{{Short description|American mutual insurance company}} {{More footnotes needed|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company (aka PEMCO Insurance) | logo = Pemco logo new resized.png | type = Mutual | foundation = 1948 | location = Seattle, Washington, U.S. | area_served = Washington<br/>Oregon | key_people = Stan W. McNaughton, President/CEO | num_employees = 674 | industry = Insurance | products = Personal lines insurance – home, auto, boat, umbrella | revenue = $458.4 million (in 2017) | homepage = [http://www.pemco.com/ www.pemco.com] }}
'''PEMCO Insurance''' is a personal-lines mutual insurance company based in Seattle, Washington that serves only Washington and Oregon residents.
==History== In 1936, Seattle school teacher '''Robert J. Handy''' took advantage of the newly legalized “credit union” concept to found ''Seattle Teachers Credit Union''. Handy started the credit union with $5 in capital. Out of that enterprise grew a group of seven different but related companies, including PEMCO Insurance.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
PEMCO has grown from premiums of $8,500 in 1949 to nearly $500 million in 2021.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Today, PEMCO is the Northwest’s largest local personal-lines insurer, providing auto, home, boat and umbrella coverage to the general public.
The current president and CEO of PEMCO Insurance is Stan W. McNaughton. He is the son of Stanley O. McNaughton, who served as CEO from 1985 until his death in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crowley |first1=Walt |title=McNaughton, Stanley O. (1921-1998) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/2160 |website=historylink.org |publisher=HistoryLink.org |access-date=4 March 2026 |date=1 March 2000}}</ref>
PEMCO serves customers from its Seattle headquarters in the South Lake Union tech district, and from a regional office in Spokane.
==Awards==
PEMCO has earned several service and marketing-campaign awards in recent years, including:
* J.D. Power ranked PEMCO Insurance "highest in customer satisfaction among auto Insurers in the Northwest region," a five-state area, each year from 2013-2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jdpower.com/business/ratings/study/U.S.-Auto-Insurance-Study/10116ENG/Northwest/3517|title=U.S. Auto Insurance Satisfaction Study}}</ref> * “Best Announcer," “Best Client Campaign,” “Best of Show” and others at the Soundies, sponsored by the Puget Sound Radio Broadcasters Association, in 2008, 2009 and 2010. * Several showcase awards including the coveted SAMMY "Best of Show" top honor for the TV ad featuring "Northwest Profile #4: 4-Way Stop, You Go. No You Go. No You Go. Guy" awarded by the Insurance Marketing and Communications Association in 2009 and 2010.
==References== <references /> *Virgin, Bill. [http://www.seattlepi.com/business/229858_pemco24.html "Nimble PEMCO looks to grow"], The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 24, 2005. *Ebnet, Matthew [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2729608&date=19980120&query=Stanley+O.+McNaughton "Longtime PEMCO Chief, 76, Beloved By Workers"], The Seattle Times, January 20, 1998. *J.D. Power. “[http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/jd-power-2017-us-auto-insurance-study Premium Increases Become Sticking Point for U.S. Auto Insurance Customers, J.D. Power Finds],” June 19, 2017. *Puget Sound Radio Broadcasters Association. “[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs022/1102615594339/archive/1103259521908.html 2010 Soundie Award Winners],” May 2010. *Insurance Marketing and Communications Association. “[http://www.kimballpr.com/pdf/072810-IMCA-LibertyMutual.pdf PEMCO wins SAMMY Award at 52nd annual awards],” July 26, 2010.
==External links== * [http://www.pemco.com/ PEMCO's Official Website] * [https://www.historylink.org/File/2161 Robert J. Handy at HistoryLink]
Category:Financial services companies established in 1949 Category:Companies based in Seattle Category:Mutual insurance companies of the United States Category:American companies established in 1949