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 Assurance's two major subsidiaries, Canada Life and London Life Insurance, provide individual insurance and wealth-management products in Canada, Germany, Ireland, and the UK. Great-West writes policies for the Great White North and beyond. Holding company Great-West Lifeco, majority-owned by Power Financial, is one of Canada's largest insurance organizations, but its reach extends to the US and to Europe. Through subsidiaries (including Great-West Life Assurance in Canada and Great-West Life & Annuity in the US), the company offers a range of individual and group life and health insurance, retirement savings and investment products, reinsurance, and services to financial institutions.

AMERISAFE is a specialty provider of Workers' Comp Insurance focused on small to mid-sized employers in hazardous industries. From AMERISAFE humble origins in 1986, AMERISAFE began providing Workers' Comp coverage to employers in the logging industry in a handful of states. AMERISAFE has grown to focus on a wide range of hazardous occupations in more than 30 states. AMERISAFE have demonstrated expertise in underwriting the complex Workers' Comp exposures inherent in our targeted industries: construction, trucking, agriculture, logging and wood products, oil and gas, maritime, aggregates, and manufacturing.

Magna Carta Companies sells mutual commercial property and casualty insurance through Public Service Mutual Company and its subsidiaries, Paramount Insurance and Western Select Insurance. Offering services in select states, the group focuses on property, liability, and workers' compensation coverage for real estate firms and restaurants. The company also offers coverage to various small-to-medium sized businesses. Established as Public Service Mutual Company in 1925, the New York-based company was founded as a mutual insurance provider for companies in the taxicab business. The company changed its name to Magna Carta Companies in 2000.

Insurance holding company Bancinsurance Corporation underwrites niche insurance products through its subsidiary Ohio Indemnity Company. Operating throughout the US, it provides coverage to protect auto dealers, banks, and other lenders by insuring collateralized personal property against damage and theft. It also bonds employers that elect not to pay unemployment taxes and provides waste management coverage. Policies are sold directly to lenders through subsidiary Ultimate Services Agency; Bancinsurance also sells insurance through independent agents. CEO John Sokol (son of founder Si Sokol) and his family own a controlling stake in the firm and plan to take the company private.

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group (EIG) provides insurance coverage to more than 16,000 primarily Anglican churches and cathedrals, some 3,500 charities, and 6,000 educational institutions (it insures more than 60% of the UK's private schools, including Eton). It also insures nursing homes, child care facilities, and historical sites, and it offers commercial lines. In addition, EIG offers financial services for Anglican clergy and church members, such as pensions, investment savings accounts, mortgages, and home, auto, and wedding insurance. EIG operates mainly in the UK, but also in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Founded in 1887, the company is owned by a charity, Allchurches Trust Limited.

Grain Dealers Mutual underwrites a variety of commercial and personal property/casualty insurance. Its product lines include automobile, businessowner, and homeowners policies. The company does business in Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Virginia. Some 450 independent agencies represent the company. Grain Dealers Mutual was established in 1902, primarily to protect the assets of commercial grain elevator operators.

Korean Reinsurance isn't content just to be one of Asia's largest reinsurance companies. Established in 1963, Korean Re provides both life and non-life reinsurance services for fire and engineering, marine and aviation, casualty and bond, and automotive purposes, among others. Approximately 80% of its premiums originate in Asia (including the Middle East and Africa), with the balance coming from Europe and the Americas. Property and engineering premiums lead the company's portfolio, comprising about 20% of gross premiums written. However, the company has been experiencing growth in its casualty, life, and overseas lines. Korean Re is expanding its global foothold with offices in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Samsung Life Insurance is the Korean insurance dragon. As South Korea's largest insurance company (with a commanding market share upwards of one-third) and a part of the Samsung chaebol, the company offers insurance (life, health, and accident), asset management, retirement products (annuities and pensions), and financial products, including mortgage loans. Samsung Life sells both individual and group life insurance through a vast branch network and more than 37,000 salespeople. Reaching beyond Korea, the company has operations in China, India, Japan, Thailand, the UK, and the US. Non-life, or property/casualty insurance is offered by its sister company Samsung Fire & Marine.

SNS REAAL Groep has a real focus on financial services for Dutch customers, particularly retail clients and small-to-medium businesses. Through several operating units, SNS REAAL offers a wide variety of banking and insurance products in the Netherlands. The group's primary subsidiaries are SNS Bank and REAAL Verzekeringen. SNS Bank provides retail banking services online and through about 150 branch offices throughout the Netherlands. REAAL Verzekeringen offers life and general insurance to retail and business clients through independent financial advisers. In addition, the company operates about a dozen other subsidiaries offering everything from socially responsible banking to sustainable asset management.

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