State Auto Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, writes personal and business lines of insurance. It provides personal and commercial automobile, homeowners, commercial multi-peril, workers’ compensation, general liability, and fire insurance. The company also provides nonstandard automobile insurance. In addition, it develops and sells software for the processing of insurance transactions, database management for insurance agents, and electronic interfacing of information between insurance companies and agencies. Further, it sells services and products to insurance agencies, nonaffiliated insurers and their agencies, and affiliated entities. State Auto Financial distributes its insurance products through the independent insurance agencies primarily in the central and eastern United States. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. State Auto Financial Corporation is a subsidiary of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company.