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I trace my roots back to 1922, when a retired farmer and insurance salesman founded me in Bloomington, Illinois, to provide auto insurance. Before long, I added life insurance and fire and casualty coverage; I became America's top auto insurer in 1942. Health insurance followed in the 1960s. Today, my affiliates and I are America's biggest providers of auto and home insurance. I boast more than 19,000 agents, more than 65,000 employees and more than 94 million policies and accounts. You can't invest in me because I'm a mutual company — owned by my policyholders. Who am I? (Answer: State Farm) ¦

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