Erie Hall of Fame | H.O. Hirt | 2010

Henry Hirt was a teacher, a grocery clerk and a salesman. He liked people and by all accounts, people liked him. He had an innate ability to understand their wants and desires, and their hopes and fears. When Hirt opened his insurance company in 1925 he used what he knew about people to define his new company's method of operation.

"Treat people the way you would like people to treat you." Today that company, ERIE Insurance has grown to become one of the largest writers of auto and property-casualty insurance, Erie's third largest employer, and as a Fortune 500 company.

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