Horace Mann Educators Corporation, through its subsidiaries, markets and underwrites personal lines of property and casualty insurance, retirement annuities, and life insurance in the United States. Its property and casualty insurance products primarily include private passenger automobile and homeowners insurance. The company also offers annuity products, such as tax-qualified products; and traditional term, whole life, and group life insurance policies. Horace Mann markets its products to K-12 teachers, administrators, and other employees of public schools and their families, as well as to other education-related customers, including elementary and secondary teachers, school administrators, and education support personnel. It sells its products through its agent sales force and independent agent distribution channels. The company was founded in 1945 and is based in Springfield, Illinois.

Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) is an industry-financed insurance plan that protects clients of most broker-dealers registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SIPC insures customers' securities (up to $500,000 per account) against losses due to the financial failure of brokerage firms. Losses caused by fluctuations in market value are not protected. The not-for-profit membership corporation was mandated by the Securities Investor Protection Act and has more than 6,000 members. Its board is appointed by the US president, the treasury secretary, and the Federal Reserve Board. Assessments from members and investments in government securities provide money for the SIPC Fund.

Great American's roots go back to the 1800's with the founding of Great American Insurance Company in 1872, based in New York City. The company symbol was an eagle. The company's first policy was written on March 19, 1872. Through the remainder of the 1800's, Great American continued to grow and attract more agents. Great American entered the twentieth century as one of the most respected and financially stable companies in America with an excellent reputation for paying claims.

Bituminous provides quality insurance services to special industries including construction, forest products and oil & gas. You are invited to take a closer look at Bituminous' insurance programs specially designed for these industries. Primarily Bituminous is known for workers compensation, general liability, commercial automobile and commercial property insurance lines.

Lancer Insurance isn't your average car insurer. The firm specializes in commercial auto insurance for niche markets, writing coverage for clients such as bus companies, limousine drivers, long-haul truckers, and rental car fleets. Its main Lancer Insurance division provides transportation coverage nationwide. The company also operates smaller subsidiaries that cater to customers in and outside of the commercial auto arena. Its D.C. White unit targets small and midsized auto businesses in New York and New Jersey. Nobel Insurance provides coverage to explosives manufacturers, MOPS provides coverage for Coast Guard employees, and Owner Operator DIRECT provides single-unit trucking policies.

Workers' compensation claims typically mark a low point for employers, but Zenith National Insurance aims to get companies back up to their peak. Zenith National is the holding company for Zenith Insurance and ZNAT Insurance, which underwrite workers' compensation policies in 45 states and Washington, DC. The company has exited all other businesses, but maintains a portfolio of investments. Approximately 1,600 independent agents sell the firm's insurance products. Its largest market is California, but the company also maintains offices in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Zenith National was acquired by Canada's Fairfax Financial in 2010.

Swiss Life Holding Ltd provides life and health insurance products to groups and individuals and pension systems to multinational corporations. It markets to its individual and group customers, located in a handful of western European countries, through its own agents and a network of independent agents and banking partners. It sets up customized employee benefit programs for multinationals through the Swiss Life Network, an association of local insurers, some of them owned by Swiss life, some of them independent. The firm also does business in asset management and private banking. Though it has pared down its operations and ambitions considerably, Swiss Life Holding is still Switzerland's leading life insurer.

If AEGON USA was an Argonaut, its quest would be to conquer the US insurance market. AEGON USA, LLC company, a subsidiary of Dutch insurance giant AEGON that operates under the AEGON Americas moniker, provides life insurance and accident and health insurance (such as cancer and long-term care policies) to some 30 million customers throughout the US. Its products include traditional whole life, universal life, variable universal life, and term life insurance for individuals and groups. AEGON USA also offers annuity and investment products, such as mutual funds, as well as asset management services. Subsidiaries include Monumental Life, Transamerica Life, and Western Reserve Life.

First Nonprofit Insurance specializes in meeting the property/casualty insurance needs of not-for-profit organizations. The mutually-owned company writes automobile, workers' compensation, and umbrella policies as well as specialized products such as social workers liability and pastoral counseling lines. The company also offers loss control education and consultation services. In addition, it provides financial services and retirement products to groups around the US. Founded in 1978, First Nonprofit Insurance is a member of First Nonprofit Mutual Group. Its products are distributed by independent brokers and agents.

In March 1917, Ford introduced the Model TT truck just in time for Wolverine Mutual to insure it. Inspired by the new horseless carriages rattling across American roads, E. Bruce Laing and his friends Charles Heddon, Clare F. Pugsley, W.E. Sweet, and Dr. N. Bonine established an insurance company to serve new automobile owners. Riding the automobile's growth in the Roaring '20s, then enduring the economic woes of the Great Depression and World War II, Wolverine Mutual outgrew its original Front Street offices and moved to a large historic home on Main Street in Dowagiac.

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