# Country Financial

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{{Short description|Group of US insurance and financial services}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Country Financial
| logo = Country Financial logo.svg
| type = [Mutual](/source/Mutual_organization), [stock](/source/Joint_stock_company)
| key_people = Jim Jacobs, CEO
| industry = Insurance and financial services
| products = Insurance and investing
| services = auto insurance<br> home insurance<br> life insurance<br> farm insurance<br> commercial insurance<br> retirement planning<br> investment management<br>trust services
| revenue = $3.913 billion USD (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fortune.com/company/country-financial/fortune500/|title=Country Financial &#124; 2022 Fortune 500|website=Fortune}}</ref>
| num_employees = 3,135
| num_employees_year = 2022
| foundation = 1925
| location = [Bloomington, Illinois](/source/Bloomington%2C_Illinois), US
| footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/country-financial/|title=Country Financial|website=Fortune|access-date=2021-11-12|archive-date=2019-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222165945/https://fortune.com/fortune500/country-financial/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| homepage = {{URL|www.countryfinancial.com}}
}}

'''Country Financial''' (capitalized trademark '''COUNTRY Financial''') is a group of [US](/source/United_States) [insurance](/source/insurance) and [financial services](/source/financial_services) companies with customers in 19 states.  The group of companies offers a range of insurance and financial products and services, including auto, home, life, farm, commercial insurance, retirement planning, investment management and trust services.  

The Country Financial group is ranked annually in the [Fortune 1000](/source/Fortune_1000) list, which lists American companies by revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Country Financial |url=https://fortune.com/company/country-financial/fortune500/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Fortune}}</ref>  

The corporate headquarters are in [Bloomington, Illinois](/source/Bloomington%2C_Illinois).

==History==
The company was founded in 1925 when a group of [Illinois Agricultural Association](/source/Illinois_Agricultural_Association) members developed an organization to provide fire and lightning insurance for farmers. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilfb.org/CF/|title=Connection between Illinois Farm Bureau and COUNTRY Financial|website=www.ilfb.org|access-date=2018-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818020311/http://www.ilfb.org/CF/|archive-date=2017-08-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the company's first year of operation, more than 385 Illinois farmers worked part-time, offering insurance services to their friends and neighbors.

[Crop insurance](/source/Crop_insurance) became available in 1926, [auto insurance](/source/auto_insurance) in 1927, and [life insurance](/source/life_insurance) in 1929.  Financial services, including [retirement planning](/source/retirement_planning), [estate planning](/source/estate_planning), [investment management](/source/investment_management), and [annuities](/source/Annuity_(US_financial_products)) have been available for more than 35 years.

As of 2021, Country Financial and its alliances serve nearly one million households and businesses in 19 states. The company has more than 3,000 employees and 2,000 financial representatives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.countryfinancial.com/content/cfin/en/about-us.html|title=About Us|website=Country Financial}}</ref>

[A.M. Best](/source/A.M._Best) rated Country Financial Property Casualty Group as A+ (Superior) in June 2019. <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2015 |title=A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Stable for the COUNTRY Financial Property Casualty Group Members |url=http://www3.ambest.com/ambv/bestnews/presscontent.aspx?altsrc=14&refnum=22269 |website=A.M. Best}}</ref> [A.M. Best](/source/A.M._Best) rated Country Financial Life Insurance Company and Country Mutual Insurance Company, as A+ (Superior) in July 2021.<ref name="auto"/>

Jim Jacobs is the current [CEO](/source/Chief_executive_officer), and Rob McDade is the current [CFO](/source/Chief_financial_officer).

== Operating companies ==
The Country Financial insurance group consists of multiple operating companies:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.countryfinancial.com/en/about-us/who-we-are/our-history.html|title=COUNTRY Financial - About Us|website=Country Financial}}</ref>
* Country Mutual Insurance Company
* Country Casualty Insurance Company
* Country Preferred Insurance Company
* Country Life Insurance Company
* Country Investors Life Assurance Company
* Country Trust Bank
* Country Capital Management Company

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official|https://www.countryfinancial.com/ }}

{{Illinois Corporations}}

Category:Financial services companies established in 1925
Category:Companies based in Bloomington–Normal
Category:Financial services companies of the United States
Category:Insurance companies based in Illinois
Category:Mutual insurance companies of the United States
Category:1925 establishments in Illinois

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