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Auto-Owners Insurance

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Auto-Owners Insurance reviews

3.1

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,076 total reviews)
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Jamie P. Whisnant

52% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Auto-Owners Insurance has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,076 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Auto-Owners Insurance employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
5.0
Jun 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Profit sharing can be a wonderful treat when the company does well Great Culture

Cons

No cons for this compnay

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Auto-Owners Insurance Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your review! We are proud of our strong company culture.
2.0
Jun 25, 2025

Pay Us Fair Market Value

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent time-off, which I've never been denied, 37.5 hour work weeks, hybrid WFH I do want to address some other reviewers' comments here. In my experience, men are not treated any better than women within this company. If anything, the opposite may be true. I've been outnumbered by women for my entire career with A-O and there are loads of women in management.

Cons

I am paid a good 20% less than what I've found to be offered by competitors, even in the same city. I could increase my income 50% if I took a similar position in a city just 1 hour away. Upper management and HR claim that the pension and profit sharing make up for this. The reality is that those competitors are also paying profit sharing and a better 401K match in addition to 20% higher wages. In a good year, I might get enough bonus to make up for the base pay, but this is not guaranteed. Also, healthcare benefits are expensive and don't cover much. Management promotes employees who complete the highest quantity work, despite lacking quality. Perhaps this is intentional to make numbers look good, meanwhile pushing those employees to other positions before the ramifications of their poor quality come to light. Your manager can really make or break your experience at A-O. Lately it seems there are more managers breaking their employees' experience. This may be because all the best talent is leaving for better pay. Mid-upper management has questionable interpretations of data and are making even more questionable decisions as a result, sometimes overstepping into our work. I believe management is losing sight of everything that led to the good reputation A-O once had amongst agents, customers and employees.

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Auto-Owners Insurance Response
1y
Thank you for your detailed feedback. We are glad to hear you appreciate the schedule and work-life balance. We are sorry to hear about your concerns and would like to learn more about your experience. Please email us at conversation@aoins.com if there is anything additional you would like to share.
3.0
Jun 20, 2025

Super Mid!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Relatively easy job, enough staff to keep away from burnout unless you sign yourself up for it.

Cons

Sexism. All commercial underwriting leads for UT are men. Supporting team members are women. Not a lot of growth unless you wanna move all over the country. Health coverage is through AO itself, funded by the company. Coverage and plan sucks outside of Michigan where they have network pull. FSA instead of HSA sends your own dollars back to AO's pocket if not used at the end of the year.

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Auto-Owners Insurance Response
1y
Thank you for your candid feedback. We’re glad you found the role manageable and well-staffed. We take the concerns you raised seriously and would appreciate anything additional you can share by emailing conversation@aoins.com.
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