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1. 21st Century


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2. Allstate


800-255-7828 		205 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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3. Amica Mutual


800-242-6422 		80 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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4. Encompass


Local agent 		19 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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5. Farmers


800-327-6377 		170 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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6. GEICO


800-861-8380 		116 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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7. GMAC


800-462-2123 		18 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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8. Grange


Local agent 		17 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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9. Illinois Farmers


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10. Liberty Mutual


800-837-5254 		42 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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11. Metropolitan


800-638-2886 		30 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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12. Mutual of Enumclaw


Local agent 		52 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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13. Nationwide


877-663-6877 		53 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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14. PEMCO


800-467-3626 		493 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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15. Progressive


800-776-4737 		60 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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16. QBE/Unigard


Local agent 		19 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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17. Response


800-518-2984 		20 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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18. Safeco


800-332-3226 		209 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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19. State Farm


Local agent 		483 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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20. The Hartford


Local agent 		192 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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21. USAA


800-531-8722 		414 ratings Available exclusively to Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK subscribers
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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Auto Insurance Companies in the Seattle (Puget Sound) Area
CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Auto Insurance Companies Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Auto Insurance Companies.

  • Subscriber from FEDERAL WAY, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: Overall performance was excellent, especially compared to the second company involved........
  • Subscriber from DES MOINES, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: I use AARP Harford........
  • Subscriber from REDMOND, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: Adjuster WAY undercut me on the cost to repair my vehicle...thank God I had a..........
  • Subscriber from SHORELINE, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: Excellent service and courteous claims dept........
  • Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: Vandals broke rear window and dented quarter panel. Safeco qiuck and complete with repair coverage........
  • Subscriber from AUBURN, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: No hastle.......
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: The representatives at Pemco were kind and helpful. Because of safe driver points, my insurance..........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: John Evans Agency is superior........
  • Subscriber from PUYALLUP, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: I had to pay cash for my physical therapist and was usually quickly reimbursed after..........
  • Subscriber from WOODINVILLE, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: They are always one phone call away and handle everything necessary to resolve my claim...........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: My claim was settled quickly. With an old car the value was difficult to establish,..........
  • Subscriber from REDMOND, WA wrote about a local auto insurance company: I was the victim of a hit & run accident with a rental car in..........




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