One of the largest fraternal benefit societies in the US, Modern Woodmen provides annuities and life insurance to more than 750,000 members through some 1,500 agents. The group, founded in 1883, is organized into "camps" (or chapters) that provide social, recreational, and service -- as well as financial -- benefits to members. Founder Joseph Cullen Root chose the society's name to compare pioneering woodmen clearing forests to men using life insurance to remove the financial burdens their families could face upon their deaths. Modern Woodmen offerings also include mutual funds, brokerage, and retirement and educational savings plans.

The country's leading animal health insurer, Petplan covers more than a million dogs, cats, and rabbits. Veterinary fees, death from illness or injury, boarding kennel fees, and loss by theft or straying are just some of Petplan's coverage plans. The company was established in 1976 in response to the high cost of veterinary care, and it commands a 45% market share of the UK small-animal market. Founder Patsy Bloom (who started Petplan with a £250 loan) sold the company to Allianz Insurance in 1996 for £32 million.

Allianz was the first European country to offer life insurance in China, opening Allianz China Life in 1999. You only have one life to live, and Allianz China Life (AZCL) wants to be the one to insure it. The company -- a joint venture between Allianz and China's financial services firm CITIC Trust & Investment -- provides universal and term life insurance as well as participating, annuity, pension, accident, travel, health, medical, and group insurance products. Banks, brokers, and company agents sell AZCL products; they are also available through direct sales. Its 13,000 agents operate from seven offices and 60 sales centers located in mostly southern and eastern China.

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.

Amlin plays guardian over consumer and commercial property interests in the UK and abroad. The company underwrites a range of insurance and reinsurance coverage through its Syndicate 2001 division, which underwrites policies traded on the Lloyd's of London exchange. It also provides underwriting through its Amlin Bermuda and Amlin Corporate Insurance units. Traditional insurance lines include commercial marine, aviation, and property/casualty insurance. Most of Amlin's reinsurance (insuring other insurers) business falls in the area of catastrophe coverage. While Amlin does business around the world, mostly through independent brokers, its primary markets are Continental Europe, Bermuda, the UK, the US.

On May 1, 1888, twenty-five Lancaster County citizens met at Lititz, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of organizing a Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The original name of the company was "The Agricultural Mutual Fire Company of Lancaster County." On May 22, 1888, these same citizens, dedicated to their heritage of Pennsylvania Dutch tradition, adopted By-Laws on the principles of thrift, integrity and full measure for value received. To the credit of the founders, many of these By-Laws have never been changed and are just as applicable today as they were over a century ago.

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (TRH) is a leading international reinsurance organization headquartered in New York, with operations worldwide. TRH’s subsidiaries, Transatlantic Reinsurance Company® (TRC), Trans Re Zurich Reinsurance Company Ltd (TRZ) and Putnam Reinsurance Company (Putnam), offer reinsurance capacity on both a treaty and facultative basis -- structuring programs for a full range of property and casualty products, with an emphasis on specialty risks.

Irish Life & Permanent hopes the green, green grass of home will be a fertile spot for growth. Irish Life & Permanent plc has pulled in its expansionist horns in favor of an "Ireland first" strategy, all but confining its sales of insurance, investment management, mortgage loans, and other personal financial products and services to its home country, where it has about a million customers. The company's retail division (Irish Life) provides life insurance, other insurance, and investment products to individuals through its own sales force, independent agents, and the branches of Irish Life & Permanent plc company's banking subsidiary, permanent tsb. Through the bank, Irish Life & Permanent is one of Ireland's leading mortgage lenders.

Operating from more than 300 local offices and focusing on the rural UK market, The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited (or NFU Mutual) provides life and property/casualty coverage. It provides both individual and commercial products and half of its customers are farmers. Lines include homeowners insurance (including coverage for thatched-roof houses), auto insurance, pet and horse insurance, and farm and tractor insurance. Dedicated agents distribute NFU Mutual's insurance products. The company also provides pension and investment products sold through financial consultants. NFU Mutual's roots reach back to 1910, when it was formed to lure local farmers to join the farmers' union.

Scottsdale Insurance Company is the property/casualty insurer specializes in excess and surplus insurance lines (E&S) -- insurance coverage for higher-risk individuals and businesses including alarm contractors, bars, exterminators, and tree trimmers. The company also offers such niche products as pet insurance, professional liability, and products for public entities (cities and counties). E&S providers are not allowed to advertise directly to consumers, so Scottsdale Insurance relies upon wholesale general agents, brokers, and managers to sell its products through local agents. The company is a subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual Insurance.

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