18 Facts About Nationwide Insurance

1.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and affiliated companies, commonly shortened to Nationwide, is a group of large US insurance and financial services companies based in Columbus, Ohio.

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2.

Nationwide Insurance operates regional headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona; Des Moines, Iowa and San Antonio, Texas.

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3.

Nationwide Insurance is currently ranked No 21 in Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For".

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4.

Nationwide Insurance wrote policies only to Ohio farmers who were members of the Ohio Farm Bureau.

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5.

Nationwide Insurance was later renamed to Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company in 1938.

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6.

In 1978, One Nationwide Plaza was completed at the southwest corner of N High Street and Nationwide Blvd.

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7.

Since 1988, Nationwide Insurance has added the following to its presence in Downtown Columbus: Plaza Two, Plaza Three, Plaza Four, 275 Marconi, and 10 West Nationwide Insurance, which together with Plaza One form the primary downtown complex.

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8.

In 2003, Nationwide Insurance secured the naming rights from what was then the Buy.

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9.

Nationwide Insurance Arena, named for the company, is the centerpiece of the Arena District, an area of entertainment venues, restaurants, and hotels linking downtown Columbus with The Short North neighborhood.

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10.

Nationwide Insurance became the title sponsor of the NASCAR Nationwide Insurance Series beginning in the 2008 season.

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11.

On September 3,2010, Nationwide Insurance announced a six-year deal to become the presenting sponsor of the PGA Tour Memorial Tournament beginning with the 2010 event.

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12.

In March 2010, Nationwide Insurance announced it would be co-sponsoring Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Director Emeritus Jack Hanna's Into the Wild TV show and national speaking tour.

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13.

In 2008, Nationwide entered into an exclusive partnership with Tavis Smiley, including sponsorship of Smiley's PBS television program as a provider of property and casualty insurance products.

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14.

Nationwide Insurance was a national sponsor of the 2009 State of the Black Union event.

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15.

Nationwide Insurance hired Vernon Blatz, one of the country's first blind computer programmers, in 1964.

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16.

Nationwide Insurance attended the University of Cincinnati Medical Center's trial run of the nation's first training program to educate the blind for careers involving computers.

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17.

Nationwide Insurance's internal collaboration platform "SPOT" is an advanced enterprise social media platform that combines Yammer and SharePoint to provide a unified experience to Nationwide Insurance employees.

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18.

Nationwide Insurance was the first US insurer to offer such an application for the iPhone.

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