headquarters seattle washington key people stan w. mcnaughton president ceo products personal lines insurance home auto boat umbrella revenue 378.3 million in 2015 number of employees 570 slogan we re a lot like you . a little different website www.pemco.com pemco insurance is an american personal lines mutual insurance company based in seattle washington . its name is an acronym for public employees mutual insurance company . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1936 seattle schoolteacher robert j. handy took advantage of the newly legalized credit union concept to found seattle teachers credit union now inspirus credit union . handy is reputed to have started the credit union with 5 in capital . out of that enterprise grew a group of seven different but related companies the largest of which is now pemco insurance . pemco has grown from premiums of 8 500 in 1949 to 378.3 million in 2015 . today pemco is the northwest s largest local personal lines insurer providing auto home boat life and umbrella coverage to the general public . the current president and ceo of pemco insurance is stan w. mcnaughton . he is the son of stanley o. mcnaughton who was president from 1970 until his death in 1998 . pemco s stated niche market is in what some in the insurance industry refer to as preferred risk that is policyholders who are least likely to have traffic tickets or car accidents and who take proactive steps to protect their own property with safeguards like car alarms smoke detectors and deadbolt locks . awards edit pemco has earned several awards for its marketing campaigns in recent years including best announcer best client campaign best of show and others at the soundies sponsored by the puget sound radio broadcasters association in 2008 2009 and 2010 . several showcase awards including the coveted sammy best of show top honor for the tv ad featuring northwest profile 4 4 way stop you go . no you go . no you go . guy awarded by the insurance marketing and communications association in 2009 and 2010 . references edit 1 . virgin bill . nimble pemco looks to grow the seattle post intelligencer june 24 2005 . 2 . ebnet matthew longtime pemco chief 76 beloved by workers the seattle times january 20 1998 . 3 . puget sound radio broadcasters association . 2010 soundie award winners may 2010 . 4 . insurance marketing and communications association . pemco wins sammy award at 52nd annual awards july 26 2010 . external links edit pemco s official website robert j. handy school employees credit union of washington retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pemco & oldid 737201202 categories companies established in 1949companies based in seattleinsurance companies of the united statesmutual insurance companiesmutual insurance companies of the united states 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 1 september 2016 at 09 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view