Sentry Insurance
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Sentry Insurance, founded in 1904, is a mutual insurance
company located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
. It was founded by members of the Wisconsin Retail Hardware Association, now the Midwest Hardware Association, to provide insurance for its members and was originally called Hardware Mutual. Today it offers life, group health, auto, and other property/casualty lines. Sentry's property and casualty companies are rated A+ by A. M. Best.
Sentry's logo is the "Minuteman Statue," a sculpture of Capt. John Parker
, located in Lexington, Massachusetts
. As of December 31, 2008, Sentry has assets of $9.7 billion and a policyholder surplus of $2.8 billion.
The Sentry Insurance Group includes:
Mutual insurance
A mutual insurance company is an insurance company which has no shareholders but instead is owned entirely by its policyholders. The primary form of financial business set up as a mutual company in the United States has been mutual insurance. Under this idea, what would have been profits are...
company located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Stevens Point is the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. Located in the central part of the state, it is the largest city in the county, with a population of 24,551 at the 2000 census...
. It was founded by members of the Wisconsin Retail Hardware Association, now the Midwest Hardware Association, to provide insurance for its members and was originally called Hardware Mutual. Today it offers life, group health, auto, and other property/casualty lines. Sentry's property and casualty companies are rated A+ by A. M. Best.
Sentry's logo is the "Minuteman Statue," a sculpture of Capt. John Parker
John Parker (Captain)
John Parker was an American farmer, mechanic, and soldier, who commanded the Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. Parker was born in Lexington to Josiah Parker and Anne Stone...
, located in Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...
. As of December 31, 2008, Sentry has assets of $9.7 billion and a policyholder surplus of $2.8 billion.
The Sentry Insurance Group includes:
- Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company
- Sentry Life Insurance Company
- Sentry Life Insurance Company of New York
- Sentry Equity Services, Inc.
- Sentry Select Insurance Company
- Sentry Casualty Company
- Sentry Lloyds of Texas
- Dairyland Insurance Company
- Dairyland County Mutual Insurance Company of Texas
- Dairyland Cycle Insurance
- Middlesex Insurance Company
- Patriot General Insurance Company
- Parker Services, L.L.C.
- Parker Centennial Assurance Company
- Peak Property and Casualty Insurance Corp.
- Viking County Mutual Insurance Company
- Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin