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{{Infobox company
| logo = Merchants Insurance Group Logo.jpg
| logo_size = 250px
| type = Mutual Insurance Company
| foundation = 1918, Buffalo, NY
| location = 250 Main Street<br/>Buffalo, NY 14202
| area_served = Northeast and N. Central U.S.
| locations = 675 agents<br/>3 regional offices
| key_people = Robert M. Zak, President & CEO
| num_employees = 323
| industry = [[Insurance]]
| products = Personal and Commercial Insurance
| homepage = [http://www.merchantsgroup.com/ merchantsgroup.com]
}}
[[File:Merchants HQ.jpg|thumb|right|Merchants headquarters in Buffalo, NY]]
'''Merchants Insurance Group''' is a regional property and casualty [[insurance]] company headquartered in [[Buffalo, New York]]. The company provides commercial and personal property and [[casualty insurance]] throughout the Northeast and North Central [[United States]]. The company has regional offices in [[Hauppauge, New York]]; [[Manchester, New Hampshire]]; [[Moorestown, New Jersey]].
Merchants Insurance Group comprises three companies: Merchants Mutual Insurance Company, Merchants Preferred Insurance Company, and Merchants National Insurance Company. Merchants Preferred commenced business in 2007 to rebuild and expand its preferred-risk business after the sale of a like subsidiary,<ref>Hartley, Thomas, ''Business First of Buffalo'', "Merchants Group sold for $70.8M", November 1, 2006, (http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2006/10/30/daily30.html)</ref> and Merchants National commenced business in 2009.<ref>Staff reporters,''Insurance Journal'', "Merchants Insurance Group's New E&S Subsidiary OK'd in 10 States", February 13, 2009 (http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/02/13/97908.htm)</ref> Each of the Merchants companies are rated "A-" (Excellent) by the [[A.M. Best Company]].
Merchants employs over 300 insurance professionals throughout its operating territories, and works with more than 1,000 [[independent insurance agents]]. The company offers insurance in [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island]] and [[Vermont]].
== History ==
Merchants Insurance Group was founded on March 5, 1918, the day Merchants Mutual Liability Company opened for business with Urban F. Jehle as President. Mr. Jehle, owner and operator of a grocery store in Buffalo, returned from a grocers’ convention with the idea of bringing merchants together for the mutual protection of their delivery vehicles. J.R. Young, a local insurance man, Owen B. Augspurger, a Buffalo lawyer, and C.W. Brown, a civil engineer, joined with him.<ref>Merchants Insurance Group Celebrates 90 Years in Buffalo, Continues Growth, March 4, 2008 (http://www.merchantsgroup.com/90th-anniversary.pdf)</ref>
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, the company name was Merchants Mutual Casualty Company.<ref>Buffalo, New York, City Directory, 1938 & 1941</ref> In February 1957, Merchants began to offer both [[casualty insurance]] and [[property insurance]] and changed its name to Merchants Mutual Insurance Company to reflect this development. In the 1960s the company moved into its current headquarters, a five-story office building located on Main Street in Buffalo.
== Philanthropy ==
Merchants Insurance Group supports a variety of charitable causes for organizations in the communities in which it does business, most notably the [[United Way of America|United Way]] and the [[American Cancer Society]]. In addition to Merchants' direct financial support to many charitable organizations, Merchants also sponsors an employee-based committee known as Colleagues in Action (CIA). Colleagues in Action allows Merchants employees to participate in a variety of activities, raffles, auctions, and casual days, the proceeds from which are donated to these groups. Combined, the company and employees contributed almost $312,000 from 2003 through 2014 to charities, with a total of $31,994.50 raised in 2014.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.merchantsgroup.com/InTheNews/MIG%202014%20Charitable%20Contribution.pdf|title = Merchants Insurance Group 12-Year Employee Charitable Giving Reaches Nearly $312,000|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[http://www.merchantsgroup.com/ Merchants Insurance Group]
[[Category:Insurance companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Mutual insurance companies]]
[[Category:Economy of Buffalo, New York]]
[[Category:Companies based in Buffalo, New York]]
{{Infobox company
| logo = Merchants Insurance Group Logo.jpg
| logo_size = 250px
| type = Mutual Insurance Company
| foundation = 1918, Buffalo, NY
| location = 250 Main Street<br/>Buffalo, NY 14202
| area_served = Northeast and N. Central U.S.
| locations = 675 agents<br/>3 regional offices
| key_people = Robert M. Zak, President & CEO
| num_employees = 323
| industry = [[Insurance]]
| products = Personal and Commercial Insurance
| homepage = [http://www.merchantsgroup.com/ merchantsgroup.com]
}}
[[File:Merchants HQ.jpg|thumb|right|Merchants headquarters in Buffalo, NY]]
'''Merchants Insurance Group''' is a regional property and casualty [[insurance]] company headquartered in [[Buffalo, New York]]. The company provides commercial and personal property and [[casualty insurance]] throughout the Northeast and North Central [[United States]]. The company has regional offices in [[Hauppauge, New York]]; [[Manchester, New Hampshire]]; [[Moorestown, New Jersey]].
Merchants Insurance Group comprises three companies: Merchants Mutual Insurance Company, Merchants Preferred Insurance Company, and Merchants National Insurance Company. Merchants Preferred commenced business in 2007 to rebuild and expand its preferred-risk business after the sale of a like subsidiary,<ref>Hartley, Thomas, ''Business First of Buffalo'', "Merchants Group sold for $70.8M", November 1, 2006, (http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2006/10/30/daily30.html)</ref> and Merchants National commenced business in 2009.<ref>Staff reporters,''Insurance Journal'', "Merchants Insurance Group's New E&S Subsidiary OK'd in 10 States", February 13, 2009 (http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/02/13/97908.htm)</ref> Each of the Merchants companies are rated "A-" (Excellent) by the [[A.M. Best Company]].
Merchants employs over 300 insurance professionals throughout its operating territories, and works with more than 1,000 [[independent insurance agents]]. The company offers insurance in [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island]] and [[Vermont]].
== History ==
Merchants Insurance Group was founded on March 5, 1918, the day Merchants Mutual Liability Company opened for business with Urban F. Jehle as President. Mr. Jehle, owner and operator of a grocery store in Buffalo, returned from a grocers’ convention with the idea of bringing merchants together for the mutual protection of their delivery vehicles. J.R. Young, a local insurance man, Owen B. Augspurger, a Buffalo lawyer, and C.W. Brown, a civil engineer, joined with him.<ref>Merchants Insurance Group Celebrates 90 Years in Buffalo, Continues Growth, March 4, 2008 (http://www.merchantsgroup.com/90th-anniversary.pdf)</ref>
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, the company name was Merchants Mutual Casualty Company.<ref>Buffalo, New York, City Directory, 1938 & 1941</ref> In February 1957, Merchants began to offer both [[casualty insurance]] and [[property insurance]] and changed its name to Merchants Mutual Insurance Company to reflect this development. In the 1960s the company moved into its current headquarters, a five-story office building located on Main Street in Buffalo.
== Philanthropy ==
Merchants Insurance Group supports a variety of charitable causes for organizations in the communities in which it does business, most notably the [[United Way of America|United Way]] and the [[American Cancer Society]]. In addition to Merchants' direct financial support to many charitable organizations, Merchants also sponsors an employee-based committee known as Colleagues in Action (CIA). Colleagues in Action allows Merchants employees to participate in a variety of activities, raffles, auctions, and casual days, the proceeds from which are donated to these groups. Combined, the company and employees contributed almost $312,000 from 2003 through 2014 to charities, with a total of $31,994.50 raised in 2014.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.merchantsgroup.com/InTheNews/MIG%202014%20Charitable%20Contribution.pdf|title = Merchants Insurance Group 12-Year Employee Charitable Giving Reaches Nearly $312,000|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[http://www.merchantsgroup.com/ Merchants Insurance Group]
[[Category:Insurance companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Mutual insurance companies]]
[[Category:Economy of Buffalo, New York]]
[[Category:Companies based in Buffalo, New York]]
