has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message united american insurance company type subsidiary of torchmark corporation industry life insurance founded 1947 founder c.l. dunlap headquarters mckinney texas area served united states district of columbia key people michael c. majors president products supplemental health and life insurance website https www2.unitedamerican.com united american insurance company ua based in mckinney texas provides supplemental life health and accident coverage . ua was founded in 1947 . today ua operates in 49 states the district of columbia and has approximately 1 000 people working in the home office . ua new york our individual insurance business is conducted through united american s subsidiary first united american life insurance company . an independent agent system is employed to deliver life and medicare supplement coverages to customers living in this state . the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of torchmark corporation nyse tmk based in mckinney texas . history edit united american had one employee when it began in 1947 c.l. dunlap founder and president . during the first year of operation two more people came on board w.h. coleman jr. a cpa and kay holt their secretary . later they were joined by j.a. graham then r.b. donovan in 1951 . this team of leaders charted a course of step by step development and expansion . in 1955 united american moved into the insurance center located in downtown dallas . when medicare was signed into law in 1966 the company made the decision to focus its attention on the individual health market with an emphasis on seniors . in 1976 the company began searching for a new home office to accommodate its 400 employees . within a year staff started transitioning into the east building in dallas . in 1981 united american became a member of torchmark corporation a financial services holding company listed on the new york stock exchange . now with 500 employees united american realized space for future growth was essential so in 1996 the company moved 30 miles north of dallas to mckinney . ten years later torchmark announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from birmingham alabama to mckinney . united american is one of the largest nationwide underwriters of individual medicare supplement insurance . 1 for more than 35 consecutive years united american has earned the a superior financial strength rating from a.m. best company as of june 2014 . ua is also rated aa very strong for financial strength by standard & poor s as of july 2013 . citation needed united american has more than 1.6 billion in assets as of december 2013 . the company has more than 778 million of insurance in force and more than 500 000 policies in force as of december 2013 . citation needed references edit naic medicare supplement loss ratios 2010 medicare supplement insurance experience reports june 2011 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title united american insurance company & oldid 736331433 categories companies based in mckinney texascollin county texasinsurance companies of the united stateslife insurance companiescompanies established in 1947torchmark corporation subsidiaries1947 establishments in texashidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2012all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2012all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 19 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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