Sammons Enterprises summons its revenues from several sources. The diversified holding company's operations include the Sammons Financial Group (life insurance and financial services) and Briggs Equipment (heavy equipment sales and rentals). Its insurance and financial group includes Midland National Life Insurance, North American Company for Life and Health Insurance, and Sammons Annuity Group. Sammons Enterprises also owns The Grove Park Inn Resort in Asheville, North Carolina. The company's list of partially owned holdings runs the range from real estate investments to oilfield suppliers. It is owned by its employees and prefers to invest in companies with strong employee-ownership programs.

Markel International Limited, a subsidiary of the US-based property and casualty insurance company, Markel Corporation, writes business through two companies: Markel International Insurance Company and Markel Syndicate 3000, its Lloyd's syndicate. Markel International operates six divisions: professional risk and commercial coverage in the UK (Markel UK), marine and energy, non-marine property, professional liability, specialty property/casualty (including accident and reinsurance), and high-end livestock insurance. The company has focused on growing its business abroad, including Canada, Singapore, Spain, and Sweden.

Founded in 1833, Asteron is a subsidiary Australian financial services concern Suncorp-Metway. Asteron Limited is one of the largest financial service providers on the world's smallest continent. The firm is one of Australia's and New Zealand's top life insurance companies with more than 250,000 policies in force. Additionally, it offers asset administration and risk management services. Asteron's insurance offerings, which include traditional life, income protection, and disability policies, are marketed exclusively through financial advisors.

Companion Life Insurance Company was founded in 1971. Companion Life Insurance makes sure no one has to face death, disability, or the dentist all alone. Companion Life Insurance, one of several subsidiaries of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina, specializes in employee benefits, including life, disability, dental, vision, and accidental-death coverage. It has packages for small and large employers, and a complete line of voluntary products and plans. Independent and affiliated brokers, agents, and managing general underwriters (MGUs) sell the company's products. Companion Life operates in most US states and the District of Columbia.

CNP Assurances is France's top personal life insurer. In addition to life insurance and other savings products, it sells health, death and disability, and other personal risk coverage and pensions. CNP sells its products primarily through about 20,000 outlets of La Poste, the French postal service, and La Caisse Nationale des Caisses d'Epargne, the state savings banks; together these two channels account for about 75% of CNP's sales. These partners are also shareholders in the company, together owning about 35%. Another French paragovernmental organization, Caisse des Depots et Consignations, owns 40%.

GAB Robins knows all about risky business. The GAB Robins Group of Companies identifies insurance risk and provides loss-adjusting services to property and casualty insurers throughout the US. Its loss adjustment services cover everything from personal lines to commercial, property and liability losses. It also provides claims administration and fraud-prevention services to self-insured companies. The company had 500-plus offices in more than 55 countries, but chose to sell its international operations to focus on North America. Brera Capital Partners controls GAB Robins.

Life is good at Erie Family Life Insurance. The insurer serves as the life insurance division of the Erie Insurance Group, by providing individual and group life insurance, annuities, and disability income policies. Its group insurance products include a voluntary payroll deduction program and its life insurance products include include term, whole life, and universal coverage. Erie company's insurance policies are marketed through more than 8,000 independent agents in 11 states and Washington, DC. In 2006 Erie Insurance Group formally acquired Erie Family Life and now hold nearly 80% of its shares.

National American Insurance Company (NAICO) provides commercial property and casualty insurance coverage targeted to the oil and gas, construction, retail, and trucking industries in Oklahoma and Texas. The company also writes property and casualty policies for Oklahoma school districts which, along with workers compensation and general liability, also cover school board legal liability. Having sold off its retail operations, NAICO relies upon a network of some 200 independent agents sell its products. Chairman and CEO Brent LaGere controls Chandler Insurance which owns NAICO.

Selling specialist insurance and reinsurance coverage, Chaucer Holdings runs two Lloyd's of London syndicates through its primary subsidiary, Chaucer Syndicates Limited. Chaucer owns Syndicate 1084, which underwrites marine, auto, and other property risks, and controls 54% of Nuclear Syndicate 1176, which covers property and liability risks at nuclear power stations. The company also manages syndicates for other insurance companies, including Antares Holdings and Broadgate Underwriting. Chaucer Holdings, originally established in 1922 as Stewart and Hughman Limited, has operations in counties including the UK, Denmark, and Singapore.

Mutual of Omaha, which is owned by its policyholders, offers its products through both its agency sales force and independent agents, as well as direct marketing. In the wild kingdom that is today's insurance industry, Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company wants to distinguish itself from the pack. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company provides individual, group, and employee benefits products through a range of affiliated companies. It offers Medicare supplement, disability, and long-term care coverage as well as life insurance and annuities through its United of Omaha Life Insurance unit. Its Mutual of Omaha Investor Services offers brokerage services, pension plans, and mutual funds, while the Mutual of Omaha Bank operates regionally.

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