Shenandoah Life Insurance Company

Shenandoah Life Insurance Company
Subsidiary
Industry Insurance
Founded 1916 (1916)
Headquarters Roanoke, Virginia
Owner Prosperity Life Insurance Group, LLC

The Shenandoah Life Insurance Company is an insurance company based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1916, the company operated until 2012 as a policyholder-owned mutual insurance company when it was sold to United Prosperity Life.[1] In 2012, the company was demutualized into a subsidiary of Prosperity Life Insurance Group, LLC.[2]

Media properties

The company launched Roanoke's first television station WSLS-TV on Dec. 11, 1952 with call letters standing for "Shenandoah Life Stations." Shenandoah sold the station to Park Communications in 1959.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sturgeon, Jeff. "Shenandoah Life Insurance Co. is rebuilding its foundation". Roanoke Times.
  2. ↑ "About Us". Shenandoah Life.
  3. ↑ "WSLS sold to Graham Media Group". www.roanoke.com.
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