Shelter Insurance Company is a mutual insurance company which focuses on Auto, Life, Home, Business, and Farm coverage. It operates in fourteen U.S. states and the headquarters is in Columbia, Missouri.

Shelter was founded in 1946 as the insurance subsidiary of the Missouri Farmers Association (the same company as MFA Incorporated), and was called M.F.A. Insurance. The Shelter name came from the company's most famous slogan, "M.F.A is your Shield of Shelter". In 1981, the name was changed to Shelter Insurance. The company remained in Columbia. The Shelter Insurance Gardens are located at the company headquarters in Columbia Missouri.

The Shelter Insurance family of companies includes:

• Shelter Mutual Insurance Company
• Shelter General Insurance Company
• Shelter Life Insurance Company
• Daniel Boone Underwriters, LLC
• Shelter Enterprises, LLC
• Shelter Reinsurance Company
• Shelter Financial Services, Inc.
• Shelter Financial Corporation
• Shelter Benefits Management Inc.
• Shelter Financial Bank

States where Shelter Insurance operates

Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee

Lines of Insurance actively sold

• Apartment Owners
• Automobile
• Boatowners
• Business
• Commercial Fire
• Dwelling Fire
• Farm Fire
• Farm Liability
• Farmowners
• General Liability
• Homeowners
• Inland Marine
• Life
• Personal Umbrella

External links

• Shelter Insurance Homepage
• A.M. Best Company