Looking for auto coverage? Go west, young man -- or east, north, or south. Bristol West Holdings Bristol West Holdings sells non-standard private passenger insurance; that is, insurance for those who have trouble getting standard coverage because of bad driving records, age, limited financial resources, and the like. The company operates in some 40 states through about 10,000 agents. Though the majority of Bristol West's customers buy minimum liability policies, the company also offers collision and comprehensive coverage, as well as medical payments coverage that pays for health care costs related to automobile accidents.

RAC is best known for providing roadside assistance for stranded motorists in the UK and also offers the same deal in around 50 European countries. It serves some 7 million customers. In addition, the company provides advice on car buying and car care, sells insurance (including auto, home, travel), offers drivers' training courses, and repairs windshields. RAC is a subsidiary of insurance titan Aviva, which acquired RAC to expand the offerings of the insurer's Norwich Union brand. The RAC name comes from the UK's Royal Automobile Club, which sold its breakdown assistance unit to the company in 1999.

Founded in 1905, Lafayette Life was acquired by Cincinnati-based Western & Southern Financial Group in 2005. Lafayette Life Insurance Company may have the name of a Frenchman, but its business is all American. Licensed throughout most of the US, the Lafayette Life Insurance company sells individual life insurance and annuities, as well as group annuities and retirement services. Its qualified markets division helps small businesses administer their retirement plans, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans. The Lafayette Life Insurance company quit writing group life and disability insurance in 2008 to focus on its core operations.

Despite its name, UK insurance brokerage group Windsor is not related to the Royal Family. Windsor is an insurance and reinsurance broker, focusing on specialty products including liability insurance for corporate officers and policies for professional soccer players. Its other specialty divisions include aviation, marine, equine and bloodstock, energy, pharmaceuticals, and politics, as well as coverage for high-net-worth individuals. Established in 1933, the company primarily operates through its Windsor Partners unit, which brokers policies through the Lloyd's exchange. Windsor also operates in the UK and internationally through subsidiaries Windsor Insurance Brokers and Windsor Professional Indemnity.

Living Benefits Financial Services, LLC (LBFS) is the oldest name and longest-running provider of institutionally funded life settlements in the United States. Life insurance policies acquired from seniors are considered an attractive, non-correlated asset for institutional investors worldwide. A portfolio of life insurance policies can be structured to meet a wide variety of investment needs.

From the mighty sea to the blue skies above, this insurance provider offers coverage for services. With offices in more than 90 countries, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance provides commercial insurance coverage in two broad areas -- Marine and Aviation and Property/Casualty. Its marine and aviation unit also offers marine risk management. The property/casualty division specializes in coverage for companies in the construction, transportation, and financial services industries, as well as offering surety bonds. About 75% of the company's sales are in France and Germany. AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance is a subsidiary of French insurance giant AXA group.

Once a global provider of insurance and reinsurance products and services, Alea Group faced a tough year in 2005 from which it never recovered. With catastrophes such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the US and flooding in Europe greatly affecting the company, Alea decided to stop offering new property/casualty policies and divest strategic operations. Its businesses in Bermuda, the US, and Europe are either in runoff or are being sold.

All Risks, Ltd. was formed as an excess and surplus lines facility in 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland. While we have since expanded into additional territories and product lines over the past 40 years, our business is written exclusively through retail agents and brokers. We are independent. All Risks has been the fastest growing, and one of the largest privately held wholesale brokers in the country for over 10 years.

AFBA's for-profit 5Star Financial division, founded in 1989, sells to the general public, offering individual life insurance, supplemental health insurance, and other financial services such as banking and mutual funds. Taking risks that might scare off other commercial insurance companies, Armed Forces Benefit Association (AFBA) provides group life insurance products for military personnel, government employees, police officers and firefighters, and defense department contractors. The not-for-profit membership association was established in 1947 and has some 300,000 members; its policies contain no war or terrorism restrictions. It sells property/casualty policies through affiliate Armed Forces Insurance.

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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