Is Auto-Owners Insurance a good company to work for?

Auto-Owners Insurance has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 1,200 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 48% of employees would recommend working at Auto-Owners Insurance to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Auto-Owners Insurance have been left by employees working as Intern , Underwriting Intern and Personal Lines Underwriter .

Does Auto-Owners Insurance pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Auto-Owners Insurance employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Auto-Owners Insurance. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Auto-Owners Insurance?

48% of Auto-Owners Insurance employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Auto-Owners Insurance 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Auto-Owners Insurance?

Underwriter (111) , Software Developer (66) , Commercial Underwriter (55) , Claims Adjuster (49) , Claims Representative (43) , Business Analyst (32) , Personal Lines Underwriter (27) , Branch Claims Representative (21) , Intern (21) , Senior Software Developer (17) , Commercial Lines Underwriter (16) , Underwriting Specialist (15) , Field Claims Representative (14) , Software Engineer (14) , Underwriting Intern (14)

What are the pros of working at Auto-Owners Insurance according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits such as pension and student loan assistance" ((in 109 reviews)); "Fully funded pension (automatically vested after 5 years)" ((in 61 reviews)); "Great culture and team environment" ((in 53 reviews)); "Work life balance is good if you're lucky enough to be IT with full remote." ((in 48 reviews)); "Coworkers below management were all great to work with" ((in 44 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Auto-Owners Insurance according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and micro" ((in 148 reviews)); "Extremely unfair and low salaries" ((in 78 reviews)); "Poor management and consistently understaffed" ((in 70 reviews)); "Upper management seems really disconnected from how associates feel about decisions and policies." ((in 41 reviews)); "Work from home program is disappointing at 1 day a week even after being home for over a year." ((in 35 reviews))

What are employees saying about Auto-Owners Insurance layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Auto-Owners Insurance layoffs and their outlook for job security at Auto-Owners Insurance in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Auto-Owners Insurance locations?

Lansing , Duluth , Charlotte , Grand Rapids , Draper , Lakeland , Tallahassee , Atlanta , Montgomery , Lake Elmo , Columbia , Appleton , Minneapolis , Columbia , Traverse City , Brentwood , Broomfield , Denver , Forest , Indianapolis , Marion , Columbus , Lima , Birmingham , Saint Paul , Little Rock , Lawrenceville , White Bear Lake , Schaumburg , Portage

Auto-Owners Insurance reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(1,076 total reviews)

Jamie P. Whisnant

52% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (1,076 reviews)

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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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Oct 6, 2014

Friendly learning enviroment and great for entry level, probably doesn't pay as well long run.

Actuarial technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Auto-Owners is a friendly company looking to invest in its associates and make you the best you can be.

Cons

The work is a little repetitive and it feels like there isn't hope of chasing high pay

4.0

Oct 1, 2014

A warming experience

Underwriter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and salary was competitve

Cons

sitting at a desk all day

5.0

Sep 21, 2014

Solid Company

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, low expectations, hours of work, and discounts. Overall the company is great to work for. If you are a hard worker and put in a little extra time you can do very well here. They pay for some continued education and are finally starting to get the message that software developers want to work flexible schedules. IT leadership is improving.

Cons

Compensation for high end software developers, software development process,disconnect between executive business and IT. On the software side, the main problem is they develop elite talents and then let them walk because they are unwilling to open up their pocket books. Like a lot of insurance places, they are insurance places, not software places so this is understandable. They started a promotion process that requires you to get software designations. The problem with that is people put the work in and then leave for higher pay.

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