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Esurance Timeline

December 12, 2007
Nonprofit honors Esurance with 2007 Spirit and Awareness Award

Volunteers for Seattle’s EarthCorps vote to honor Esurance for its support of the nonprofit and its green business practices.

September 17, 2007
Esurance earns top rating in Corporate Equality Index

The Human Rights Campaign gives Esurance a 100 percent score for its treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees and consumers.

June 2007
Esurance partners with SOS

Through our official partnership with the SOS Movement for a Climate in Crisis, we hope to help put climate change in reverse!

April 10, 2007
Webby Awards honors Esurance

Esurance’s Web site is named an Official Honoree in the prestigious 11th Annual Webby Awards.

March 5, 2007
Carbon Copy premieres

Erin's first 3-minute adventure debuts. Thanks to our secret agent, the world is safe from Dr. Botanicus...for now.

February 2007
Esurance reaches 1,500 associates

In our 8 years as a company, we've grown from just a handful of associates to over 1,500. Talk about overcoming the dot-com bust!

January 2007
Space Ghost interviews Erin

Our special agent held her own against Adult Swim's hare-brained T.V. host when she appeared on the cult classic.

July 2004
Erin Esurance enters our room for the first time

The first ad in our Erin Esurance TV campaign launches.

July 2002
Esurance expands toward the Sierras!

We opened our Rocklin, California office for insurance personnel.

October 2000
Dot-com era survivor

We were purchased by White Mountains Insurance Group.

December 1999
Our first appearance to the world...

We launched our Web site to the public.

May 1998
Esurance is born!

We were incorporated as Silicon Sierra Holdings Inc.

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