Wintrust Financial Corporation

Wintrust Financial is a midsized financial holding company engaged in personal and commercial banking, wealth management, and specialty lending services in the metropolitan Chicago area and southern Wisconsin, including Milwaukee. It operates about 15 community bank subsidiaries (many bearing the name of the community they serve) with more than 75 branches in all. The banks offers traditional deposit services and emphasize business and commercial real estate loans, which account for about half of the company's loan portfolio. The company provides financing for commercial insurance and ife insurance premiums throughFirst Insurance Funding.