This Foremost Insurance review will evaluate the AM Best financial strength ratings, any JD Power claims & customer satisfaction ratings, and the 2009-2014 home & auto insurance complaint record for the subsidiary companies of Foremost Insurance Group, to determine whether each subsidiary, such as Foremost Insurance Company of Grand Rapids, MI, has a better-than-average, average, or worse-than-average customer complaint record.
Foremost insures mainly high risk drivers, mobile homes, trailers, vacant homes, homes with a recent claims history, and other properties many other insurance companies won’t insure. I’ll compare the auto & home insurance complaint records for the Foremost subsidiary companies, with major competitors offering nonstandard auto insurance and specialty home insurance, like Progressive, Homesite, Dairyland, & American Modern.
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Foremost Insurance Review
As mentioned above, Foremost specializes in nonstandard auto insurance and specialty home insurance, so if you are an auto or home owner considering insuring with Foremost, its probably because you have few other options. At the end of this review, I’ll compare the complaint record for Foremost with other companies possibly able to help you. Independent insurance agents in your area are a good resource to help you figure out your insurance company options, when you find some companies won’t insure you. Foremost also specializes in mobile home insurance, and is a leading insurer of mobile homes and trailer homes in the USA.
This Foremost insurance review is divided into five sections, consisting of: 1. its AM Best Financial Strength Ratings 2. any JD Power insurance customer & claims satisfaction ratings for Foremost 3. the auto & home insurance customer complaint records for the Foremost subsidiaries, and 4. information about competing auto & home insurance companies, and how their complaint records compare to the Foremost companies.
1. AM Best Financial Strength Rating for the Foremost companies
The Foremost companies (Foremost County Mutual Insurance Company, Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan, Foremost Lloyds of Texas, Foremost Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Foremost Signature Insurance Company, and Farmers Specialty Insurance Company) had their A (Excellent) AM Best Financial Strength Rating with a stable outlook (no ratings upgrade or downgrade is expected in the near future) affirmed on 08/21/2014. A is the third highest rating for AM Best. I become concerned with any car or homeowners insurance company or subsidiary with less than an A- rating for financial strength from AM Best.
AM Best financial strength ratings are not a measure of customer service or the quality of the claims adjusting for any of the Foremost companies, but an opinion about their ability to pay claims, remain financially solvent, and stay in business. I recommend avoiding, if possible or practical, any auto or homeowners insurance company with lower than an “A-” rating for financial strength from AM Best. Some major auto & home insurance companies have higher or slightly lower financial strength ratings than the Foremost companies, but the difference in financial strength among A++, A+, A, & A- rated companies is not significant to me unless higher rated companies are the same or better in terms of price, coverage, claims handling, and customer service.
2. Foremost Insurance JD Power Auto & Homeowners Claims & Customer Satisfaction Ratings
The Foremost insurance companies, like other insurance companies focused on a smaller specialized market (nonstandard auto insurance and specialty homeowners insurance), does not have enough auto or homeowners insurance customers at this time in any one state, region, or nationally to be included in any of the recent annual JD Power insurance customer satisfaction studies, which evaluate the largest national and regional auto or homeowners insurance companies in the USA. Not being included in a JD Power insurance study does not make any Foremost insurance subsidiary better or worse than JD Power rated companies, but it does make it harder to evaluate the quality of customer service provided by a company not rated by JD Power, like the Foremost companies.
3. Foremost Auto & Homeowners Insurance Complaint Statistics & Ratings
You may really like your auto or home insurance company, or you may have been told by relatives or friends about the insurance companies they think are best, but you never really know how good your insurance company will be, until you have a serious claim. The good news is many insurance companies settle a good portion of their claims in a manner acceptable to the majority of their customers. However, the wise consumer should avoid insurance companies with a worse than average history of auto or home insurance complaints.
The most common reasons, for people to file auto & home insurance complaints with a state insurance department against insurance companies, are for delays in a claim payment, unsatisfactory payment of a claim, and denial of a claim. The complaint statistics used in this Foremost insurance companies review are the number of upheld complaints filed against the Foremost companies with a state’s insurance regulatory authority, adjusted for the company’s market share, as determined by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. This review provides valuable information to help you decide if Foremost is best for you. By choosing a company with a better-than-average complaint history, or at least avoiding companies with consistent, worse-than-average complaint records, you decrease the likelihood you will have a negative experience, when you need your auto or home insurance company.
Complaint ratios lower than “1” have less complaints than average, and complaint ratios over “1” have more complaints than average. The lower the complaint ratio, the less complaints against the company. Ideally, you want to choose an auto or home insurance company with complaint ratios less than 1.00 each year, at least over the most recent three years.
So you don’t have to worry about comparing complaint ratio numbers, I devised a rating system to help you identify if Foremost has a good or poor complaint record.
Here’s how I establish my auto & homeowners insurance complaint ratings:
B = Better than average. Insurance companies with complaint ratios less than 75% of the average insurance company.
C = Average. Insurance companies with complaint ratios from 75% to 125% of the average insurance company. I use a minus sign (-) to indicate auto insurance complaint ratios slightly worse than average (1.05 to 1.25) and a plus sign (+) for auto insurance complaint ratios slightly better than average (.95 to .75).
W = Worse than average. Insurance companies with complaint ratios more than 125% of the average insurance company.
I prefer companies with the longest recent history of “B” ratings each year (or at least in the most recent three years). Companies with “B” or “C+” ratings are okay, too, particularly if they have less market share, with less than $50,000,000 in premiums for that line of insurance (auto or home) each year. I prefer to avoid companies with a consistently higher than average number of complaints, or with inconsistent complaint records, unless there are mitigating factors, such as very small market share.
I. Auto Insurance Complaint Record for the Foremost Companies
Foremost auto insurance complaint record considering all subsidiaries:
Average
Foremost has five subsidiary companies insuring private passenger vehicles in the states where the company sells auto insurance. The use of more than one auto or home insurance subsidiary company is usually to offer different pricing to specific risk profiles (for example, drivers with a clean driving record vs. drivers with tickets and accidents), operate in a certain US state or group of states, or offer different lines of insurance, such as mobile home or motorcycle insurance.
Here is the auto insurance complaint record for each of the Foremost subsidiaries insuring autos in the USA:
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2015 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.42)
2015 US auto insurance premium = $300,783,712
2014 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.60)
2014 US auto insurance premium = $282,189,663
2013 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = C (.97)
2013 US auto insurance premium = $268,941,907
2012 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.62)
2012 US auto insurance premium = $274,360,498
2011 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.52)
2011 US auto insurance premium = $261,616,949
2010 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.36)
2010 US auto insurance premium = $232,587,982
2009 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.64)
Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan insures vehicles in the following states: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan is the Foremost subsidiary with the largest auto insurance market share and insures almost all of the auto insurance customers outside of Texas, buying coverage from Foremost. Its auto insurance market share grew from 2013 to 2014, which may be an indication Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan now has more competitive auto insurance rates in at least some states.
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2015 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (2.23 )
2015 US auto insurance premium = $10,217,807
2014 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (7.48)
2014 US auto insurance premium = $9,974,550
2013 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = C- (1.13)
2013 US auto insurance premium = $9,635,571
2012 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2012 US auto insurance premium = $9,181,059
2011 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (4.93)
2011 US auto insurance premium = $8,635,557
2010 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2010 US auto insurance premium = $8,048,316
2009 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (1.26)
Foremost Property & Casualty Insurance Company operates in the following states: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Foremost Property & Casualty Insurance Company has a very small auto insurance market share, which has remained flat since 2010, so this Foremost subsidiary may not be selling new auto insurance policies or have competitive auto insurance rates.
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2015 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2015 US auto insurance premium = $2,151,874
2014 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2014 US auto insurance premium = $2,633,743
2013 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2013 US auto insurance premium = $2,065,867
2012 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2012 US auto insurance premium = $3,422,685
2011 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2011 US auto insurance premium = $5,919,432
2010 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2010 US auto insurance premium = $2,057,987
2009 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
Foremost Signature Insurance Company operates in the following states: AK, AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Foremost Signature Insurance Company had no auto insurance complaints from 2009 to 2014, but it also has very, very few auto insurance customers, and may not be selling new auto insurance policies in any of the states where it is licensed to operate.
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2015 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.38)
2015 US auto insurance premium = $267,630,136
2014 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.17)
2014 US auto insurance premium = $249,981,503
2013 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.26)
2013 US auto insurance premium = $211,468,537
2012 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.09)
2012 US auto insurance premium = $195,384,429
2011 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.06)
2011 US auto insurance premium = $153,175,815
2010 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.06)
2010 US auto insurance premium = $136,869,535
2009 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
Foremost County Mutual Insurance Company insures vehicles in the state of Texas only.
Foremost County Mutual Insurance Company has a large share of the Texas auto insurance market and this subsidiary has grown significantly each year since 2010, which may be a strong indication Foremost County Mutual Insurance Company has competitive auto insurance rates.
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2015 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.58)
2015 US auto insurance premium = $98,720,132
2014 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (2.05)
2014 US auto insurance premium = $10,383,785
2013 Auto Insurance Complaint Ratio = No auto insurance policies in force
2013 US auto insurance premium = $0
Farmers Specialty Insurance Company insures autos in the following states: AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, NV, NM, OH, OR, TN, UT, WA, WI
Farmers Specialty Insurance Company started selling the product line of auto insurance in 2014. Although it still has very small auto insurance market share by the end of 2014, it experienced significant growth in its first year offering auto insurance. Because of its small auto insurance market share, the two auto insurance complaints it received in 2014 resulted in a worse than average complaint ratio.
II. Home Insurance Complaint Record for the Foremost Companies
Foremost home insurance complaint record considering all subsidiaries:
Average
Foremost Insurance Group sells home, dwelling, mobile home, & trailer insurance through the five subsidiary companies listed below. Here is each subsidiary’s home insurance complaint record:
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2015 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.62)
2015 US home insurance premium = $856,174,560
2014 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.65)
2014 US home insurance premium = $842,722,160
2013 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C+ (.84)
2013 US home insurance premium = $806,317,912
2012 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.72)
2012 US home insurance premium = $758,845,494
2011 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C- (1.18)
2011 US home insurance premium = $598,009,524
2010 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C- (1.10)
2010 US home insurance premium = $548,001,193
2009 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C+ (.94)
Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan insures properties in the following states: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan is the Foremost subsidiary with the largest home insurance market share and insures most of the home insurance customers buying coverage from Foremost. Its home insurance market share has grown a lot each year since 2010, which may be a strong indication Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan has competitive home insurance rates in at least some states.
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2015 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C- (1.19)
2015 US home insurance premium = $126,093,318
2014 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (1.59)
2014 US home insurance premium = $127,338,659
2013 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (1.49)
2013 US home insurance premium = $126,108,234
2012 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C+ (.86)
2012 US home insurance premium = $122,371,370
2011 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (1.42)
2011 US home insurance premium = $120,001,331
2010 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C- (1.16)
2010 US home insurance premium = $117,839,647
2009 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (1.75)
Foremost Property & Casualty Insurance Company insures properties in the following states: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Foremost Property & Casualty Insurance Company is the Foremost subsidiary with the second largest home insurance market share, which has grown each year since 2010, which may mean Foremost Property & Casualty Insurance Company has competitive home insurance rates in at least some states. However, it has had a worse than average home insurance complaint record in three of the last four years.
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2015 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (5.43)
2015 US home insurance premium = $1,833,202
2014 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (3.85)
2014 US home insurance premium = $2,393,880
2013 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (2.81)
2013 US home insurance premium = $7,863,612
2012 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C (.97)
2012 US home insurance premium = $25,167,378
2011 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.69)
2011 US home insurance premium = $130,075,359
2010 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C+ (.89)
2010 US home insurance premium = $152,985,526
2009 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C+ (.87)
Foremost Signature Insurance Company operates in the following states: AK, AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
The home insurance market share for Foremost Signature Insurance Company has dropped greatly each year since 2010, now having very few home insurance customers, where one & two home insurance complaints each year in 2014 & 2013 respectively, resulted in worse than average home insurance complaint ratios. Foremost Signature Insurance Company may no longer be selling new home insurance policies, and may be canceling its existing home insurance policies of its customers, to have this subsidiary exit this line of business.
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2017 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = No home insurance policies in force
2016 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = No home insurance policies in force
2015 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = No home insurance policies in force
2014 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = No home insurance policies in force
2014 US home insurance premium = $0
2013 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2013 US home insurance premium = $801,457
2012 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (0) (No complaints)
2012 US home insurance premium = $3,077,488
2011 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (2.19)
2011 US home insurance premium = $3,704,930
2010 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = W (2.69)
2010 US home insurance premium = $6,758,842
2009 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.73)
This subsidiary, Farmers Specialty Insurance Company, has been re-purposed to sell auto insurance only.
B = Better than Average C = Average W = Worse than Average
2015 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.26)
2015 US home insurance premium = $117,086,211
2014 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.44)
2014 US home insurance premium = $124,628,297
2013 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.55)
2013 US home insurance premium = $119,758,304
2012 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.38)
2012 US home insurance premium = $105,339,324
2011 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.09)
2011 US home insurance premium = $93,333,272
2010 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = B (.41)
2010 US home insurance premium = $88,736,876
2009 Home Insurance Complaint Ratio = C (1.07)
Foremost Lloyds of Texas insures properties in the state of Texas only.
Foremost Lloyds of Texas has a better than average home insurance complaint record each year since 2010, with its number of home insurance complaints in its worst year from 2010 to 2014 at still only 55% of the industry average. The home insurance market share for Foremost Lloyds of Texas has grown each year since 2010, which may indicate Foremost Lloyds of Texas has competitive home insurance rates in Texas.
4. Foremost Auto & Home Insurance Complaint Ratings Compared to Major Competitors
Dairyland Insurance
Auto insurance complaint record: The Dairyland subsidiaries have a history of worse annual auto insurance complaint ratios, when compared to the Foremost Insurance Group companies.
You can check auto insurance complaint statistics for the Dairyland companies in this complaints & ratings review here.
Progressive Insurance
Auto insurance complaint record: Some of the many Progressive Insurance Group companies have a history of about the same annual auto insurance complaint ratios as the Foremost Insurance Group companies. These Progressive subsidiaries have worse auto insurance complaint ratios than the Foremost Insurance Group companies: Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, Progressive Classic Insurance Company, Progressive Express Insurance Company, Progressive Southeastern Insurance Company, & United Financial Casualty Company.
You can check the complaint statistics for the Progressive Insurance companies in this complaints & ratings review here.
American Modern Insurance
Home insurance complaint record:Some of the American Modern subsidiaries have a history of worse annual home insurance complaint ratios than the Foremost Insurance Group companies.
You can check the American Modern home insurance complaint statistics in my review here.
Homesite Insurance
Home insurance complaint record: The Homesite companies have a history of worse annual home insurance complaint ratios than the Foremost Insurance Group companies.
You can check the Homesite complaint statistics in my review here.
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