Auto-Owners Insurance is ranked highest in customer satisfaction with the auto insurance claims experience by J.D. Power and Associates for the third consecutive year. The company&bsp; won the Auto Claims Satisfaction Award in 2008 and 2009 and recently won it again for 2010.

Main Street Financial Group in Tryon, a local independent Auto-Owners Insurance agency, says it is proud to share in this success.

Auto-Owners Insurance is ranked highest in providing a satisfying claims experience, and scored 902 on the 1,000-point scale J.D. Power and Associates uses for the study.

The company attributes its success to the involvement of the independent agency system in the claims process.

Auto-Owners Insurance, a Fortune 500 company, has been in business for more than 90 years. The company is currently ranked the 17th largest insurer in the country.

Headquartered in the great Lansing, MI, area, Auto-Owners Insurance employs more than 3,500 associates. The company is comprised of five property and casualty companies and the Life Company and writes business in 26 states through local independent agents such as Main Street Financial Group in Tryon.