Gerber Life Insurance Company
The Gerber Life Insurance Company, was formed in 1967 as a subsidiary of the Gerber Products Company in Fremont, Michigan and is headquartered in White Plains, New York. Gerber Life Insurance Company has more than $33 billion of life insurance in force and helps provide financial security to over 2.9 million policies throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. According to Gerber, Ann Turner Cook is the famous Gerber baby, whose portrait is featured prominently on all Gerber product packaging.Cook is now a retired teacher and mystery writer. Some legends claim that the baby is Sally Gerber herself, the reason why the company itself was established. Günter Blobel · Peter Brabeck-Letmathe · Nobuyuki Idei · Henri Nestlé · Kaspar Villiger 100 Grand Bar · Abuelita · Aero · After Eight · Alpo · Arrowhead Water · Baby Ruth · Beggin Strips · Beneful · Bertie Beetle · Big Turk · Breakaway · Butterfinger · Caramac · Carnation · Caro · Cerelac · Chico babies · Chipwich · Goobers · Raisinets · Chokito · Chunky · Coffee Crisp · Coffee-Mate · Creamola Foam · Deer Park Spring Water Co. · Dog Chow · Drammens Is · Dreyer s · Drumstick · Eskimo Pie · Friskies · Gerber · Hjem-IS · Hot Pockets · Ice Screamers · Jelly Tots · Jenny Craig · Juicy Juice · KLIM · La Lechera · Lean Cuisine · Lion Bar · Mackintosh s Toffee · Maggi · Maggi noodles · Matchmakers · Maverick · Maxibon · Menier Chocolate · Milkybar · Milo · Mirage · Mövenpick · Munchies · Nescafé · Nespresso · Nesquik · Nestea · Nestle Fav*rites · Nestlé Crunch · Nestlé Pure Life · Nestlé Stixx · Nestlé Wonder Ball · Nido · ONE · Oompas · Ozarka · Parlour · Peppermint Crisp · Perrier · Perugina · Poland Spring · Polly Waffle · PowerBar · Pretzel flipz · Purina · Quality Street · Redskins · Rowntree s · Rowntree s Fruit Gums · Rowntree s Fruit Pastilles · San Pellegrino · Scorched Peanut Bar · Sin Parar · Sjora · Smarties · Sno-Caps · Spree · Stouffer s · Svitoch · Tender Vittles · Toffee Crisp · Toll House · Turtles · Vice versas · Violet Crumble · Walnut Whip · The Willy Wonka Candy Company · Yorkie Aquarel (Only Portugal, Spain and Brazil) · Cereal Partners Worldwide (not USA/Canada) · Häagen-Dazs1 (only USA/Canada) · Kit Kat2 (not USA) · Oh Henry!2 (not Canada) · Ovaltine3 (malt only in USA) · Rolo2 (not USA) Nestlé boycott · International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes .
Smith submitted the sketch as an entry for the company s logo contest. A few interim Gerber babies were selected to appear on Gerber products in the mid 70s including babies known only as Hogg and Murray. Numerous urban legends have incorrectly identified the Gerber baby. She was depicted in a charcoal sketch by neighbor Dorothy Hope Smith.
It is one of the top direct-response marketing insurance companies and a leading producer of juvenile life insurance.
