Chairman Peter Wood started Esure Holdings Ltd. in 2000, offering auto and homeowners insurance using the Internet as its primary sales channel. Since then, esure has added travel and pet insurance as well as personal loans to its stable of offerings. It jointly sells car insurance with Sainsbury's Bank; esure also underwrites and manages Halifax Car Insurance. With offices in Glasgow, Manchester, and Reigate, esure boasts more than 1 million customers. A management group led by Wood bought the majority of the company back from former parent Lloyds Banking Group in 2010.

Liberty National Life Insurance Company, headquartered in McKinney, Texas, traces its origin back to 1900 when its predecessor was founded as the Heralds of Liberty, a fraternal organization. In 1929 Liberty National was incorporated as a stock company. Read about our history. Today Liberty National is a wholly owned subsidiary of Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK). TMK is one of the largest publicly held holding companies in the nation, specializing in life and supplemental health insurance, including Medicare Supplements. Every year since 1995, Liberty National has been named to Ward's 50 Life-Health List. The Ward’s 50 analysis is based on financial performance over a five-year period. More than 800 insurance companies were included in this year’s analysis.

By focusing our attention on responsible individuals living in Washington state, PEMCO has earned a national reputation for delivering on its promise. Our claim service is unsurpassed and our rates are highly competitive. We offer protection for your auto, home, boat, and life. You simply won't find a better value for protecting your most valuable assets.In addition to providing our customers with peace of mind, we work diligently enriching the communities we serve.For more information, visit our history page, read the Perspective newsletter, or read our news releases.

Acadia Insurance Company was founded in 1992 in response to the Maine Workers’ Compensation crisis. Today, Acadia is a major employer in the Northeast with six branches and 400 insurance professionals, recognized by many as the best in the industry. Acadia was built on the belief that treating employees ethically and fairly will result in positive returns for the company. We are dedicated to employees' personal growth and development, and we provide support to our employees as they advance in their careers within Acadia. Acadia’s employees consistently rate Acadia as a great place to work. To learn more about our benefits and career opportunities, go to Find a Career.

The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC) is anything but boring. The firm is a major provider of group retirement plan services to elementary and high schools, colleges, and hospitals. It provides annuities and life insurance to more than 25,000 client groups (representing some 2 million investors) throughout the US. VALIC is part of AIG American General, the domestic life insurance operations of American International Group. AIG has announced that it will sell all of its domestic life insurance operations, including VALIC.

Frenkel & Co., Inc. (“Frenkel”) was founded in 1878 by Emil Frenkel, a German immigrant. His sons, George and Leo, participated in the business and emulated Emil’s pioneering spirit and leadership. They firmly established Frenkel’s presence and reputation in the New York insurance market with the imagination and ingenuity characteristic of the American dream. In 1985, the Frenkel & Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) was established, allowing Frenkel to remain an independent broker. Frenkel’s ownership remained in the ESOP structure until it was purchased in January 2001 by our current President and Chief Executive Officer, John F. Kelly, and current Chairman of our Board of Directors, Robert E. Shunk.

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty, surety, group life, accident, and health insurance coverage, as well as related agency and reinsurance brokerage services to commercial customers and individuals worldwide. It underwrites financial insurance risks in its financial products line of business, which includes directors’ and officers’ liability, employment practices liability, errors and omissions liability, surety and credit, and fidelity insurance products. The company writes medical stop-loss insurance that provides coverage to companies, associations, and public entities that elect to self-insure their employees’ medical coverage for losses. It also engages in insuring aviation risks, which include coverage for antique and vintage military aircrafts, cargo operators, commuter airlines, corporate aircrafts, fixed base operations, military and law enforcement aircrafts, private aircraft owners, and rotor wing aircrafts. The company offers hulls, engines, avionics and other systems, liabilities, and cargo and other ancillary coverage. Its London market account business consists of marine, energy, property, and accident and health businesses. In addition, HCC Insurance Holdings underwrites property and liability businesses, such as event cancellation, contingency, public entity, and U.K. liability; and writes facultative or individual account reinsurance, and treaty reinsurance businesses. The company markets its products directly to customers, as well as through a network of independent and affiliated brokers, producers, agents, and third party administrators. HCC Insurance Holdings was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

"History" often implies a longer run and a less recent past than 15 years. In our business, Alternative Risk Transfer (ART), that is a long span. We have evolved from a venture capital-based start-up to a successful and profitable enterprise. Writing almost $1 billion of business with over 300 employees, we have a powerful infrastructure and a professional business culture that is both pragmatic and flexible. We have learned and continue to execute the "art" of ART better than anyone in the industry because that is our sole focus.

The Hartford Financial Services Group is an insurer with a range of personal and commercial life and property/casualty insurance products. Through its Hartford Life subsidiary, the company offers individual and group life insurance and annuities, as well as the financial services mentioned in its name (asset management, retirement plans, and mutual funds). Its property/casualty operations include both personal (homeowners, auto) and business coverage (workers' compensation) and specialty commercial coverage for large companies. The Hartford, in business since 1810, sells its products through about 11,000 independent agencies and more than 100,000 registered broker-dealers.

SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company began life in 1939 as The Savings Banks Life Insurance system, which had been promoted by former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis as a means to provide "ordinary working people" with life insurance sold through more than 20 savings banks in New York. Today SBLI USA and subsidiary S.USA Life Insurance serve 300,000 policyholders across the US. The company has stuck to its original mandate and sells individual and group life insurance and other products through banks, though its primary source is direct marketing. In addition to life insurance, SBLI USA's offerings also include accident insurance and annuities.

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