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 . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message 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 . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message country wide insurance company type private industry insurance founded december 23 1963 ; 52 years ago 1963 12 23 new york city new york u.s. area served new york city key people michael d. jaffe chairman and president products auto insurance website www.cwico.com country wide insurance company is a new york auto insurance company which is family owned . all of country wide s agents representatives underwriters and adjusters live in the tri state area in or contiguous to new york city . 1 contents 1 history 2 company 3 external links 4 references history edit country wide insurance company was incorporated in new york on december 23 1963 . it has been licensed to write property and casualty business insurance since april 15 1964 . 2 during a twenty year time period country wide grew from 35 employees to over 300 . 1 company edit country wide is a family owned and operated business which primarily provides private passenger and commercial auto insurance to residents of new york city the boroughs and long island . the majority of the company s business consists of smaller limits policies which comply with basic minimum coverage required by new york state law . 2 michael d. jaffe is the chairman and president . 1 3 external links edit country wide website references edit a b c history of country wide insurance . country wide insurance . retrieved 7 july 2016 . a b report on examination of the country wide insurance company as of september 30 2008 pdf . dfs.ny.gov . 4 january 2011 . retrieved 7 july 2016 . company overview of country wide insurance co. . bloomberg . 10 july 2016 . retrieved 10 july 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title country wide insurance company & oldid 742915143 categories american companies established in 1963companies based in new yorkinsurance companies of the united statescompanies based in new york cityprivately held companies in the united stateshidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from august 2016articles with a promotional tone from august 2016all articles with a promotional tonearticles needing additional references from july 2016all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 6 october 2016 at 16 30 . 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