Romance icon Fabio stars in new 'Life Comes at You Fast(R)' spot
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company continues its award-winning Life Comes at You Fast advertising
campaign with its first ever national Super Bowl ad. The ad features
international romance icon and multimedia star, Fabio.
In keeping with its unique campaign of the last two years, Nationwide ads
use humor to make an important point: Life Comes at You Fast - often before
you realize it. Whether it's getting married, having a child, buying a new
home, or saving for college or retirement, advance preparation is key,
especially when it comes to insurance and financial planning.
The Super Bowl ad begins with a "misdirect," typical of other spots in the
Life Comes at You Fast campaign, where viewers believe they are seeing an ad
for something else entirely before finding out they're watching a Nationwide
ad. Fabio floats on a gondola through the canals of Venice with his love
interest. A voice suggests that Fabio is introducing his own line of shampoo.
Just as viewers become convinced they are watching an over-the-top shampoo ad,
the gondola passes under a bridge and Fabio emerges as a 90 year-old man.
Viewers are let off the hook when Nationwide's Life Comes at You Fast slogan
appears on the screen.
"The Life Comes at You Fast concept was created to remind people that they
need to think about preparing for the future," said Steven Schreibman, vice
president of advertising and brand management for Nationwide. "We're using
humor and a celebrity to get people's attention and cut through the clutter
with a very serious message: You need to be prepared for life to change,
because change is inevitable."
This is the third consecutive year of the Life Comes at You Fast
advertising campaign, produced by T:M Advertising of Dallas, and Nationwide's
most aggressive brand advertising push ever. In addition to the Super Bowl,
Nationwide's 2006 ad buy will include 46 regional markets, national cable,
national internet and regional advertising during the Olympics. The Fabio spot
will be one of a series of new Life Comes at You Fast ads. This is the second
Nationwide ad to feature a well-known celebrity. Rapper M.C. Hammer was the
star of the 2005 campaign.
"I know from experience that Life Comes at You Fast," said Fabio. "I am
continually preparing for the next stage of my career - taking steps to ensure
that as life changes I will be ready for the future."
The Fabio ad will run during the third quarter of the Super Bowl and will
be available at http://www.nationwide.com after the television debut. Two other new
Life Comes at You Fast ads will air nationally during pre-game coverage on
ABC.
Nationwide, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest diversified
insurance and financial services organizations in the world, with more than
$157 billion in assets. Nationwide ranks #99 on the Fortune 100 list. The
company provides a full range of insurance and financial services, including
auto, homeowners, life, commercial insurance, administrative services,
annuities, mutual funds, pensions and long-term savings plans. The Nationwide
companies include the country's seventh-largest property/casualty, the fourth-
largest homeowners, the sixth-largest auto insurance group and the country's
largest farm owners insurer. Nationwide Life Insurance Company, the major
subsidiary of Nationwide Financial, ranks 11th in assets according to A.M.
Best. For more information, visit http://www.nationwide.com.
Nationwide and the Nationwide Framework are federally registered service
marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. On Your Side is a service mark
of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
Contacts:
Mike Switzer (614) 249-4029
switzem1@nationwide.com
Eric Hardgrove (614) 677-8516
hardgre@nationwide.com
SOURCE Nationwide
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http://www.nationwide.com
Company News On-Call:
http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/607050.html
CONTACT:
Mike Switzer, +1-614-249-4029, or
switzem1@nationwide.com, or Eric Hardgrove, +1-614-677-8516, or
hardgre@nationwide.com, both of Nationwide
NOTE TO EDITORS: Screen shots of the ad are available upon
request. Starting Super Bowl Sunday, you can view the ad at
http://www.nationwide.com.
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