West Bend Mutual helps protect the property and other assets for its members in nine midwestern states. The company provides personal and commercial property/casualty insurance, including auto, homeowners, workers' compensation, and umbrella coverage. Its National Specialty Insurance (NSI) division offers specialty policies for businesses including child care centers, tanning parlors, not-for-profit organizations, and athletic leagues. Some 700 independent agencies sell the company's products. West Bend Mutual was founded in 1894.

Marsh & McLennan Companies is the premier global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in risk, strategy and human capital. Through our market leading brands, colleagues in more than 100 countries help clients identify, plan for and respond to critical business issues and risks.

Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) is the largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance in Kentucky, providing coverage to more than 20,000 policyholders in all 120 counties of the state.KEMI was created in 1994 as the centerpiece of workers’ compensation reform for the Commonwealth. Through exceptional service, competitive pricing, responsible financial management, safety education, responsive claims practices, and a focus on innovation, KEMI brought stability to the workers’ compensation market in Kentucky and continues today as a model for success.

Zurich in North America is a part of Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich), an insurance-based financial services provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe as well as in Asia Pacific, Latin America and other markets. Founded in 1872, the Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and employs approximately 60,000 people serving customers in more than 180 countries, including more than 9,500 employees in North America.

Canada Life Financial is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco, which is itself controlled by the Power Corporation of Canada. Canada Life Financial is the parent of Canada Life Assurance which offers both group and individual policies for life, critical illness, creditor, and disability insurance as well as reinsurance. Canada Life Assurance also provides annuities, pension plans, trusts, and other investment products, along with financial and investment management. In addition to serving customers in Canada, the company does business in Germany, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the UK, and the US.

You might say that it's not the size of the business that counts, but the quality of the retirement plan. Geller Group, a subsidiary of Focus Financial Partners, helps companies design, establish, and maintain employee benefit plans. Targeting small to midsized employers, the firm specializes in pension plans, welfare benefit plans, and 401(k) plans. It provides regulatory compliance, recordkeeping, plan administration, and investment advice, among other services. Geller Group was founded in 1984 and has offices in Boston; Los Angeles; New York City; and Washington, DC.

The Economical Insurance Company is one of the last mutuals left in Canada. Founded in 1871, the company provides property and casualty policies to individuals and businesses from more than 15 offices in six Canadian provinces. Consumer policies include auto, home, property, and liability insurance; business lines include manufacturers, commercial liability, and farm insurance. The company operates as a group of member companies, one of which, Missisquoi Insurance, has been in operation since 1835. Group member The Mattei Companies underwrites commercial insurance in the US. The company distributes its products through some 900 independent insurance brokers.

Formerly known as GMAC Insurance Holdings, and formerly a subsidiary of what was formerly named GMAC (now named Ally Financial), GMAC Insurance Personal Lines is a slimmed down version of its former self. As per its name, GMAC Insurance Personal Lines does indeed provide personal property/casualty insurance, including preferred and nonstandard automobile insurance, homeowners coverage, and coverage for recreational vehicles and motorcycles. Its products are distributed through a network of some 10,000 independent agents and brokers in the US. GMAC Insurance Personal Lines was acquired by investment broker American Capital Partners LLC and insurance holding company AmTrust Financial Services.

NKSJ Holdings was created to hold two insurance companies: Sompo Japan and Nipponkoa Insurance. While each was a strong player in Japan's property/casualty and life insurance markets, when merger mania hit the industry they didn't want to be left out and formed the joint holding company in 2010. Eventually the two companies will merge into one entity, but until then, the two company brands remain separate. Its businesses include both domestic property/casualty and life insurance as well as overseas insurance products, asset and risk management services, pension plans, and some supplemental health insurance products.

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.

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