In 1923, insurance executive Hawthorne K. Dent startled the established business community with a radical approach to insurance. Defying convention, he organized a company to combine the financial stability and responsibility of an investor-owned stock company with the preferred-risk underwriting and lower prices of a mutual or policy-owned company. He further violated the conventional wisdom of his day by basing the company in Seattle, far from the recognized insurance centers of the metropolitan Northeast. For 80 years, Safeco has been in business to help people protect what they value and secure their financial future. We sell a comprehensive mix of insurance through a network of trusted independent agents, brokers, and financial advisors nationwide. Our mission is to make the experience of buying, selling, and owning insurance easier than anyone else.