State Farm
About State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is an American mutual insurance company — meaning it is owned by its policyholders, not shareholders — headquartered at One State Farm Plaza, Bloomington, Illinois 61710, a landmark 2-million-square-foot corporate campus situated along historic Route 66 in central Illinois, where the company has been headquartered since its founding. State Farm was founded on June 7, 1922 in Bloomington, Illinois by George J. Mecherle — a retired farmer and insurance salesman who created the company to offer auto insurance to fellow farmers at lower rates than urban drivers paid — and has grown from that single vision into the largest auto and home insurance company in the United States. The company is a mutual