Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) has been watching people's backs-- and their assets-- since 1867. The only co-operative insurance company in the UK, CIS offers and manages life, home, and auto insurance, for individuals as well as businesses. Services may be procured either with the assistance of a CIS broker, or, for simplified transactions, through the company Web site. Together with Co-operative Bank, the company is a part of Co-operative Financial Services, which is the finance arm of Co-operative Group, the world's largest co-operative.

Indiana Farmers Mutual underwrites personal auto, homeowners, farmowners, and commercial insurance for customers in (and only in) Indiana. The company sells its products exclusively through independent agents throughout the state. Indiana Farmers Mutual traces its roots back to 1877 when a group of farmers banded together for protection against fire loss.

Boston Mutual has remained a mutual company since it was founded in 1891. What Boston Mutual knows about life insurance amounts to a whole lot more than a hill of beans. The company sells traditional group and individual life insurance, as well as disability and supplemental accident and illness coverage. The company distributes its products to individuals through its in-house General Agencies division, while its Group and Worksite Divisions distribute to employers. Additional products include employee assistance programs and voluntary supplemental insurance products.

Texas Lawyers' Insurance Exchange was organized in 1978 as a Texas reciprocal insurance exchange and began operations in 1979 under the sponsorship of the State Bar of Texas Insurance Trust. Prior to 1978, Texas lawyers were experiencing significant difficulty obtaining legal malpractice coverage at reasonable rates. Consequently, the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas and the Insurance Trust approved a plan for the organization of an insurance carrier devoted to writing professional liability insurance for Texas lawyers.

Erie Indemnity Company was founded in 1925 as an auto insurer, it now provides underwriting and sales and policy administration services to Erie Insurance Exchange, a reciprocal insurance exchange that pools the underwriting of several property/casualty insurance firms. Most of its revenues come from the management fees it charges the exchange, but it also writes a bit of property/casualty insurance of its own through subsidiaries. Its reach includes coverage in about a dozen eastern states and it markets its products through some 9,000 independent agents. The company is the only publicly traded part of the Erie Insurance Group, which also includes Erie Family Life Insurance.

Sony Financial Holdings was founded in 2004 and is led by president Teruhisa Tokunaka. Electronics giant Sony Corporation is taking electronics to the bank. Its financial arm Sony Financial Holdings provides banking and insurance services through operating subsidiaries including Sony Bank. The retail bank operates primarily online and via mobile phone; physical transactions are available at convenience store ATMs throughout Japan. Sony Life provides insurance planning and policies; it is partnering with AEGON to offer annuities. Sony Assurance offers automobile insurance and other property/casualty and medical coverage. Sony Bank subsidiary Sony Bank Securities provides securities brokerage services.

MetLife, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides insurance, employee benefits, and financial services in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and India. It offers group life insurance products and services as employer-paid benefits, including variable life, universal life, and term life products, as well as employee paid supplemental life products; individual life insurance products and services comprising variable life, universal life, term life, and whole life products, as well as a range of mutual funds and other securities products; and non-medical health insurance products and services, such as dental insurance, group short- and long-term disability, individual disability income, long-term care, critical illness, and accidental death and dismemberment coverages, as well as employer-sponsored auto and homeowners insurance and administrative services-only arrangements to employers. MetLife company also provides retirement products consisting of variable and fixed annuities for individuals and employees of corporations, and other institutions. In addition, MetLife provides an array of annuity and investment products, including guaranteed interest products and other stable value products, income annuities, and separate account contracts for the investment management of defined benefit and defined contribution plan assets, as well as offers certain products to fund postretirement benefits. Further, it offers auto insurance and homeowners’ insurance policies, as well as personal excess liability and coverage for recreational vehicles and boat owners; and credit insurance and endowment products. Additionally, MetLife funds company initiatives, various start-up entities, and run-off entities; and banking services, such as residential mortgage loans and various deposit products. MetLife, Inc. was founded in 1868 and is based in New York, New York.

Mercer Insurance Group offers a range of property/casualty insurance policies through subsidiaries such as Mercer Insurance Company, Mercer Insurance Company of New Jersey, Franklin Insurance, and Financial Pacific Insurance. The company focuses on commercial coverage for small to midsized businesses, including multi-peril, surety, and commercial automobile, as well as personal lines (primarily homeowners and auto coverage). Mercer Insurance Group sells its products in seven states - Arizona, California, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. The company has agreed to be acquired by United Fire & Casualty for about $190 million.

Kingsway Financial Services Inc. provides insurance solutions to individuals and businesses in the United States. The company primarily offers non-standard automobile insurance that covers drivers who do not qualify for standard automobile insurance coverage because of their payment history, driving record, place of residence, age, vehicle type, or other factors, as well as provides commercial automobile insurance products. It distributes its products through a network of independent agents. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Mississauga, Canada.

California Corporate Benefits Insurance Services offers, oddly enough, benefits insurance services to California corporations. The company also serves government agencies and schools. The brokerage firm provides a variety of services such as asset management and investment advisory services to the retail, manufacturing, and financial services industries, among others.

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