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Where we are licensed, and who regulates us

Insurance is licensed and rated state by state. Availability, forms, endorsements and price all change at the state line, and this page says exactly how.

States licensed
14
First admission
1948, Ohio
Most recent
2007, Tennessee
All lines in
8

The schedule

A licence to write in a state is not the same as every line being available there. Where the schedule says personal lines, we do not currently write business owner policies in that state, and an agent will tell you so rather than quoting something we cannot bind.

Ironclad Mutual licensing schedule. Demonstration data.
StateLicenseAdmittedLines availableRegulator
Ohio (OH)OH-1948-02211948All linesOhio Department of Insurance
Michigan (MI)MI-1948-04121954All linesMichigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services
Indiana (IN)IN-1948-03081957All linesIndiana Department of Insurance
Pennsylvania (PA)PA-1948-05091961All linesPennsylvania Insurance Department
Kentucky (KY)KY-1948-01441966Personal lines, BOPKentucky Department of Insurance
West Virginia (WV)WV-1948-00971968Personal lines, BOPWest Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner
Illinois (IL)IL-1948-06031972All linesIllinois Department of Insurance
Wisconsin (WI)WI-1948-04551975All linesWisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Minnesota (MN)MN-1948-03381979All linesMinnesota Department of Commerce
Iowa (IA)IA-1948-02121983Personal lines, BOPIowa Insurance Division
Missouri (MO)MO-1948-05271988All linesMissouri Department of Commerce and Insurance
Nebraska (NE)NE-1948-01191994Personal linesNebraska Department of Insurance
Kansas (KS)KS-1948-02861999Personal linesKansas Insurance Department
Tennessee (TN)TN-1948-06412007Personal lines, BOPTennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance

Why the same policy costs different money in Toledo and in Erie

Every rate a carrier charges in the United States is filed with, and in most cases approved by, the state regulator. So is every policy form and every endorsement. Two households with identical risk profiles thirty miles apart across a state line can be quoted very different numbers, and neither quote is wrong.

On top of the filed rate, the loss environment genuinely differs. Lake effect snow, hail frequency, sewer backup exposure in older housing stock, litigation climate and uninsured motorist rates all vary by state and by county. That is what the ZIP code question on the quote form is actually for.

Producer licensing
Per agent, per state
SR-22 filing
Same business day
Surplus lines
Not written

Price the whole structure, not one piece of it.

Four steps, about sixty seconds, and no obligation. An agent reviews every line together so the limits actually meet.