Validus Holdings, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides reinsurance and insurance coverage in the property, marine, and specialty lines markets worldwide. The company underwrites property catastrophe reinsurance, property per risk reinsurance, and property pro rata reinsurance; and insurance and reinsurance on marine risks covering damage to or losses of marine vessels or cargo, yachts and marinas, third-party liability for marine accidents, and physical loss and liability from offshore energy properties. It also underwrites reinsurance on other lines of business, including aerospace, terrorism, life and accident, and health and workers’ compensation catastrophe. In addition, Validus Holdings underwrites short-tail insurance and reinsurance contracts; and specialty insurance products consisting of war (which comprises marine and aviation war, political risks, and political violence), financial institutions, contingency, bloodstock and livestock, accident and health, airlines, and aviation treaty. The company offers its products primarily in the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Japan, and Canada. Validus Holdings, Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Sony Financial Holdings was founded in 2004 and is led by president Teruhisa Tokunaka. Electronics giant Sony Corporation is taking electronics to the bank. Its financial arm Sony Financial Holdings provides banking and insurance services through operating subsidiaries including Sony Bank. The retail bank operates primarily online and via mobile phone; physical transactions are available at convenience store ATMs throughout Japan. Sony Life provides insurance planning and policies; it is partnering with AEGON to offer annuities. Sony Assurance offers automobile insurance and other property/casualty and medical coverage. Sony Bank subsidiary Sony Bank Securities provides securities brokerage services.

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (TRH) is a leading international reinsurance organization headquartered in New York, with operations worldwide. TRH’s subsidiaries, Transatlantic Reinsurance Company® (TRC), Trans Re Zurich Reinsurance Company Ltd (TRZ) and Putnam Reinsurance Company (Putnam), offer reinsurance capacity on both a treaty and facultative basis -- structuring programs for a full range of property and casualty products, with an emphasis on specialty risks.

Great-West Life Assurance has a great big array of insurance, benefits, and investment products for individuals and businesses large and small in Canada and Europe. Through its operating subsidiaries Canada Life and London Life, Great-West Life Assurance company provides group and individual life insurance, supplemental health insurance, disability and critical illness insurance, and investment and retirement plans. Its European business is focused on the UK, Ireland, and Germany where it provides asset management, individual insurance, and reinsurance. Great-West Life Assurance is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and part of the Power Financial group of companies.

Putting life online, Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska peddles insurance over the Internet. As part of a group of affiliated insurers known as BRKDirect.com, Berkshire Hathaway Life provides retirement planning products (single premium deferred annuities and single premium immediate annuities, also known as a lifetime annuity) and personal quotes through its Web site. Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance is a subsidiary of National Indemnity Company and both are part of the Berkshire Hathaway Group, the insurance operations of Warren Buffett's investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway.

At AmWINS, we’re all about finding a better way. That’s why we’ve created a culture in which we continually challenge each other to maintain a clear vision, seek new solutions, utilize the newest technology and offer superior responsiveness.With seasoned personnel, broad market relationships and deep knowledge of our specific industry niches, we can help you structure the right solutions for your clients. We are dedicated to supporting the efforts of retail agents and brokers, giving you the freedom and flexibility to take advantage of our wholesale insurance expertise and market clout. A strong and cohesive company with resources stretching from coast to coast, we also value a very personal approach to business and still operate in an entrepreneurial spirit – allowing our brokers to continue to grow and provide leading-edge solutions to our retail clients.

Alterra Capital Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides specialty insurance and reinsurance products for the property and casualty market principally in Bermuda, Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It offers aviation, excess liability, professional liability, property, general casualty, financial institutions, and accident and health insurance products. The company also provides agriculture, general casualty, aviation, marine and energy, professional liability, medical malpractice, whole account, workers’ compensation, property, annuity, health, and life reinsurance products. Alterra Capital Holdings Limited was formerly known as Max Capital Group and changed its name on 13 May, 2010 as a result of merger with Harbor Point Limited. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

American Safety Insurance Holdings (ASI) was part of the first wave of insurance firms domiciling in this tax-sheltered location. Formed to offer insurance to asbestos removers and other environmental risk-remediation providers, the company has expanded into other specialty lines. American Safety Insurance now underwrites residential and commercial construction risks, as well as professional and product liability, and excess and surplus policies. The company also offers alternative risk transfer programs that rely on some measure of self-insurance or shared risk on the part of the insured. The firm sells through a network of 250 agencies in the US.

Unity Mutual Life Insurance was founded in 1903 as Imperial Order Tycoons, a fraternal benefit society; it converted to a mutual life insurance company in 1957. Unity Mutual has agreed to merge with Columbian Mutual Life Insurance, a unit of Columbian Financial Group. Unity Mutual Life Insurance prefers working with mature individuals. Focusing on customers over 50 years of age, the company provides whole life insurance policies, and both fixed-rate and variable annuities, and It also provides final expense coverage insurance through its affiliate Unity Financial Life Insurance. Unity Mutual Life Insurance company is licensed to do business throughout the US. Some 5,000 independent agents represent the company's products.

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.

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