Description Workmen's Auto Insurance provides personal property/casualty insurance --primarily non-standard auto coverage -- in about a dozen states. It specializes in insuring high risk drivers in California, but has operations throughout the western and Midwestern US, as well as in Florida. It also offers homeowners and renters insurance in California. Workmen's Auto Insurance sells its policies through independent agents and select contracted brokers. The company was founded in 1949 and is owned by the Shammas family, which also has interests in auto dealerships and real estate in the Los Angeles area.