About Wolverine

Protection for eight decades and beyond.

In March 1917, Ford introduced the Model TT truck just in time for Wolverine Mutual to insure it. Inspired by the new horseless carriages rattling across American roads, E. Bruce Laing and his friends Charles Heddon, Clare F. Pugsley, W.E. Sweet, and Dr. N. Bonine established an insurance company to serve new automobile owners.

Riding the automobile's growth in the Roaring '20s, then enduring the economic woes of the Great Depression and World War II, Wolverine Mutual outgrew its original Front Street offices and moved to a large historic home on Main Street in Dowagiac.

In the late 1950s, Wolverine Mutual was licensed to insure in Indiana and in 1968 it formally merged with Wolverine Mutual Fire Insurance Company adding property insurance to its auto, personal liability and burglary lines. By 1974, solid growth had pushed the office to the seams, so Wolverine Mutual built the current home office on 80 acres two miles east of Dowagiac.

Now in our 91st year of operation, Wolverine Mutual continues to be directed by members of the Laing family. Each generation has responded to the needs of policyholders, building a secure future for all associated with Wolverine Mutual Insurance Company.