W. R. Berkley Corporation is a financial services company focused on the property and casualty insurance business. It has been uniquely successful in meeting the needs of its various constituencies. Over the past 42 years, the Company has achieved an outstanding record of consistently providing insurance products and services that meet the needs of its customers. It has provided its employees with a challenging and rewarding workplace while also making both economic and civic contributions to the communities in which it operates. Most significantly, it has been able to do these things while providing outstanding returns to its shareholders.

A personal auto insurer operating in a dozen states, First Acceptance specializes in providing non-standard auto insurance -- that is, insurance for drivers who have trouble getting coverage because of poor driving records or payment histories, but who must have the minimum coverage required by state laws. First Acceptance sells its policies, branded Acceptance Insurance, through some 400 retail offices staffed by its own employee agents. In the Chicago area it uses the names Yale Insurance and Insurance Plus.

Financial Guaranty Insurance Company provided credit enhancement on public finance (including transportation, state and local leases, and municipal electric utility), structured finance (asset-backed securities including mortgage and consumer loans), and global infrastructure and utility securities. FGIC has historically guaranteed the scheduled payments of principal and interest on an issuer's obligation. Founded in 1983, the company is owned by investors including mortgage guaranty insurer The PMI Group. FGIC is currently not issuing new policies or paying claims.

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.

FinCor Holdings has just what the doctor ordered. FinCor is an insurance company for the health care industry, providing medical malpractice, risk management, workers' compensation, and other liability policies to hospitals, clinics, and physicians. The company operates through five subsidiaries: FinCor Solutions, The Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute (RM&PSI), MHA Insurance Company, Washington Casual Company, and Capital Risk Solutions. FinCor Solutions also offers homeowner's and auto insurance to individuals in the health care profession.

Oxford Life Insurance, which was founded in 1965, is a subsidiary of AMERCO, the owner of U-Haul International. Oxford Life Insurance company offers individual life insurance, annuities, and other types of policies targeted to middle income seniors under its own name and through its subsidiaries. Its Christian Fidelity Life Insurance subsidiary focuses on sales of Medicare supplement and funeral insurance to seniors in Arizona, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Subsidiary North American Insurance specializes in third-party administration for Medicare supplement policy holders across the US.

Established in 1902 to insure doctors and dentists, Physicians Mutual now provides general and supplemental health insurance products such as cancer, dental, long-term care, and Medicare supplements to members nationwide. It offers packaged insurance products for consumers and small business employees. The company's Physicians Life Insurance subsidiary provides individual life insurance and annuity products. Physicians Mutual has a nationwide agency distribution and is boosting its online and direct marketing efforts. Although the name seems narrow, Physicians Mutual Insurance Company offers insurance to a wide range of customers.

Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Limited ("HUB") is listed on the London Stock Exchange. HUB is the ultimate holding company for the Hardy group of companies.On 7th February 2008, control of Hardy Underwriting Group plc transferred to HUB via a scheme of arrangement, to effect a redomicile of the group to Bermuda and access property risks from there. At the same time Hardy Re Limited was established in Bermuda as a class III reinsurance company. 2008 was the first phase of Hardy's operations in Bermuda, with Hardy Re writing a quota share reinsurance of Hardy Underwriting Limited's participation on the managed syndicate

Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) is one of the oldest and largest providers of medical insurance for dogs, cats, birds, and exotic pets, covering about 475,000 pets in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Policies cover illnesses, accidents, medical conditions, vaccines, and routine care, with an optional wellness plan. The company was founded in 1980 with the goals of ending economic euthanasia and making veterinary services affordable for all pet owners. VPI is part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

XL Group plc, through its subsidiaries, provides insurance and reinsurance coverages to industrial, commercial, and professional firms, insurance companies, and other enterprises worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Insurance, Reinsurance, and Life Operations. The Insurance segment provides property, casualty, professional liability, environmental liability, aviation and satellite, marine and offshore energy, equine, fine art and specie, and excess and surplus lines, as well as other insurance coverages, including program business. The Reinsurance segment provides casualty, property risk (including energy and engineering), property catastrophe, marine, aviation, and other specialty reinsurance on a global basis with business being written on both a proportional and non-proportional basis and in certain limited instances on a direct basis. The Life Operations segment provides life reinsurance on business written by life insurance companies, principally to help them manage mortality, morbidity, survivorship, investment, and lapse risks. XL Group plc was formerly known as XL Capital Ltd and changed its name to XL Group plc in July 2010. XL Group plc was founded in 1986 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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