Cherry-picking is an unflattering d...

Cherry-picking is an unflattering description in near circles, but for Alfa Mutual Insurance Co it's been common ingredient of the company's succes for the past 50 years. The automobile writer on the same level has been known to act contrariwise to its competition and increase its rates, as it maintains an underwriting strategy focused onward a preferred book of business. It is undivided of only 15 companies to be ranked A+ or higher from A.M. Best Co. for the past half-century.

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