NU Online News Service, Sept. 29, 2:41 p.m. EDT

Increased access to markets and being connected to a national company are just a few of the benefits the chief executives of Nationwide Mutual Insurance and Harleysville Mutual Insurance say the combination of the two companies will bring to independent agents.

In an interview with NU Online News Service, Steve Rasmussen, chief executive officer of Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide and Michael Browne, president and chief executive officer of Harleysville, Pa.-based Harleysville Mutual, believe producers and the carriers will benefit from the transaction announced today.

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