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Founded as Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association in Omaha, Nebraska, the company was first licensed to issue health and accident insurance in 1910. The company gradually grew over the next several decades, issuing hospital insurance to protect families during the Great Depression, and becoming licensed in all of the 48 states (at the time) and two territories in 1939.
The company changed its name to Mutual of Omaha and tripled its income in the 1950s. The company became even better known throughout the country when it started hosting Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom in 1963, which lasted on TV for 25 years and was revived for a few more years in the early 2000s.
In 2018 the company expanded its broad menu of insurance options to include Medicare Advantage coverage and Part D prescription drug plans, in addition to group vision and dental and guaranteed whole life product.
Les, a former managing editor, insurance, at QuinStreet, has more than 20 years of experience in journalism. In his career, he has covered everything from health insurance to presidential politics.