What if your auto insurance company could also issue you a driver's license? It can in western Canada, where Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) is not only the sole provider of British Columbia's (BC) mandated basic auto insurance coverage, but is also in charge of operating the province's motor vehicle department. Formed by the provincial government in 1973, ICBC provides liability and uninsured motorist coverage to about 2.6 million customers through its required Basic Autoplan policy. The company also issues drivers' licenses and offers other standard motor vehicle services. ICBC is regulated by The BC Utilities Commission, which approves the insurance company's rates.

Gracy Title Company (which does business as Gracy Title, A Stewart Company) provides title insurance and related services to customers throughout Central Texas. Operating from about 15 offices in and around the capital city, it offers coverage for home purchases, assumptions, construction, and a number of other transactions for customers including developers and lenders. Gracy Title also participates in the SureClose online transaction management service. The oldest title company in Texas, Gracy Title was founded in 1873. In 2008 parent company Stewart Title merged sister subsidiary Stewart Title Austin into Gracy Title.

Sun Life Financial Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various life and health insurance, savings, investment management, retirement, and pension products and services to individuals and corporate customers. Its product portfolio includes individual life insurance, individual annuity and saving products, group life and health insurance, group pension and retirement products, mutual funds, asset management services, individual health insurance, and reinsurance-life retrocession. The company distributes its products through direct sales agents; independent and managing general agents; financial intermediaries, such as brokers; banks; pension and benefit consultants; and direct sales, including Internet and telemarketing. Sun Life Financial Inc. operates primarily in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Asia. It has a joint venture agreement with CIMB Group Sdn Bhd. Sun Life Financial Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 2006, Homeowners Choice began providing property and casualty insurance for Floridians just as large national insurers began exiting the hurricane-prone market to reduce exposure. The majority of the company's insurance policies have been assumed from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, a state-supported insurer. Although Homeowners Choice has assumed more than 50,000 property and casualty insurance policies from Citizens, the company has done so selectively, assuming policies based on its own underwriting criteria. The company also sells policies through a network of more than 1,300 independent agents.

Zurich in North America is a part of Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich), an insurance-based financial services provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe as well as in Asia Pacific, Latin America and other markets. Founded in 1872, the Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and employs approximately 60,000 people serving customers in more than 180 countries, including more than 9,500 employees in North America.

North Pointe Holdings Corporation Insurance is based on promises. It is a relationship that is built with trust as its foundation and satisfaction as its cornerstone. With our base firmly rooted in these principles, the management and employees of North Pointe Insurance Company confidently support our Company's Mission Statement.

Prudential plc provides retail financial services in Asia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It offers savings, protection, investment, and unit-linked products; and manages retail assets investing in equities, fixed income, and structured products, as well as institutional and internal assets investing in equities, fixed income, property, and private equity. The company also provides retirement savings and income solutions, variable annuities, fixed and fixed index annuities, term and permanent life insurance, and institutional products, as well as asset management and retail brokerage services. In addition, it offers retail products, such as individual annuities, income drawdown, individual and corporate pensions, with-profits and unit-linked bonds, lifetime mortgages, and health insurance products; and wholesale products, including bulk annuities and annuity back-books. Further, Prudential plc manages funds for retail businesses, including open ended investment companies and unit trusts, investment trusts, and individual savings accounts; and institutional businesses, which include segregated equity and fixed interest, pooled pension funds, and structured and private finance. Prudential plc offers its products through independent broker-dealers, independent agents, banks, regional broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, and financial advisers, as well as directly to customers through telephone, Internet, and mail. It has strategic partnerships with China International Trust and Investment Corporation Group, ICICI Bank, and Bank of China International. Prudential plc was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Heritage Title Company offers title insurance, marketing, and escrow services throughout Central Texas and beyond. Its products cover office, industrial, retail, multifamily, and residential properties. The company is an independent agent for underwriters such as First American Title and Chicago Title (part of Fidelity National Financial). Heritage Title Company, founded in 1984, operates three offices in Austin, Texas.

Texas Lawyers' Insurance Exchange was organized in 1978 as a Texas reciprocal insurance exchange and began operations in 1979 under the sponsorship of the State Bar of Texas Insurance Trust. Prior to 1978, Texas lawyers were experiencing significant difficulty obtaining legal malpractice coverage at reasonable rates. Consequently, the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas and the Insurance Trust approved a plan for the organization of an insurance carrier devoted to writing professional liability insurance for Texas lawyers.

Platinum Underwriters provides property/casualty, marine, and finite risk reinsurance through subsidiaries Platinum Underwriters Reinsurance and Platinum Underwriters Bermuda. Another unit, Platinum Re UK, has stopped writing new policies. The company's products are distributed through reinsurance intermediaries. Platinum Underwriters was formed when, taking advantage of the friendly reinsurance climate, business insurer Travelers Companies (formerly St. Paul Travelers) spun off its ailing reinsurance unit (St. Paul Re) into Platinum Underwriters Holdings. Set up in tax-friendly Bermuda, Platinum Underwriters does about three-fourths of its business in the US.

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