Is Federated Insurance a good company to work for?

Federated Insurance has an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5, based on over 405 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 8% over the last 12 months. 94% of employees would recommend working at Federated Insurance to a friend and 93% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Federated Insurance have been left by employees working as Claims Representative , Underwriting Support Specialist and Systems Developer .

Does Federated Insurance pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Federated Insurance employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Federated Insurance. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Federated Insurance?

94% of Federated Insurance employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Federated Insurance 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.6 for culture and values and 4.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Federated Insurance?

Marketing Representative (85) , Claims Representative (29) , Claims Adjuster (15) , Underwriting Support Specialist (11) , Systems Developer (10) , Risk Consultant (8) , Underwriter (7) , Commercial Underwriter (6) , Marketing (6) , Sales Representative (6) , Sales and Marketing Representative (6) , District Marketing Manager (5) , Senior Commercial Underwriter (4) , Certificate Representative I (3) , Customer Service Representative (3)

What are the pros of working at Federated Insurance according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and fair." ((in 63 reviews)); "great training" ((in 36 reviews)); "Great people to work with who all want to help you succeed" ((in 28 reviews)); "Federated has a great culture which is driven by employees who care about our clients and our co" ((in 27 reviews)); "Federated has a great training program to set you up for success and my supervisor and manager are supportive and open to feedback." ((in 26 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Federated Insurance according to real employee reviews?

"Limited work from home possibilities" ((in 18 reviews)); "Upper management is completely out of touch." ((in 9 reviews)); "Big life sales equals promotions, and many managers did not achieve success ethically." ((in 7 reviews)); "Not much diversity at the very top (only one woman executive)." ((in 7 reviews)); "Many in senior management are talking the talk, but do not really have a clue about what is going on in the field." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Federated Insurance layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Federated Insurance layoffs and their outlook for job security at Federated Insurance in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Federated Insurance locations?

Owatonna , Glendale , Mankato , Overland Park , Phoenix , Atlanta , Birmingham , Dallas , Minneapolis , Indianapolis , Detroit , Knoxville , Portland , Boise , Chicago , Richmond , Kansas City , Milwaukee , Bedford , Fort Worth , North Richland Hills , Columbus , Denver , Philadelphia , Dallas-Fort Worth , Newark , Naperville , Peoria , Joplin , Saint Louis

Federated Insurance reviews

4.6

94% would recommend to a friend

(390 total reviews)

Nicholas Lower

98% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.7

Compensation and benefits

4.6

Culture & values

4.6

Career opportunities

4.4

Senior management

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

Federated Insurance has an employee rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 390 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Federated Insurance employee rating is 27% above average for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

390 reviews

2.0

Feb 28, 2020

“Challenging” Culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good training for marketing reps. Potential for high compensation. Culture of promoting from within. Good place to get a foundation in insurance knowledge and sales skills.

Cons

Federated’s business model is not geared towards retaining clients or employees. You will not be able to build long-term relationships with most of your clients because Federated will eventually force them away with unreasonable rates, or idiotic decisions from underwriting. The hours will also be grueling. Upper management is disconnected from reality, or pretends to be for their own reasons. There is a cult-like atmosphere that everyone pays lip-service to, but is actually a joke. Life insurance will ALWAYS be the most important metric the company judges you by, and the LEAST profitable way to spend your time. Lots of training is provided for marketing reps, but not enough for other departments. Many of the support personnel do not know their jobs, or simply aren’t very good.

3.0

Dec 29, 2018

Commercial Underwriter

Sr. commercial underwriter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary. Great people! Plenty of resources to get your job done. Most managers don’t micromanage. Great working relationships. Smart business, industry conservativeness is done the way it needs to be to stay solvent and have good ratings and gradings from a money management and pricing standpoint. Great bonus opportunity! Career growth options are extensive in the larger home office location. Limited at other cities, but if they would open up departments to having employees in the other cities, there is a lot of potential! Future potential is huge for many avenues, new generations will help drive diversity, and employee flexibility in terms of telecommute options, etc, for a better work-life balance for each individual. All items in the cons section can easily be remedied and evolve into pros with the open-minded management of newer generations.

Cons

No telecommuting options to accommodate work-life balance, to Federated work-life balance only means getting your work done at the hours and place they can watch, so it is really about work balance, not really allowing options to help the life balance fit. Business Casual in an atmosphere that really doesn’t need it. Stiflingly conservative. I feel stuck, like punching a clock on salary, managers roaming the cubicles to keep tabs, can only work from home when not getting paid for the time (sick, vacation, extra unpaid hours only). Few paid holidays and below average vacation days. Inflexible for families, no allowance for working from home as needed (sick kids, etc), even though it is completely possible. Older technologies. Diversity of people is lacking. Upper management pats themselves on the back too much when anything “diverse” happens, quotas feel like a real thing.

3.0

Sep 19, 2015

Overall, decent experience.

Siu/claims supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent training program. Good people in alot of the different service offices. Decent bonuses and paid time off. The do appear to be family oriented.

Cons

Good ole boys club. Difficult to advance. Expectations are too high, lots of stress and employees are overworked. Management does not listen.

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