Founded in 1882, CFG has remained a mutual insurance company for more than 125 years. Columbian Financial Group sells its policies to individuals and businesses throughout the US. Columbian Financial Group (CFG) includes a collection of companies that provide life insurance products, including main insurance subsidiaries Columbian Mutual Life and Columbian Life. Columbian Financial Group uses a network of agents to distribute its policies, which include universal, term, and whole life coverage, as well as home service, worksite voluntary benefits, pre-need, and final expense products.

FBD Holdings is one of the largest providers of property/casualty, life, commercial, and health insurance in Ireland. The company offers specialized insurance policies for homeowners, drivers, pub owners, farmers, and business owners. The company has some 50 independent retail offices nationwide. Other operations include reinsurance, asset financing, financial services, and captive insurance management, as well as some property and leisure holdings. FBD also sells retirement products and offers investment advice. Farmer Business Developments, an Irish insurance collective, owns about a quarter of FBD Holdings.

Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) is an industry-financed insurance plan that protects clients of most broker-dealers registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SIPC insures customers' securities (up to $500,000 per account) against losses due to the financial failure of brokerage firms. Losses caused by fluctuations in market value are not protected. The not-for-profit membership corporation was mandated by the Securities Investor Protection Act and has more than 6,000 members. Its board is appointed by the US president, the treasury secretary, and the Federal Reserve Board. Assessments from members and investments in government securities provide money for the SIPC Fund.

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.

Great American's roots go back to the 1800's with the founding of Great American Insurance Company in 1872, based in New York City. The company symbol was an eagle. The company's first policy was written on March 19, 1872. Through the remainder of the 1800's, Great American continued to grow and attract more agents. Great American entered the twentieth century as one of the most respected and financially stable companies in America with an excellent reputation for paying claims.

"History" often implies a longer run and a less recent past than 15 years. In our business, Alternative Risk Transfer (ART), that is a long span. We have evolved from a venture capital-based start-up to a successful and profitable enterprise. Writing almost $1 billion of business with over 300 employees, we have a powerful infrastructure and a professional business culture that is both pragmatic and flexible. We have learned and continue to execute the "art" of ART better than anyone in the industry because that is our sole focus.

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services covers all of Canada with its individual and group insurance, savings, and retirement products. The company, through its Industrial Alliance Pacific and Excellence Life subsidiaries, sells life, health, and disability insurance, as well as retirement savings plans and annuities to individuals and employers across the country and, to a much lesser extent, in parts of the US. The company manages mutual funds through its IA Clarington unit, and it brokers securities and funds through Investia, FundEX Investments, and Industrial Alliance Securities. Additionally, Industrial Alliance sells auto and homeowners insurance, primarily in Quebec.

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.

Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company was founded in 1946 as a joint venture of the farm bureau federations in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Texas; other states joined later. If farm livin' is the life for you, you may already know about Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance. The company, which focuses on serving American Farm Bureau members, offers customers in ten southern states such products as life, disability, and long-term care insurance. Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance also provides retirement planning and other financial planning services. Its products are sold through Farm Bureau Insurance agents who also sell the property/casualty products of sister company Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance.

Baltimore Life was founded in 1882 and reorganized to a mutual insurance holding company structure in 2001. Baltimore Life keeps its finger on the pulse of citizens in Baltimore and beyond. The company provides a variety of life insurance products and annuities to customers in the US. Products include term and universal life, stewardship annuities, and single premium policies. Independent and affiliated agents sell the company's policies. Licensed in 48 states and Washington, DC, the firm operates primarily in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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