Here are the largest auto insurance companies in South Carolina, based on the amount of premiums for policies sold in the state in 2018.
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Largest auto insurance companies in South Carolina
Rank in South Carolina | Company | Market share % in South Carolina |
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1 | State Farm | 22.54 |
2 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 13.73 |
3 | Allstate Corp. | 11.25 |
4 | Progressive | 10.04 |
5 | USAA | 9.63 |
6 | Nationwide | 5.74 |
7 | Liberty Mutual | 5.06 |
8 | Travelers | 4.59 |
9 | Southern Farm Bureau Casualty | 3.27 |
10 | Auto-Owners Insurance | 2.01 |
11 | MGA Insurance Co. | 1.92 |
12 | American Family Insurance | 0.96 |
13 | State Auto | 0.93 |
14 | The Hartford | 0.92 |
15 | MetLife | 0.91 |
16 | Sentry | 0.77 |
17 | National General Holdings Corp. | 0.64 |
18 | Horace Mann | 0.52 |
19 | American National | 0.5 |
20 | AssuranceAmerica | 0.49 |
21 | ACCC Insurance Co. | 0.44 |
22 | Safe Auto Insurance Group Inc. | 0.33 |
23 | First Acceptance | 0.32 |
24 | Farmers Insurance | 0.31 |
25 | The Cincinnati Insurance Cos. | 0.31 |
26 | Amica | 0.31 |
27 | Selective | 0.23 |
28 | Carolina Motor Club Inc. | 0.17 |
29 | Kemper | 0.15 |
30 | Markel | 0.13 |
31 | PURE | 0.12 |
32 | Central Insurance Cos. | 0.11 |
33 | AIG | 0.1 |
34 | Donegal | 0.07 |
35 | Grange Insurance | 0.07 |
36 | Chubb | 0.06 |
37 | J Leon Hix Revocable Trust | 0.06 |
38 | RFH Special Purpose I LLC | 0.05 |
39 | General Electric Co. | 0.05 |
40 | Shelter Insurance | 0.03 |
41 | QBE | 0.03 |
42 | Tiptree Inc. | 0.03 |
43 | Munich Re | 0.02 |
44 | California Casualty | 0.02 |
45 | Global Indemnity | 0.02 |
46 | Assurant | 0.02 |
47 | Atlantic American / Delta Group | 0.02 |
48 | Tokio Marine | 0.02 |
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence, based on premiums written in 2018 for private passenger auto insurance. |