type private industry insurance founded el paso texas u.s. 1975 founder fred loya headquarters el paso texas u.s. number of locations 700 agencies 1 area served california colorado illinois indiana nevada new mexico texas georgia missouri alabama arizona ohio key people fred loya president & ceo products auto insurance revenue us 506.3 million 2012 2 number of employees 5 200 2015 website fredloya.com fred loya insurance is a texas based hispanic 500 car insurance company . 3 as of 2016 the company had 5 200 employees and 700 offices in alabama arizona california colorado georgia illinois indiana missouri new mexico nevada ohio and texas . 4 it is the 18th largest latino owned company in the country . 2 the company is headquartered in el paso texas and owned by fred loya a latin american who had originally worked as a cattle rancher . loya began selling insurance in 1975 . 4 in 2008 loya consolidated three san antonio claims centers into one . 5 loya is famous for his christmas light displays . contents 1 history and current company structure 2 fines and lawsuits 3 references 4 external links history and current company structure edit fred loya insurance corporate office fred loya a former cattle rancher started loya insurance group in 1974 . it began as a single store front office and has since expanded to more than 361 agencies across six states california colorado illinois new mexico nevada and texas . 1 the loya insurance group agencies are located in multiple types of locations such as shopping centers grocery stores street corners and office buildings . the agencies are in both small and large towns and cities and focus on being in places where the people go on a regular basis . 1 some places that the agencies are located include wal mart super stores fiesta marts big 8 food source stores liborio supermarkets fiesta whole food superior cardenas fines and lawsuits edit in 2012 loya was fined 300 000 for violating state insurance laws in texas after insurance regulators determined the auto insurance company used false advertising and did not follow the company s filed criteria for policy discounts to customers . 6 a proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against fred loya insurance agency and loya casualty insurance company . in this lawsuit plaintiffs contend that loya did not comply with the requirements under california law for payment of wages . if successful a class action allows former and current employees to receive back wages that are owed to them . 7 references edit a b c loya health insurance company review . a b el paso s 28 companies second in nation for latino business 500 . contact us . archive fred loya insurance . retrieved on august 9 2012 . corporate headquarters 1800 lee trevino el paso texas 79936 . a b crawford jenn . hispanic entrepreneur profile cattle rancher became insurance giant fred loya . el paso times . january 3 2010 . retrieved on august 9 2010 . poling travis . fred loya to merge 3 s.a. claims centers . san antonio express news . january 15 2008 . business page 01e . retrieved on august 9 2010 . kolenk vic fred loya insurance co. fined 300 000 for violating state insurance laws . el paso times . june 20th 2012 . retrieved on june 27th 2013 . law offices of thomas w. falvey . loya insurance agency case . retrieved on june 27th 2013 . external links edit texas portal companies portal latino and hispanic american portal fred loya insurance retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fred loya insurance & oldid 733177905 categories companies based in el paso texas 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 5 august 2016 at 23 17 . 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