issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages 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 . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message american home shield corporation type subsidiary of servicemaster industry home warranty founded memphis tennessee 1971 headquarters memphis tennessee u.s. area served nationwide key people tim haynes president services home warranty number of employees 1 600 parent servicemaster slogan life happens . have a plan . website 1 american home shield corporation is the founding american home warranty company and a unit of servicemaster . it currently services 1.4 million customers across 49 states and the district of columbia . american home shield was founded in 1971 and operated independently until it was acquired by servicemaster nyse serv in 1989 . today it functions as one of servicemaster s family of brands along with terminix furniture medic amerispec servicemaster clean servicemaster restore and merry maids . it is currently one of a few home warranty companies with active operations in all 48 contiguous states . it has settled two class action suits and will surely face more due to their bad faith dealings . 1 contents 1 history 2 associations 3 organization 4 products 5 awards 6 references history edit american home shield founded the home warranty industry in 1971 . 2 associations edit american home shield is a founding and current member of the national home service contract association nhsca a non profit 501 c 6 industry trade organization of member companies serving home service contract providers and consumer interests throughout the united states . organization edit american home shield is headquartered in memphis tn . it also administers additional service centers in memphis tn ; lagrange ga ; and carroll ia which customers can call to request appliance or system service . the company handles roughly 2.5 million service requests each year . 3 american home shield works with over 11 000 licensed contractors and 45 000 technicians across the country . the company also monitors contractor performance through a customer satisfaction survey program . 4 products edit american home shield administers home service contracts on major home systems including air conditioning heating electrical plumbing water heaters garbage disposals instant hot and cold water dispensers central vacuums smoke detectors doorbells and ceiling fans ; as well as appliances including refrigerators dishwashers clothes washers and dryers ovens free standing ice makers trash compactors garage door openers built in food processors and built in microwave ovens . 5 awards edit in 2013 american home shield was awarded the 2013 best in service award from homewarrantyreviews.com . 6 in 2014 american home shield was named the 1 most recommended brand among women home warranty provider by the women s choice awards 7 references edit http www.servicemaster.com our brands american home shield http www.ahs.com http www.ahs.com contractors about.jsp http www.ahs.com contractors about.jsp http www.ahs.com homeprotection pricing and plans.jsp appliances http www.servicemaster.com media center press releases american home shield earns 2103 best service award top consumer review s http www.womenschoiceaward.com best home warranty providers retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american home shield & oldid 741321830 categories companies established in 1971companies based in memphis tennesseehidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from july 2014articles lacking reliable references from july 2014all articles lacking reliable references 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 september 2016 at 19 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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