Born in 1898, Metropolitan Holdings Limited company is one of the largest financial services conglomerates in Africa serving the low- to mid-income markets. Metropolitan Holdings provides life insurance to some 4 million residents in eight nations, including South Africa where it is a leading life insurer. Its life products are distributed directly and through intermediaries and brokers. Metropolitan also offers retirement fund benefits, asset management, and managed health-care administration. Metropolitan Holdings Limited company plans to merge with another South African insurer, FirstRand's Momentum Group, to form MMI Holdings. Metropolitan brings insurance and financial services to those who may not be accustomed to such things.

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance is the southern arm of a northern parent. The company, a subsidiary of Canada's Great-West Lifeco and a member of the Power Financial family, represents the Great-West group's primary US operations. It offers life insurance and annuities to individuals and employer groups. Under the Great-West Retirement Services brand, it administers employer-sponsored retirement products including defined-benefit pension and 401(k) plans. Additional Great-West services include investment consulting and fund management. Great-West Life & Annuity markets products through its sales representatives and regional offices, as well as independent brokers.

American Family Mutual Insurance and its subsidiaries specialize in property/casualty insurance, but also offer life and health coverage, as well as investment and retirement-planning products. The company operates in about 20 states, primarily in the midwestern and western US. It is among the largest US mutual companies that concentrate on auto insurance (State Farm is the biggest). American Family Mutual also provides coverage for homeowners and farmers, as well as restaurants, contractors, and other businesses.

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 leading US personal lines property/casualty company (by premiums), State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the #1 provider of auto insurance. It also is the leading home insurer and offers nonmedical health and life insurance through its subsidiary companies. Its products are marketed via some 17,000 agents in the US and Canada. Competition has increased with the fall of barriers between the banking, securities, and insurance industries. State Farm's efforts to diversify include a federal savings bank charter (State Farm Bank) that offers consumer and business loans through its agents and by phone, mail, and the Internet.

American Heritage Life Insurance Company (American Heritage Life®) was founded in 1956 in Jacksonville, FL and has expanded to a national presence. The company is licensed to conduct business in 49 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In October 1999, American Heritage Life was acquired by The Allstate Corporation and now uses the marketing name of Allstate Workplace Division. All products are underwritten by American Heritage Life, a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation. Our home office is located in Jacksonville, Florida. More than 31,000 agents are licensed to sell American Heritage Life workplace and direct products. Our portfolio of products currently include universal life, term life, disability income, cancer, accident, heart & stroke, critical illness, hospital indemnity, vision and dental insurance. Workplace products are now offered to more than 20,000 companies.

Originally founded in 1965, Endsleigh has since grown to become one of the UK's leading independent intermediaries. We specialise in providing insurance solutions for career people and therefore it is a lifelong relationship that we seek with our clients. We offer a product range that starts with students and continues through to retirement and beyond. You can therefore obtain the most appropriate insurance policy to suit your changing lifestyle - whatever you drive, or home insurance policy for whichever type of property you live in and wherever you travel. They understand that busy people require a competent and speedy service so we've made our policies available on-line, and over the phone. With fully integrated systems it means however you choose to deal with us, records and client files can be accessed immediately.

One nation, under insurance, with financial security for all. National Life Group, the marketing name for National Life Insurance Company and its affiliated companies, is a mutually owned insurer dating back to 1848. Today, National Life Group offers a range of insurance and investment products throughout the US through its namesake National Life Insurance Company and other subsidiaries, including Equity Services (financial products broker/dealer), Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (insurance and annuities), National Retirement Plan Advisors (a third-party administrator), and Sentinel Investments (mutual funds, retirement plans, and institutional investment accounts).

A subsidiary of Dutch life insurance giant ING Groep, ING Life provides life, health, accident, and retirement benefit insurance services to group and individual customers in Thailand. Customers have access to dozens of ING network hospitals and health-care facilities throughout the country. In addition to insurance, ING Life provides financial investment opportunities such as retirement funds and long-term equity funds. ING Life's Thai operations are supported by roughly 40 domestic branches.

BUPA Health Insurance (Thailand) Ltd. has been established for over thirty years. Formerly known as Blue Cross Health Insurance, Bupa is the leading health insurance specialist in Thailand providing cover for the employees and families of more than 2,000 companies as well as individual policyholders. The parent company, Bupa (British United Provident Association) is one of the largest independent health and care organisations in the world with over 61 years of health care experience. As well as providing insurance to over 10 million people in 195 countries, Bupa also owns and manages hospitals, care for the elderly homes and health assessment and child care centers. Our local knowledge combined with Bupa's world-wide presence ensures that our customers have access to some of the best ideas and innovations in the world as well as global health care expertise.

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