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Utica First

Claims:  800-456-4556

www.uticafirst.com

A.M. Best Rating: A
Insurance Types Offered: Homeowners Insurance


Utica  First Insurance Company, headquartered in Oriskany, New York has  reached a milestone in its long history of service. During 2003, Utica  First observed its 100th year of providing quality insurance protection  and service, while maintaining a century-long commitment to community  involvement.The company was founded on November 18, 1903 when a charter  was granted to the Utica Fire Insurance Company of Oneida County, New  York to operate as a New York State Advance Premium Co-operative  insurance company. This was the result of the efforts of an active group  of Utica businessmen who wanted to start an insurance company that  would provide coverage at lower rates combined with prompt service to  the local community.
 

The newly formed Utica Fire Insurance  Company began its operations in the Devereux Building on Genesee Street  in downtown Utica. William Howarth was elected as the company’s first  President, with Charles Williams serving as Vice President. Initially,  the new insurance company would write policies exclusively in Oneida  County, but soon the business was extended to five adjoining counties  and eventually statewide. During the first few years in operation, the  maximum insurance coverage allowed was $2,000. Fortunately, the company  reported no losses during its first year of operation.
 

By 1925,  Utica Fire Insurance Company had grown at such a strong pace that it  needed more room. The company then moved its offices to 329 Genesee  Street and later relocated to 110 Genesee Street, which served as its  headquarters until 1973. The Utica Fire Insurance Building became a  familiar landmark to downtown Utica shoppers and business people and was  an integral part of the city’s skyline for several decades.
 

Utica  First takes pride in its history; a century of business growth that  included a merger with the Colonial Cooperative Insurance Company of  Newburgh, New York in 1941. Coverages were expanded as well, and by 1949  the company was able to provide General Casualty, Liability and  Multi-Peril policies in addition to Fire and Allied lines. In 1954, the  company’s licenses were expanded once again to allow its agents to write  the new single policy for combined property and liability coverages on  Homeowners risks. Throughout the 1960s, Utica Fire increased its  capacity to offer coverage to both residential and small business  customers.
 

Utica First is respected in the insurance industry as  an innovative company that has implemented and welcomed change. One of  the major highlights in the company’s 100-year history was the  completion of its new Home Office Building located at the Oneida County  Airport Industrial Park in Oriskany, New York in 1973. This  state-of-the-art facility continues to serve as headquarters for Utica  First.
 

By the 1980s, the company was licensed to write insurance  in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North and  South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. During the decade,  several catastrophes and weather related occurrences along the eastern  seaboard caused Utica Fire to reconsider its geographic marketing area;  which ended its business exposures in the southern states while  maintaining business in the northeast.
 

During the 1990s, another  major change was on the horizon– a name change. In 1993, Utica Fire  Insurance Company of Oneida County, New York became Utica First  Insurance Company. It was felt that the new name would better reflect  the multiplicity of insurance lines and products that the company was  now able to offer.
 

Today, under the leadership of Richard J.  Zick, President and Chief Executive Officer, Utica First continues to  play a leading role in the insurance industry. The company now offers  its specialized niche products in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and  Pennsylvania.
 

The 100-year success of Utica First could not  have been achieved without its network of independent insurance agents.  Presently, over 350 agents represent Utica First. The independent agent  continues to be one of the most important aspects of the company’s  commitment to customer service.
 

Throughout its 100 years in  business, Utica First has remained on the cutting edge of technology.  The company has always been at the forefront of technological advances,  and that has translated into further efficiencies and improved service  for customers.
 

Utica First has enjoyed a century of community  involvement and remains very active in a variety of charitable causes.  Its employees are involved on an individual basis in their local towns  and villages, while the company as a whole shares that spirit of  community throughout central New York. One of the major events that  Utica First has remained strongly committed to is America’s Greatest  Heart Run and Walk, which is presented annually to benefit the American  Heart Association. From cultural events to education, Utica First  continues to take an active role in a number of worthy endeavors in the  community each year.​

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