Subsidiary | |
Industry | Insurance |
Founded | 1916 |
Headquarters | Roanoke, Virginia |
Owner | Prosperity Life Insurance Group, LLC |
The Shenandoah Life Insurance Company is an insurance company based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1916, the company operated until 2012 as a policyholder-owned mutual insurance company when it was sold to United Prosperity Life. [1] In 2012, the company was demutualized into a subsidiary of Prosperity Life Insurance Group, LLC. [2]
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent or uncertain loss.
Roanoke is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2010 census, the population was 97,032. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia.
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" due to its status as the first English colonial possession established in mainland North America and "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there, more than any other state. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city, and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's estimated population as of 2017 is over 8.4 million.
Shenandoah Life entered radio in 1940, when it signed on WSLS radio; the call letters stand for Shenandoah Life Station. An FM station followed in 1947.
The company launched Roanoke's first television station, WSLS-TV on Dec. 11, 1952. Shenandoah sold the station to Park Communications in 1959. [3] Park sold off the radio stations, with the AM side becoming WSLC (now WPLY after several format changes) and the FM side becoming WSLQ.
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WFXR, virtual channel 27, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States. The station is owned by the Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly with Lynchburg-licensed CW affiliate WWCW. The two stations share studios at the Valleypointe office park on Valleypoint Parkway in Hollins ; WFXR's transmitter is located on Poor Mountain in unincorporated southwestern Roanoke County.
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