OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc. is a U.S.

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mutual holding organization with corporate offices at the

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in Indianapolis, Indiana. The operating companies of OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc. are American United Life Insurance Company, The State Life Insurance Company, OneAmerica Retirement Services LLC, McCready and Keene Inc., OneAmerica Securities, Inc., Pioneer Mutual Life Insurance Company, and AUL Reinsurance Management Services, LLC. The operating companies offer individual life, disability, and long-term care insurance, and

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. For businesses, they offer

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, retirement plans, and

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. They operate throughout the United States except New York. OneAmerica Companies maintain "superior" financial ratings from

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and Standard and Poor's.

History

Started as a life insurance group in 1877 by the

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, it became American Central Life Insurance Company in 1899. In 1904 American Central Life Insurance Company established its Reinsurance Division, which as of 2015 is the oldest life

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company in the U.S. In 1930 Knights of Pythias separated the insurance program, creating United Mutual Life Insurance Company Inc. The in 1936 American Central and United Mutual merge to form American United Life Insurance Company (AUL). In 1957 American United Life Insurance Company started posting puns and funny sayings on a signboard in downtown Indianapolis. In 1982 OneAmerica moved into OneAmerica Tower, the tallest building in Indianapolis at that time and in 1994 The State Life Insurance Company joined AUL and in 1998 Pioneer Mutual Life Insurance Company joined AUL/State Life. In 2000 AUL reorganized to form American United Mutual Insurance Holding Company and OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc. In 2010 OneAmerica purchased McCready and Keene, Inc. In 2014 OneAmerica purchased City National Bank's retirement services division. In 2015 OneAmerica to purchased

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's BMO Retirement Services.

Company leadership

President of American Central Life Insurance Company

*1899–1904 - Elijah Martindale *1904–1905 - Addison H. Nordyke *1905–1912 - Milton A. Woollen *1912–1936 - Herbert M. Woollen

President of United Mutual Life Insurance Company

*1930–1933 - Harry Wade *1933–1936 - George Bangs

President of AUL/OneAmerica

*1936–1940 - Herbert Woollen *1940–1947 - George Bangs *1948–1952 - Leslie E. Crouch *1952–1961 - Clarence A. Jackson *1962–1968 - Edward M. Karrmann *1968–1977 - Jack E. Reich *1977–1979 - F. Leslie Bartlet *1980–2004 - Jerry D. Semler *2004–2013 - Dayton H. Molendorp *2013–current - J. Scott Davison

CEO of AUL/OneAmerica

*1968–1989 - Jack E. Reich *1989–2004 - Jerry D. Semler *2004–2014 - Dayton H. Molendorp *2014–current - J. Scott Davison

Chairman of the Board, AUL/OneAmerica

*1936–1941 - Alva M. Lumpkin *1941–1947 - Leslie E. Crouch *1957–1967 - Clarence A. Jackson *1967–1991 - Jack E. Reich *1991–2007 - Jerry D. Semler *2007–2017 - Dayton H. Molendorp *2017–current - J. Scott Davison

Sponsorships

OneAmerica has sponsored the 500 Festival's OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon and 5K race since 2004. The current sponsorship deal runs through the 2019 race. The race is the largest mini-marathon in the U.S. In 2015, OneAmerica signed a 4-year naming-rights partnership to become the title sponsor of

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gameday radio broadcasts. OneAmerica sponsored the mainstage at the Indiana Repertory Theatre for the 2017-2018 show season.

Miscellaneous

The OneAmerica Tower hosts Bop to the Top (originally called the AUL Stairclimb) each year since 1984. People climb 500 feet and 790 steps to raise money for charities. OneAmerica is an investor in the downtown Indianapolis mall, Circle Centre.

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