Nationwide Insurance® Announces New Advertising Agency-of-Record
McKinney to become primary advertising partner for Nationwide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 4, 2009
Contact:
Mike Switzer 614-249-4092
switzem1@nationwide.com
Columbus, Ohio — Nationwide announced today that McKinney will be its new advertising agency-of-record. The Durham-based agency will replace TM, Nationwide’s agency of record since 1998.
“We are pleased to welcome McKinney as our new partner in supporting the Nationwide brand,” said Jennifer Hanley, senior vice president of marketing services for Nationwide. “McKinney has demonstrated that they understand the insurance and financial service industry and they have really great ideas about how Nationwide can engage consumers by leveraging some of our key brand assets such as the On Your Side customer experience.”
In its new role, McKinney will become the primary advertising partner supporting the Nationwide brand and the company’s broad portfolio of insurance and financial service products. The agency will provide creative and media planning services for integrated campaigns that will incorporate both traditional and emerging media, including interactive, social and mobile media.
“Nationwide is a brand with incredible opportunity in a highly-competitive and highly visible market,” said Brad Brinegar, chairman and CEO of McKinney. “We are thrilled to join the Nationwide team at the end of an incredibly thorough and well run review, and look forward to a long and mutually-beneficial relationship with a terrific team of people.”
“TM performed admirably in its time as our primary agency-of-record,” Hanley said. “Their work in developing the Life Comes at You Fast campaign put Nationwide on the map and helped us increase awareness of our brand. We thank them for a decade of outstanding service.”
Nationwide continues in its review of media buying agencies, which will conclude by mid-summer. UM, Nationwide’s current media agency remains in consideration. Nationwide’s relationships with other partner marketing agencies will not change.
About McKinney
McKinney is an independent advertising agency whose mission is to
make extraordinary things happen by reinventing the conversation between
people and brands. McKinney delivers through game-changing ideas,
through leadership in the convergence of offline and online(88% of
frontline staff are actively engaged in the digital space, which accounts
for 35% of the agency’s business) and through the relevant application of
new technologies.
Founded in 1969, the Durham, NC-based agency’s clients include Coldwell Banker, Gold’s Gym, The NASDAQ Stock Market, Nike, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Qwest Communications, Sherwin-Williams, Travelocity, Virgin Mobile USA, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and Brown-Forman Corporation brands Bonterra, Chambord, Sonoma-Cutrer, Southern Comfort and Tuaca. For more information, visit http://mckinney.com.
About Nationwide
Nationwide, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the world and is rated A+ by A.M. Best. Nationwide ranks #124 on the Fortune 500 list. The company provides a full range of insurance and financial services, including auto insurance, motorcycle, boat, homeowners, life insurance, farm, commercial insurance, administrative services, annuities, mortgages, mutual funds, pensions, long-term savings plans and health and productivity services. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com.
Nationwide, Nationwide Insurance, the Nationwide Framemark, Life Comes at You Fast, On Your Side, of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
