Operating as Penn National Insurance, the company and its affiliates offer commercial and personal property/casualty insurance and surety bonds. Pennsylvania accounts for 40% of the firm's business. The company's Inservco subsidiary provides third-party claims administration and risk management services for self-insured customers. Independent agents sell the company's products. Penn National Insurance was founded by a farmers' association in 1919.

Brotherhood Mutual Insurance company provides property/casualty insurance for Christian churches and related ministries across the US. The company offers a range of products including liability insurance, workers' compensation, and foreign liability and travel assistance services for mission trips and Christian relief agencies. The company also writes policies for church-based day care centers, and Christian camps, schools, and colleges. The firm is licensed throughout the US. Brotherhood Mutual was founded by Mennonites in 1917 to provide fire and wind storm protection and it maintains ties with the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches.

Through its Renaissance Reinsurance subsidiary, the Bermuda-based firm indemnifies insurance companies around the globe against excess losses on natural catastrophes, paying insurance claims after they exceed a certain retained amount. Top Layer Re, a joint venture with State Farm, provides excess non-US property catastrophe reinsurance. Another RenaissanceRe venture, DaVinci Reinsurance, covers catastrophes and specialty risks such as terrorism. Subsidiary RenRe offered primary-property insurance in the US until the company agreed to sell it in 2010 to QBE for about $275 million.

American Physicians Service Group is a liability insurance writer and provider for medical professionals through its wholly-owned subsidiary American Physicians Insurance Company (API). It insures about 6,400 individual doctors and group practices primarily in Texas, but also in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Approximately 90% of its premiums are written through purchasing groups. About one-fifth of its premiums come from selling directly to policyholders. American Physicians Service Group has agreed to be acquired by ProAssurance for about $230 million.

Established in 1847, Penn Mutual is an original pioneer of mutual life insurance in America. Partnering with our holistic financial professionals, we are committed to helping individuals, families, and small business owners unlock possibilities throughout life and meeting financial needs with confidence through our life insurance, annuity and investment solutions, available through our wholly owned broker/dealer subsidiary, Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc.

FBL Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, sells individual life insurance and annuity products in the United States. The company provides whole life, term life, and universal life policies; annuity and investment products; supplementary contracts; traditional fixed rate and index annuities; and a line of personal and commercial property-casualty insurance products. It also offers variable universal life insurance and variable annuity contracts. The company markets its individual annuity products through independent agents and brokers; and variable products through alliances with other insurance companies. As of December 31, 2009, its Farm Bureau life distribution channel consisted of 2,020 exclusive agents and agency managers; and EquiTrust life independent distribution channel consisted of 20,195 independent agents. FBL Financial Group was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Capitol Transamerica does business across the US but mostly in the middle. The insurance holding company operates in 50 states and Washington, DC, but its business is concentrated in the Midwest and Plains states. Its primary operating subsidiaries, Capitol Indemnity and Capitol Specialty Insurance, offer property/casualty coverage for such niches as barber and beauty shops, bowling alleys, and taverns. It also offers fidelity and surety bonds to commercial entities through Capital Indemnity and another unit, Platte River Insurance.

American National Insurance Company and its subsidiaries operate primarily in insurance industry in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and American Samoa. American National Insurance Company operates through five segments: Life, Annuity, Health, Property and Casualty, and Corporate and Other. The Life segment offers individual and group life insurance products, including universal life, variable universal life, whole life, and term life; and credit life insurance. The Annuity segment provides variable and fixed annuities for individuals and institutional investors. The Health segment offers medicare supplement, supplemental insurance, hospital surgical, stop-loss, and credit disability insurance. The Property and Casualty segment provides auto insurance, homeowners insurance, agribusiness and commercial insurance, and credit property and casualty insurance. The Corporate and Other segment offers mutual fund and investment advisory products and services. In addition, American National Insurance Company invests in mortgage loans and real estate properties. It distributes its products through home service, multiple line, credit, independent third party marketing organizations, and direct sales to the public. American National Insurance Company was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Galveston, Texas.

You might say that it's not the size of the business that counts, but the quality of the retirement plan. Geller Group, a subsidiary of Focus Financial Partners, helps companies design, establish, and maintain employee benefit plans. Targeting small to midsized employers, the firm specializes in pension plans, welfare benefit plans, and 401(k) plans. It provides regulatory compliance, recordkeeping, plan administration, and investment advice, among other services. Geller Group was founded in 1984 and has offices in Boston; Los Angeles; New York City; and Washington, DC.

Brit Insurance Holdings is no ordinary bloke's insurer. The holding company operates Brit Insurance Limited (BIL), a general insurance company that carries about half of Brit Insurance's business. Brit Syndicate Limited (BSL) is a Lloyd's syndicate that underwrites the balance of its policies. Those businesses are split into three divisions: Brit UK underwrites UK commercial insurance and reinsurance; The financial strength coupled with excellent knowledge of our customers’ markets make us perfectly placed to protect businesses around the world.

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