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.

Count the rings on Woodmen and you'll get back to 1890. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society is a life insurance company formed to benefit the members of Woodmen of the World, a fraternal organization with some 750,000 members across the US. The company provides its members with traditional life insurance, as well as annuities for both individuals and small businesses. It also offers mutual funds and 529 college savings accounts through its Woodmen Financial Services subsidiary. Additionally, members have access to major medical coverage and disability insurance via marketing agreements with some third-party insurers.

W. R. Berkley Corporation offers an assortment of commercial property/casualty insurance across five segments. Its specialty insurance segment underwrites complex third-party liability risks, especially excess and surplus lines, professional liability, and commercial transportation insurance. Its regional segment offers commercial insurance focused on small to midsized business customers and state and local governments through regional subsidiaries. The alternative markets segment develops self-insuring programs aimed at employers and employer groups. W. R. Berkley also does a bit of reinsurance and a smidgen of international property/casualty underwriting.

Comprised of Axis Insurance and Axis Re, AXIS Capital Holdings offers specialty insurance and treaty reinsurance. Its specialty coverage includes terrorism, aviation and marine war, and political risk; commercial property; professional liability; and onshore and offshore energy. AXIS Capital's reinsurance products, which allow for risk-sharing among insurance companies, include catastrophe, property, liability, credit, auto, and engineering lines. The company, which has operations in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, the UK, and the US, sells its products through brokers including Marsh, Aon, and Willis Group.

Allianz Worldwide Care is there for travelers feeling under the weather in exotic climes. The subsidiary of Allianz provides health insurance for expatriates and their dependents throughout the world. Operating 24-hour help-lines in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, Allianz Worldwide Care provides emergency medical assistance and direct settlement with health care providers for inpatient treatment. The company also helps clients locate the nearest hospital and specialist. For those who need to be abroad temporarily, Allianz Worldwide Care provides health-insurance plans lasting between 90 and 300 days.

Deutscher Ring sells its products through its own sales force and through German marketing companies OVB and ZEUS. In 2005 the group acquired former AEGON Lebensversicherungs-AG from Dutch insurance group AEGON. The acquisition included the MoneyMaxx brand of the unit, which markets pension and life insurance products to about 112,000 customers. It took Wagner 30 years to write his Ring, but Deutscher Ring can write life insurance policies all day long. Deutscher Ring offers insurance and pension products for private customers, targeting average-income clients. A part of Baloise-Holding's Basler insurance group since 1985, the company is affiliated with Deutscher Ring Sachversicherungs-AG.

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Credit Guarantee Insurance of Africa insures that your debtors won't leave you holding the bill. The South Africa-based insurance and reinsurance underwriting firm provides coverage products to businesses that protect them from bad debt and non-payment. Credit Guarantee Insurance of Africa also helps companies spot credit risks, both domestic and international. In business since 1956, the company is owned by insurers, banks, and financial institutions.

Tennessee Farmers Insurance Companies (TFIC) provide life, auto, and homeowners insurance to folks in Tennessee, be they farmers or not. The company operates through subsidiaries such as Tennessee Farmers Mutual and Tennessee Farmers Life, and selling under the Farm Bureau Insurance brand. Products include auto liability (Tennessee Farmers Mutual is one of the largest auto insurers in the state), homeowners and farmowners coverage, personal umbrella liability, and a variety of life insurance and annuity products. TFIC sells its products through independent agents located in every county in Tennessee. The company was founded in 1948.

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.

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