Looking for auto coverage? Go west, young man -- or east, north, or south. Bristol West Holdings Bristol West Holdings sells non-standard private passenger insurance; that is, insurance for those who have trouble getting standard coverage because of bad driving records, age, limited financial resources, and the like. The company operates in some 40 states through about 10,000 agents. Though the majority of Bristol West's customers buy minimum liability policies, the company also offers collision and comprehensive coverage, as well as medical payments coverage that pays for health care costs related to automobile accidents.

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.

Presidential Life Corporation, through its subsidiary, Presidential Life Insurance Company engages in the sale of annuity contracts, life insurance, and accident and health insurance products in the United States. Presidential Life Corporation offers various annuity products, which include single premium annuity, single premium deferred annuities, single premium immediate products, and other annuity products, such as flexible premium annuities and group terminal funding annuities. It also provides life insurance products, such as graded benefit life and simplified issue whole life policies, as well as other life products, including universal life, whole life, and term life products. Further, Presidential Life Corporation offers accident and health insurance policies, including New York statutory disability benefits, which are short-term disability contracts issued to employers of one or more employees in New York State. In addition, Presidential Life Corporation offers ancillary products, which include medical stop loss, group dental insurance, individual impaired risk disability, hospital indemnity products, accident products, and group life insurance products. It distributes its annuity contracts and life insurance policies through independent general agents. Presidential Life Corporation was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Nyack, New York.

AFBA's for-profit 5Star Financial division, founded in 1989, sells to the general public, offering individual life insurance, supplemental health insurance, and other financial services such as banking and mutual funds. Taking risks that might scare off other commercial insurance companies, Armed Forces Benefit Association (AFBA) provides group life insurance products for military personnel, government employees, police officers and firefighters, and defense department contractors. The not-for-profit membership association was established in 1947 and has some 300,000 members; its policies contain no war or terrorism restrictions. It sells property/casualty policies through affiliate Armed Forces Insurance.

Arig has been a trusted risk partner for over a quarter century. Established by the governments of Kuwait, Libya and the United Arab Emirates, the Company has since grown to become one the market leaders among regional reinsurers. Today, Arig is a publically traded company owned by over 6000 private and institutional investors and listed on the stock exchanges of Bahrain, Dubai and Kuwait.

Comprised of Axis Insurance and Axis Re, AXIS Capital Holdings offers specialty insurance and treaty reinsurance. Its specialty coverage includes terrorism, aviation and marine war, and political risk; commercial property; professional liability; and onshore and offshore energy. AXIS Capital's reinsurance products, which allow for risk-sharing among insurance companies, include catastrophe, property, liability, credit, auto, and engineering lines. The company, which has operations in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, the UK, and the US, sells its products through brokers including Marsh, Aon, and Willis Group.

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.

One part of the Faraday Group, Faraday Holdings is the parent company of Faraday Underwriting, which in turn is the manager of the Faraday Syndicate 435 at Lloyd's. Funding for the syndicate (to the tune of $575 million in 2004) is provided by another subsidiary, Faraday Capital. Berkshire Hathaway acquired the syndicate in 1999 and Faraday Holdings is now a subsidiary of Berkshire's General Re. The company provides risk management underwriting through three primary teams: property, casualty, and aviation. The Faraday Group also includes Faraday Reinsurance, a separate unit of General Re.

West Bend Mutual helps protect the property and other assets for its members in nine midwestern states. The company provides personal and commercial property/casualty insurance, including auto, homeowners, workers' compensation, and umbrella coverage. Its National Specialty Insurance (NSI) division offers specialty policies for businesses including child care centers, tanning parlors, not-for-profit organizations, and athletic leagues. Some 700 independent agencies sell the company's products. West Bend Mutual was founded in 1894.

Allianz ROSNO Life Ltd. was formed in 2004 as a fully-owned subsidiary of ROSNO (one of the largest insurance providers in Russia, whose majority shareholder -- with about 97% of the company -- is Allianz). Since opening, Allianz ROSNO has expanded to more than 40 branch offices throughout the country. Allianz ROSNO Life works to protect the life of the party. The company provides a range of life insurance services and retirement plans including endowment, term fix, term, pension, and annuity insurance products. Allianz ROSNO employs a multichannel strategy of distribution that encompasses banks and brokers. It makes most of its sales to individuals looking for life insurance (about 80%), and the rest to corporate clients.

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