# Safe Auto Insurance Company
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{{Short description|Car Insurance Company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Safe Auto Insurance Company
| logo = Safe Auto logo (low res).jpg
| type = [Private](/source/Private_company)
| foundation = 1993
| location = 4 Easton Oval, [Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus%2C_Ohio) 43219
[United States](/source/United_States)
| key_people = Ron Davies (President and CEO)
Ari Deshe (Cofounder and Executive Chairman)
[Jon Diamond](/source/Jon_Diamond) (Cofounder and Executive Chairman)[[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]]
| industry = [Insurance](/source/Insurance) & [Finance](/source/Finance)
| products = [Private-passenger auto insurance](/source/Auto_insurance)
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| homepage = [http://www.safeauto.com SafeAuto.com]{{Dead link|date=February 2025}}
}}
'''Safe Auto Insurance Company''' is an American 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 20 states across the US, including [Oregon](/source/Oregon), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), [Indiana](/source/Indiana), [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina), [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana), [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), [Missouri](/source/Missouri), [Arizona](/source/Arizona), [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma), [Kansas](/source/Kansas), [Virginia](/source/Virginia), [Texas](/source/Texas), [California](/source/California), [Alabama](/source/Alabama), and [Colorado](/source/Colorado). [{{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}}]
==History==
SafeAuto is a property and casualty auto insurance carrier based in [Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus%2C_Ohio). In the summer of 1993, SafeAuto began in its original headquarters on Goodale Boulevard and specialized in providing auto insurance to those individuals who needed state-minimum coverage. SafeAuto is now a leader in direct to consumer minimum-limit insurance across 20 states.
SafeAuto was acquired by [AllState](/source/Allstate) via [National General](/source/National_General_Insurance) June 1, 2021.[{{Cite press release|url= https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/safeauto-insurance-agrees-to-join-allstate-301303435.html|title= SafeAuto Insurance agrees to join Allstate}}]
==Operations==
SafeAuto is licensed in 22 states,[{{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}}] markets in 19 states,[{{Cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10842006.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823173734/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10842006.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 23, 2013|title=SafeAuto Insurance Named One of Top Privately Held Companies in Columbus}}] 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.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/07/24/256927.htm|title=Davies Named CEO of Ohio-based SafeAuto Insurance|date=24 July 2012}}] 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.[{{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}}]
==Target demographic==
SafeAuto targets the nonstandard auto insurance market, in which it has specialized for over 20 years in providing [liability coverage](/source/Liability_insurance) 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](/source/SR-22_(insurance)) that other companies were hesitant to insure, better than any other insurance company could. Their commercials, reflecting this target demographic, often emphasize the possible consequences if caught driving without insurance.
==See also==
* [List of United States insurance companies](/source/List_of_United_States_insurance_companies)
==References==
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==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 metropolitan area, Ohio
Category:Financial services companies established in 1993
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