Western National Insurance Group Named a 2018 Ward Group Top 50 Property-and-Casualty Insurance Company

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 17 -- Western National Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurance company, issued the following news release:

Western National Insurance Group today announced that it has once again been named to the Ward's 50 Benchmark Group of top-performing property-and-casualty insurance companies in the United States.

Being named to this group recognizes Western National for achieving outstanding financial results in the areas of safety, consistency, and performance over a five-year period (2013 - 2017). This is the 13th time in the past 14 years (and the 10th consecutive year) that Western National has been named to this list of top performers.

"Ward's 50 is a long-standing industry benchmark, so it's a tremendous achievement for Western National Insurance Group to be named to this highly competitive list for ten consecutive years," said Stuart Henderson, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our success, financial strength, and stability over the years has been made possible through the support of our policyholders, agency partners, and dedicated employees. We share this recognition with them."

Ward Group(R), a Cincinnati, Ohio-based consulting firm that specializes in the insurance industry, annually reviews the financial results of over 3,000 Property/Casualty insurance companies, selecting the top 50 performers. This group of 50 companies is referred to as the "Ward's 50".