History
Seneca Sigel
Rudolph Insurance Co was organized on April 13, 1891 and had six
board members. The name of the company was changed to Seneca,
Sigel Mutual Insurance Co in 1970. Reinsurance was discussed in
1931, but was not implemented until September 1940. The company
levied assessments until June of 1951. On June 13, 1961 the
company changed to advance billing. The company joined the
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies in 1974. The
secretary, Harold Mueske, conducted all of the insurance
business from his home until 1977 when the present building was
purchased. In 1979 there were three employees; the manager,
receptionist and book-keeper. The inspection program was
established in 1982. The first computer was purchased in
1989. In 2003 the company built an addition which doubled the
size of the office and celebrated with an open house in November
2003. The company now has three full-time employees; general
manager, claims/underwriter, underwriter/policy clerk, and five
part-time employees; three adjuster/inspectors, book-keeper and
filing clerk and there are 22 agencies that represent our
company. We celebrated 115 years of service at the annual
meeting held in April 2006.