Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company history

The reputation of the Farm Bureau and its network of businesses was tarnished in 1967 when ranking New York Congressman Joe Resnick, chairman of a subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee, began to question the practices of the Farm Bureau.

1988: United Farm Family is created as a subsidiary of Farm Family Life.

United Farm Family expanded beyond reinsurance to engage in limited, direct underwriting operations in 1993.

In November 1995, the Farm Family Insurance Companies reached a turning point when the chief executive officer of the group, Philip P. Weber, announced that Farm Family Mutual would convert from a mutual property and casualty insurer into a stockholder-owned company.

A special meeting for policyholders of Farm Family Mutual was scheduled for June 17, 1996, to vote on the plan.

In the proxy statement released before its April 1998 annual meeting, it was revealed that four investors now owned 28 percent of the company's stock, with the largest block, nearly ten percent, held by the FMR Corp. of Boston.

United Farm Family then expanded its direct underwriting operations, selling the product portfolio of Farm Family Casualty in Maryland and Pennsylvania, increasing Farm Family's reach from ten states to 12. It was not until April 1999 that the acquisition of Farm Family Life and United Farm Family was finalized.

Howard began his insurance career in 2003, working for two Farm Family agents right here in Orange County.

Paige started working as a sub-producer for an outside agency in August 2013, specializing strictly in property/casualty insurance for the first three years of her career.

Fast forward 3 years to September 2016, Paige has completed her three month internship and is now a multiple-line, captive agent with American National & Farm Family Insurance.