Founded by Quakers in 1832, Friends Provident markets life insurance and a variety of pension and disability plans throughout the UK. It sells through independent agents and independent financial advisors (IFAs), as well as the Internet. Friends Provident's international business is focused mainly on UK expatriates. Luxembourg-based subsidiary Lombard International Assurance specializes in international cross-border life insurance targeting the very wealthy. Friends Provident company also provides some financial services through its wealth management consulting unit, Pantheon Financial. Friends Provident was purchased by acquisition vehicle Resolution Limited in 2009.

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, operates property and casualty insurance, and reinsurance businesses. The company’s OneBeacon segment offers specialty line products, including specialty liability products, marine insurance, tuition reimbursement, professional liability, collector car and boat, and accident and health products; commercial line products, such as multi-peril, auto, workers compensation, general liability, umbrella, property, and inland marine products to small and middle market businesses; and personal insurance products, including homeowners, personal auto, and combination insurance policies. This segment offers its products through a network of independent agents, regional and national brokers, and wholesalers. Its White Mountains Re segment provides reinsurance coverage for property, casualty, accident and health, agriculture, aviation and space, and other exposures, as well as reinsurance advisory services, specializing primarily in property and other short-tailed lines of reinsurance. The company’s Esurance segment writes personal auto insurance through its Website and through select online agents. It offers its products and services in the United States, Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia. White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Rain and Hail Insurance Service is among the largest crop insurers; it is an underwriter for multiple lines of insurance for agents and rural policyholders in Canada and the US. Covering family farms to corporate farms its products run the gamut from low farm revenue to agribusiness risk management, from crop hail insurance to livestock risk protection. The company also provides claims adjusting and accounting services. It operates about 10 divisional offices across the US, as well as in Canada. Rain and Hail has agreed to be acquired by ACE Limited, which already holds 20% of the company's stock.

If you own a business, own a home or yacht, drive a car, require a performance bond or an employee group health plan… You should consider Fortun first.Established in 1977, we are one of the area’s largest independent insurance agencies with a diversity of coverages not generally available at smaller, specialty firms. And since we are an agency… and not the insurer… we are not limited to one company’s products. We can choose the right coverage and the right price for you from a selection from the world’s foremost insurers, often a combination of products from several different sources. One-stop shopping, in the truest sense. The convenience of a local agency for personalized attention… with the tremendous product variety and competitive pricing available from large, worldwide insurance companies.

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.

In 1922, a group of Universal Motor Car Company (Ford) dealers was searching for a way to insure their rapidly growing businesses. Fire insurance was expensive and qualified professional insurance carriers were hard to find for the young industry.So, the group formed a reciprocal insurance company and called it Universal Underwriters. Through the years, Universal Underwriters expanded its offerings, to serve not only vehicle dealers, but the entire automotive aftermarket. In 2007, Universal Underwriters takes on the Zurich name. We're changing our brand, but we're not changing our legacy.

RTW, Inc (RTW) isn't just another look-alike provider offering workers' compensation, disability and absence management solutions. We are a company with a purpose. We attract exceptional people who desire to be the best . . . people who are honest and have unwavering ethics and integrity. We work in an environment where we support, trust, respect and listen to each other. We make and keep our promises and commitments to one another and to our customers. We are innovative, creative and passionate about the difference we make in the world. We exist to help you. That is why you need to get to know us better.At RTW, we transform people from absent or idle to present and productive. Knowing that employees are your greatest assets, we developed a proprietary process to identify potentially high-cost claims within the first forty-eight hours of an injury event. Nobody else can do this. To borrow the old cliche, knowledge is power. Putting knowledge into action, we outperform the industry, hands down. Our average claim cost is 57% better than the industry and we close claims faster, resulting in open claims that are 80% less than our competitors.

Life Equity LLC has earned national recognition as a leader in the life settlement segment of the life insurance industry. Founded in 2000 with a vision to bring good business practices to the developing life settlement industry, Life Equity has achieved its goal by operating with the highest professional, legal, and ethical standards. We strive to provide an unsurpassed financial service to our internationally reputable institutional investors by using a comprehensive data analysis approach to assess the value of each investment. At Life Equity we raise the bar and set the standards in the life settlement industr

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance is one of Japan's largest non-life insurance companies. The company sells property/casualty, shipping, accident, and auto lines. It also offers asset management and investment services including mutual funds, risk management, and financial consulting, as well as some life insurance products, through subsidiaries and affiliates. Mitsui Sumitomo sells insurance policies in Japan through a network of 570 branches and 40,000 independent representatives, and it has international operations in over 40 countries. The firm merged with fellow Japanese insurers Aioi Insurance and Nissay Dowa General Insurance in 2010; all three companies are now subsidiaries of holding company MS&AD Insurance Group.

Title provides real estate title insurance and escrow closing services for residential and commercial property transactions. The company operates offices throughout the US. Along with the basic title insurance and escrow services, the company also offers other title-related services. The company was a subsidiary of LandAmerica Financial Group from 2003 until 2008 when it was sold to Fidelity National Financial. It now operates alongside Fidelity National's other title operations.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.