In 1915 William J Phillips,Sr. left the Phillips Farm in Davison, Michigan to begin a career as a life insurance agent. While selling life insurance he was introduced to Vern Valentine (V.V.) Moulton, founder of, the then fledgling, Auto-Owners Insurance Company. Auto-Owners, though founded in Mt. Pleasant, MI, had just moved to Lansing, Michigan. In 1917 Mr. Valentine approached William about...