 20, 1925. Erie Insurance Exchange was formed as a reciprocal and Erie Indemnity Company was formed as its managing company. The annual premium charge per auto was $34.<ref>{{cite web |title=One Thin Dime |publisher=[[Erie Insurance]] |accessdate=2013-03-14 |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/about/one-thin-dime-transcript.aspx}}</ref>

Co-founder H.O. Hirt hoped to create a company built on service, developing the mantra "The ERIE is Above all in SERvIcE," with the letters "E-R-I-E" raised out of the word service. Customers, who were encouraged to call the company collect, could even expect the cofounders to answer the phone themselves. The company’s first adjuster and full-time claims manager, Sam P. Black, Jr., had a phone extension installed in his room at the local [[YMCA]], offering 24-hour service to policyholders.<ref name="Erie Insurance Historic Timeline">{{cite web |title=Erie Insurance Historic Timeline |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/about/Timeline.pdf |website=Erie Insurance |accessdate=2018-06-04}}</ref>

Erie Insurance created a type of auto policy in 1934 named the "Super Standard Auto Policy," that was used as a model for other insurance companies across the county. The policy included extra coverage not seen in other policies during the 1930s such as "Drive Other Car" coverage and waiving collision deductibles between two ERIE-insured vehicles. The company later expanded into home, business and life insurance.<ref name="Erie Insurance Historic Timeline"/>

The company had an office only in Erie until 1928 when it expanded into [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. Its footprint continued to expand, reaching outside of Pennsylvania and opening a branch campus in
[[ Silver Spring, Maryland]], in 1953.<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/our-history |website=Erie Insurance}}</ref>

[[File:BAB 8434 pc-Flat(1).jpg|thumb|3 story model house located inside the TLC]]

Notable dates in company history:<ref name="Erie Insurance Historic Timeline"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year !! Event
|-
| 1925 || Erie Insurance opens for business
|-
| 1928 || The company opens its first office outside Erie, Pa., in Pittsburgh
|-
| 1940 || Fire insurance becomes available
|-
| 1943 || Comprehensive Liability Coverage becomes available
|-
| 1953 || The company opens its first branch outside of Pennsylvania in Silver Spring, Md.
|-
| 1961 || Introduction of Pioneer HomeProtector program
|-
| 1963 || Introduction of Pioneer Business Protector Policy
|-
| 1967 || The Erie Family Life Insurance Company is founded
|-
| 1995 || Erie Insurance is listed on NASDAQ as "ERIE"
|-
| 2003 || The company is listed on the [[Fortune 500]] list{{Citation needed|date=June 2016}}
|-
|2015 || Erie Insurance opens Technical Learning Center

|}

==Companies==

===Company Subsidiaries<ref name="Corporate Profile">{{cite web |title=Corporate Profile |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/investor/corporate-profile |website=Erie Insurance}}</ref>===

*Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company
*Flagship City Insurance Company
*Erie Insurance Company
*Erie Insurance Company of New York
**{{small|Located at 120 Corporate Woods, Suite 150, Rochester, New York 14623}}<ref name="States of Operation">{{cite web |title=States Of Operation |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/states-of-operation |website=Erie Insurance}}</ref>
*Erie Family Life Insurance Company

==Logo==
Erie Insurance corporate mark includes the company’s name with a graphic of the cupola from the H.O. Hirt Building located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This design was introduced in the '90s, and updated in 2005.<ref name="Logo">{{cite web |title=Erie Logo |publisher=[[Erie Insurance]] |accessdate= 2018-06-04 |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/our-history#92bc7b69-1f73-4fdc-a17c-b3f7f248a348 |website=Erie Insurance}}</ref>
[[File:MG 4655(1).jpg|thumb|Erie Insurance Cupola]]

==Sales==
Erie Insurance sells its products exclusively through a network of more than 2,000 independent agencies with more than 10,000 licensed agents.<ref>{{cite web |title=Erie Insurance Agents|publisher=[[Erie Insurance]] |accessdate=2013-03-14 |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/about/careers-agents.aspx}}</ref> In a February 2013 interview with the Erie Times-News, CEO Terry Cavanaugh reaffirmed the company's commitment to this distribution channel while acknowledging the importance of also enabling customers to pay bills and file claims online.<ref>{{cite web |title=Erie Insurance Positions for Growth|publisher=[[Erie Times-News]] |accessdate=2013-03-14 |url=http://www.goerie.com/article/20130217/ERIE2013/302179957/Erie-Insurance-positions-for-growth}}</ref>

==CEOs==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!CEO !! Years Served
|-
| H.O. Hirt || 1925 – 1976
|-
| F.W. Hirt || 1976 – 1990
|-
| [[Thomas B. Hagen]] || 1990 – 1993
|-
| John M. Petersen || 1993 – 1996
|-
| Stephen A. Milne || 1996 – 2002
|-
| Jeffrey A. Ludrof || 2002 – 2007
|-
| John J. Brinling, Jr. (interim) || 2007 – 2008
|-
| Terrence W. Cavanaugh || 2008 – 2016
|-
| Timothy G. NeCastro || 2016 – Present
|}

== Awards and Recognitions ==
In 2003, Erie Insurance made its debut on the Fortune 500 list. It currently ranks at number 378.<ref name="Fortune 500">{{cite web |title=Fortune 500 |url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/list/filtered?searchByName=erie%20insurance |website=Fortune}}</ref>

In 2017, Erie Insurance earned the ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Award in the Voice of the Customer category for claims service for the second consecutive year.<ref name="Award">{{cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/awards |website=Erie Insurance}}</ref>

In 2018, Erie Insurance became Erie County, Pennsylvania’s largest employer with more than 2,800 employees locally.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=J |title=GE Transportation no longer Erie's top employer |url=http://www.goerie.com/news/20180525/ge-transportation-no-longer-eries-top-employer |accessdate=2018-05-29 |agency=Erie Times-News |date=2018-05-29}}</ref>

Since 2013, Black EOE Journal<ref name="Recognition List">{{cite web |title=Recognition List |url=https://www.blackeoejournal.com/recognition-lists/#1494961188705-89bb05f5-c0cd |website=Black EOE Journal}}</ref> and Hispanic Network Magazine<ref name="Hispanic Network Magazine">{{cite web |title=Hispanic Network Magazine |url=https://www.hnmagazine.com/recognition-lists/#1494965555135-1458d528-4359 |website=Hispanic Network Magazine}}</ref> have awarded Erie Insurance the top insurance company.

Erie Insurance received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmark on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality.<ref name="Award">{{cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/awards |website=Erie Insurance}}</ref>

In the year 2018, Erie Insurance Group was named to Ward's 50 top-performing property-casualty insurers. Erie Insurance has made the Ward's 50 list since 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/awards|title=Awards and Rankings {{!}} Erie Insurance|website=erieinsurance.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-01}}</ref> Ward's 50 ranks property-casualty insurance companies based on their financial safety, consistency, and performance over a five-year period. The analysis is done on nearly 3,000 property-casualty insurers and 1,407 life-health insurers, out of which, Ward's 50 picks the top 50 U.S. based carriers. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Greenwald|first=Judy|date=August 3, 1999|title=Ward's 50 set the mark for best insurer practices.|url=http://ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=2212120&site=ehost-live&scope=site|journal=Business Insurance|volume=33|pages=3|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> Erie Insurance Group has also earned [http://www.ambest.com/home/ratings.aspx A.M. Best's] rating of A+ (Superior). Erie Family Life Insurance Company has earned A.M. Best's rating of A (Excellent). A.M. Best is a respected provider of financial ratings for insurance organizations. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ratings.ambest.com/CompanyProfile.aspx?ambnum=4283&AltNum=15734283|title=Erie Insurance Group - Company Profile - Best's Credit Rating Center|website=ratings.ambest.com|access-date=2018-10-01}}</ref>

==Sponsorships==

In May 2012, it was announced that Erie Insurance had purchased the naming rights to Tullio Arena in downtown Erie, Pa. The arena was subsequently renamed Erie Insurance Arena.<ref name="arena">{{cite web |title=Tullio Arena to Become Erie Insurance Arena|publisher=[[Erie Times-News]] |accessdate=2013-03-14 |url=http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012305099873}}</ref>

In 2018, Erie Insurance became the title sponsor of Roar on the Shore motorcycle rally.<ref name="Roar on the Shore">{{cite web |title=Roar on the Shore |url=http://roarontheshore18.com/ |website=Roar on the Shore}}</ref>

===Historic Building Projects===
[[File:Federal Row BAB8052(1).jpg|thumb|Federal Row]]

====Boston Livery and Garage====
Boston Livery and Garage was built in 1906 for John P. Dugan livery on the site of the Lafayette House, an early hotel. Located on lower French Street, it is the only livery building left from that once important trade. It later became a garage for delivery vehicles of Erie’s Boston store. It was restored in 1986 by Erie Insurance and then donated to the Experience Children’s Museum who currently uses the building.<ref name="Boston Livery">{{cite web |title=Boston Livery |url=https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=116399 |website=hmbd}}</ref>

====Federal Row====
[[File:BAB 7766(1).jpg|thumb|Gideon Ball House]]
[[Federal Row]] consists of five historic residential buildings, the Charles M. Tibbals House (1842), the Alexander Brewster House (1823), the Kennedy Row House (1836), the David Kennedy House (1832) and the Kennedy Double House (1840). They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Register |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places |website=National Park Service |publisher=National Register of Historic Places |accessdate=2018-06-04}}</ref>{{Better source|reason=per WP:CIRCULAR|date=August 2018}}

====Tibbals House====
Tibbals House was built in 1842 for the family of Charles M. Tibbals, onetime customs collector and a founder of Chicago & Erie Stove Company. In 2010, the Tibbals House was renovated by Erie Insurance for use as a conference center on the first-floor of the main house, with three guest suites in the rear addition and second floor.<ref name="Tibbals House">{{cite web |title=Tibbals House |url=https://www.historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26ZM_tibbals-house_Erie-PA.html |website=Historical Marker Project |accessdate=2018-06-25}}</ref>

====Gideon Ball House====
Gideon Ball House is an Italianate style mansion built in 1862 for the Honorable Gideon J. Ball (1811-1886) who served as state treasurer of Pennsylvania. The property was acquired and restored in 1992 by Erie County Historical Society and Erie Insurance.<ref name="History" />

====Erie Armory====
[[File:RJG5646(1).jpg|thumb|Erie Armory]]
[[Erie Armory]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989 and was home to the Pennsylvania National Guard [[112th Infantry Regiment]] for 90 years, until July 2007. Erie Insurance restored the building which has housed office space for Erie Insurance since 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Armory |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/blog/armory |website=Eriesense Blog |publisher=Erie Insurance |accessdate=2018-06-18}}</ref>

====The Heritage Center====
[[File:BAB 7770(1).jpg|thumb|Heritage Center]]
The Heritage Center served as the home office for Erie Insurance from 1938 to 1956. Once the headquarters of home furnishing company C.F.Adams, the building now features nine galleries with a variety of images and objects from Erie Insurance’s archives. The 1912 building is on the National Registry of Historic Places.<ref name="Heritage Center">{{cite web |title=Heritage Center |url=https://www.erieinsurance.com/blog/heritage-center |website=Eriesense Blog |accessdate=2018-06-18}}</ref>

====The Firehouse====
The Firehouse, located at 414 French Street, was built by the Constable Brothers Construction Co. at a cost of $14,889.00 and was used by the Erie Fire Department until 1979. July 1984, the Pufferbelly Restaurant opened in the location.<ref name="Firehouse">{{cite web |title=Pufferbelly Restaurant |url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCAV4_Pufferbelly_Restaurant_Erie_PA |website=Waymarking |publisher=Waymarking |accessdate=2018-06-18}}</ref> The "Pufferbelly," known as the name of the steam pumpers and engines of the late 1800’s, was a staple of Erie’s downtown until its doors closed on September 30, 2015. Erie Insurance purchased and renovated The Firehouse, reopening it in July 2017 as an employee event center.<ref name="Pufferbelly Restaurant">{{cite web |title=Work begins on former pufferbelly restaurant |url=http://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/work-begins-on-former-pufferbelly-restaurant/668785211 |website=your erie |accessdate=2018-06-18}}</ref> [[File:Firehouse BAB 2624(1).jpg|thumb|The Firehouse located on French Street in Erie, PA]]

====The Von Buseck House====
The Von Buseck House was originally located on the south side of West 38th Street between Asbury and Millfair Roads in Erie. The home was part of a large 100-acre farm constructed in the 1830s by a German immigrant named Friedrich Von Buseck and his wife Rachel Weigle. The home was relocated to Fifth and German Streets where it was renovated and converted to upscale apartment units in 2018.<ref name="Von Buseck">{{cite web |title=Erie Insurance brings history to new apartments in old neighborhood |url=http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/38088294/erie-insurance-brings-history-to-new-apartments-in-old-neighborhood |website=Erie News Now |accessdate=2018-06-18}}</ref>

====The Judah Colt House====
The Judah Colt House was originally constructed at the southwest corner of Fourth and French Streets in 1820. The home was cut in half and moved to East Front Street in 1882. [[Judah Colt]] was the first land agent for the Pennsylvania Population Company. Colt entertained [[Marquis de Lafayette]], the great French & American patriot, in this house in 1825 during Lafayette's triumphal return to the U.S. following the Revolutionary War.The home was relocated to Fifth and German Streets where it was renovated and converted to upscale apartment units in 2018.<ref name="Von Buseck">{{cite web |title=Erie Insurance brings history to new apartments in old neighborhood |url=http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/38088294/erie-insurance-brings-history-to-new-apartments-in-old-neighborhood |website=Erie News Now |accessdate=2018-06-18}}</ref>

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