ERIE

Erie Indemnity Company

A manager of the Erie Insurance Exchange, a reciprocal insurer that writes auto, home, business, and life policies for customers across a dozen states and the District of Columbia, handled by a large network of independent agents. Two former insurance employees, unhappy with pay and conditions, sketched the whole business plan on a ten-cent tablet in 1925 and launched the company in Erie, Pennsylvania. Its tagline "Above all in sERvIcE" hides the company's name in capitalized letters.