History

United Mutual

  • December 31, 2018: Little Black Mutual and Farmington Mutual merged
  • March 30, 2019: Name was changed to: United Mutual Insurance Company

Little Black Mutual

  • June 4, 1889: Company was organized as Little Black Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Original Townships were:
    • Little Black
    • Deer Creek
    • Pine Creek
    • Molitor
    • Browning
    • Medford
    • Grover
  • January 3, 1914: Added the city of Medford to the writing territory
  • 1939: Changed name to: Little Black Mutual Insurance Company
  • January 19, 1952: expanded territory to:
    • All of Taylor County
    • Price County
    • Clark County
    • Marathon County
  • October 30, 1975: Merged with Hull Town Mutual Insurance Company
  • December 18, 1975: Added Wood county to the writing territory
  • May 10, 1984: Merged with Rusk County Mutual, added the following counties:
    • Rusk
    • Chippewa
    • Sawyer
  • March 1995: Added Portage and Lincoln County to the writing territory
  • January 1, 1998: Converted to a 611 Limited Assessable Domestic Mutual
  • September 6, 2007: Moved to current location at 141 South Wisconsin Avenue, Medford WI

Farmington Mutual

  • June 5, 1878: Company was organized as Farmington Mutual Fire Insurance
  • February 28, 1952: started writing fire and wind policies
  • March 26, 1966: changed name to: Farmington Mutual Insurance
  • June 29, 1971: bought current lot and built current office building
  • September 1972: moved into the current building at East Farmington
  • May 20, 1986: added the counties of Dunn, Eau Claire, Chippewa and Washburn
  • September 16, 1996: Converted to a 611 Domestic Mutual
  • January 1997: Merged with Warren Mutual