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Nationwide Insurance Company of America: complaint record

Nationwide Insurance Company of America (NAIC company code 25453) appears in public complaint data from the insurance regulators in Texas, New York, Indiana, Michigan, California, Illinois, Kansas and Oregon. In Texas auto insurance in 2025, it had 0 confirmed complaints and 24 policies in force, a complaint index of 0.00 (no confirmed complaints). In Texas homeowners insurance in 2025, it had 1 confirmed complaint and 3,430 policies in force, a complaint index of 2.29 (more confirmed complaints than the market average for its size) from a small base, so read it with care. In New York's auto insurance complaint rankings for complaints closed in 2024 it was ranked 10 of 128 (rank 1 has the fewest upheld complaints for its premiums), with 0 upheld complaints and 0.00 upheld complaints per million dollars of premiums. In Indiana homeowners insurance in 2025, it had 4 complaints on $22,378,234 of premiums, a complaint index of 2.03. In Michigan auto insurance in 2025, it had 2 complaints on $1,088,345 of premiums written, 1.84 complaints per $1 million.

Texas auto insurance

YearComplaint indexConfirmed complaintsPolicies in force
20250.00024
20240.0005

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Texas homeowners insurance

YearComplaint indexConfirmed complaintsPolicies in force
20252.2913,430
20242.9314,223

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New York auto insurance

Complaints closed inFiled asRankUpheld per $1mUpheldQuestion of factNot upheldPremiums written
2024Nationwide Insurance Company of America10 of 1280.00013$19.90m
2023Nationwide Insurance Company of America91 of 1240.05101$20.56m
2022Nationwide Insurance Company of America9 of 1320.00016$22.21m
2021Nationwide Insurance Company of America19 of 1350.00012$25.53m
2020Nationwide Insurance Company of America89 of 1350.03103$31.39m
2019Nationwide Insurance Company of America111 of 1390.05205$38.45m
2018Nationwide Insurance Company of America10 of 1510.00022$45.98m
2017Nationwide Insurance Company of America121 of 1590.05329$54.80m
2014Nationwide Insurance Company of America96 of 1690.04406$89.57m
2013Nationwide Insurance Company of America106 of 1710.03346$96.59m
2012Nationwide Insurance Company of America87 of 1720.011418$99.46m
2011Nationwide Insurance Company of America92 of 1690.0441016$97.53m
2010Nationwide Insurance Company of America72 of 1790.022613$88.47m
2009Nationwide Insurance Company of America82 of 1810.043310$73.87m

See the full New York list for complaints closed in 2024

Indiana homeowners insurance

YearComplaint indexComplaintsIndiana premiums
20252.034$22,378,234
2024Not listed (Indiana lists only companies with at least one complaint)
20230.471$28,563,458
20221.192$27,849,040

See the full Indiana homeowners list for 2025

Michigan auto insurance

YearFiled asComplaints per $1mComplaintsPremiums written
2025Nationwide Insurance Company of America1.842$1,088,345

See the full Michigan auto list for 2025

Other state regulators

Matched by the NAIC code Kansas prints, or by legal name after standard abbreviations are expanded, only when exactly one company matches. Each state measures complaints differently, so compare companies within a state, not across states. With one or two complaints an index or ratio can swing a lot.

StateLineYearFiled asMeasureComplaints
CaliforniaAuto2025 (2026 study)Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaRank 5 of 50, 0.5 justified per 100,0001 justifiedFull list
IllinoisHomeowners2025Nationwide Insurance Company of America0.3633 complaints per $1M earned premium12Full list
IllinoisHomeowners2024Nationwide Insurance Company of America0.4606 complaints per $1M earned premium17Full list
IllinoisHomeowners2023Nationwide Insurance Company of America0.6544 complaints per $1M earned premium24Full list
KansasHomeowners2023Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 0.412Full list
KansasHomeowners2022Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 0.463Full list
KansasHomeowners2021Nationwide Insurance Company Of AmericaComplaint index 0.603Full list
OregonAuto2025Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 0.000 confirmed of 0Full list
OregonAuto2024Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 0.000 confirmed of 1Full list
OregonAuto2023Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 0.000 confirmed of 0Full list
OregonAuto2022Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 51.411 confirmed of 1Full list
OregonHomeowners2025Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 0.000 confirmed of 0Full list
OregonHomeowners2024Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 0.000 confirmed of 0Full list
OregonHomeowners2023Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 0.000 confirmed of 2Full list
OregonHomeowners2022Nationwide Insurance Company of AmericaComplaint index 0.000 confirmed of 1Full list

How to read the Texas complaint index

The Texas Department of Insurance divides a company's share of confirmed complaints for a line of insurance by its share of policies in force for that line. The average is 1.00. Below 1 means fewer confirmed complaints than average for the company's size, above 1 means more. For small companies one or two complaints can move the index a lot, so ranking tables here include only companies with at least 10,000 policies.

How to read the New York ranking

The Department of Financial Services ranks auto insurers by upheld complaints per million dollars of premiums over a two-year period. A complaint is upheld when DFS agrees with the consumer that the insurer made an inappropriate decision. DFS notes that "only one or two additional upheld complaints per year can have a significant impact on a smaller insurer" and that because every auto insurer is ranked, "some must be at the bottom of each year's list even if every company is performing well." The ranking includes only complaints received by DFS.

How to read the Indiana complaint index

The Indiana Department of Insurance divides a company's share of complaints by its share of Indiana premiums for the line. 1.00 is average, below 1 means fewer complaints than its size would suggest. Indiana lists only companies with at least one complaint and does not calculate an index (marked DNC) for companies with under $1 million of premiums.

How to read the Michigan complaint ratio

The Department of Insurance and Financial Services divides each company's complaints by its Michigan direct premiums written, in millions of dollars. It publishes ratios only for companies with at least $1 million of premiums, and warns that ratios based on small premium volumes "are highly variable".

How to read the California complaint study

The California Department of Insurance ranks large insurers by justified complaints per 100,000 earned exposures (auto and homeowners) or per 100,000 mean policies in force (individual life). CDI counts a complaint as justified under the definitions in California Insurance Code section 12921.1. The study covers the top 50 companies in each line and counts complaints closed in each year.

How to read the Illinois complaint ratio

The Illinois Department of Insurance lists companies with 5 or more complaints in a line (3 or more for annuities in 2025). For auto and homeowners the ratio is complaints per $1 million of Illinois direct earned premium. For life and health it is complaints per 10,000 policies in force, and for annuities per 10,000 certificates in force. Illinois changed how it counts complaints in 2023 and says "caution should be exercised when comparing complaint counts to prior years".

How to read the Kansas complaint index

The Kansas Insurance Department describes the index as a company's share of complaints "in relation to its market share or share of business written in Kansas". An index of 1.00 means its share of complaints equals its share of the business, and 0.00 means no complaints were received, although a very small index can also round to 0.00. Kansas counts closed complaints and lists its largest writers in each line plus companies with many complaints, not every insurer. Kansas renamed some tables over time, for example "Accident & Health" became "Health" and "Homeowners" became "Homeowners & Renters" in 2023. Life and annuity tables cover individual policies.

How to read the Oregon complaint index

The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation lists every company with Oregon premium in a line, including companies with no complaints, with total and confirmed complaints opened in the year. Oregon's files do not define the complaint index. Recomputing it closely matches (within 3%) a company's share of confirmed complaints divided by its share of premium in the table, so 1.00 is average and 0 means no confirmed complaints. A few companies report negative premium, which can produce a negative or extreme index. We show these as published. For small companies one or two complaints move the index a lot.

Figures are for this legal company only. An insurance group may sell through several companies, each with its own record.

Sources

  1. Texas Department of Insurance, Complaint indexes and policy counts for insurance companies (dataset pa9u-9s9w), data.texas.gov
  2. New York State Department of Financial Services, Automobile Insurance Company Complaint Rankings: Beginning 2009 (dataset h2wd-9xfe), data.ny.gov
  3. Indiana Department of Insurance, Company Complaint Index (auto and homeowners, 2022 to 2025)
  4. Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services, Complaint Ratios (automobile and home, 2023 to 2025)
  5. California Department of Insurance, Consumer Complaint Study, 2026 edition
  6. Illinois Department of Insurance, Consumer Complaints Ratio Reports (2023 to 2025)
  7. Kansas Insurance Department, Complaint Index Reports (2020 to 2024)
  8. Oregon Division of Financial Regulation, complaint data for all insurers (annual PDF reports, 2022 to 2025)

Checked 29 October 2026. Complaint records show only complaints filed with the regulator. They are one signal among many and do not rate claims handling, price or financial strength.