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mutual company

A mutual company is an insurance company that is owned by its insureds.

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This is as opposed to a stock insurance company, which is owned by stockholders who are not necessarily insureds. Every owner of a mutual insurer is an insured; every insured is an owner.

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mutual insurer

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