Northbridge is the largest commercial P&C insurance group in Canada, with premiums of approximately $1.4 billion. Northbridge seeks to bring long term value to our shareholders, insureds and brokers by focusing on diversified Canadian business, operational excellence, innovative differentiation, and a proactive mindset of continuous improvement. We are Canadian owned and operated

The National Security Group, Inc., an insurance holding company, provides various property and casualty, and life insurance products and services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Property and Casualty Insurance, and Life Insurance. The Property and Casualty Insurance segment primarily provides personal lines coverage, including dwelling fire and windstorm, homeowners, mobile homeowners, ocean marine, and personal non-standard automobile lines of insurance in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia, and operates on a surplus lines basis in the states of Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas. The Life Insurance segment principally offers ordinary life, accident and health, supplemental hospital, and cancer insurance products in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. The company markets its products through a field force of agents and career agents, as well as through a network of independent agents and brokers. The National Security Group, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in Elba, Alabama.

California Title Company underwrites title insurance and provides related real estate services for homebuyers throughout Southern California. Among its offerings are property listings and lending information. The company also provides services for commercial builders and investment buyers. California Title Company has offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County and is a member of the Orange Coast Title family of companies.

Fidelity National Financial provides title insurance, escrow, and other services related to real estate transactions. It is now the big dog in the title insurance sector, (the next largest player is First American) and accounts for more than 45% of all title insurance policies in the US. The company operates through underwriters including Fidelity National Title Company, Chicago Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title, and Alamo Title. It sells its products both directly and through independent agents. Fidelity National Financial's specialty lines include flood and home warranty insurance.

With one of the world's leading insurers and one of India's leading makers of motorcycles as its investors, Bajaj Allianz knows a thing or two about property insurance. The company is a joint venture between Allianz and Bajaj Auto subsidiary Bajaj Finserv. Bajaj Allianz provides an array of general insurance services via a domestic network of some 200 offices. Its product line includes auto, homeowners, commercial, health, and travel insurance. Automotive insurance comprises the bulk of the company's annual revenue. Since its founding in 2001, Bajaj Allianz has grown to become one of the leading general insurance agencies in the country. Bajaj Auto owns about 75% of the company.

Western Financial Group provides banking, investment, and insurance services throughout the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. The group is one of the larger property/casualty insurance brokers in Canada, selling coverage through the WFG Agency Network. Banking services are provided through Western Financial Group's Bank West operations, and the company also owns AgriFinancial, which provides lending services to agricultural businesses. Western Financial owns and operates a half dozen Marlin Travel offices. About 75% of Western Financial's clients come from Alberta and the company sells more commercial property and liability insurance than other kinds.

EMC Insurance Group with its subsidiaries EMCASCO Insurance, Illinois EMCASCO, and Dakota Fire Insurance sell property/casualty lines including automobile, property, liability, and workers' compensation insurance, primarily to small and medium-sized businesses. EMC Underwriters offers excess and surplus lines of insurance. EMC Reinsurance provides reinsurance for the group and other unaffiliated insurers. The group operates throughout the US, primarily in the Midwest; Iowa accounts for 15% of premiums. Employers Mutual Casualty, a multiple-line property/casualty insurance company, owns 60% of EMC Insurance Group.

Wilton Re began operations in January 2005 to fill a growing need in the U.S. life reinsurance market. At that time, the number of life reinsurers had decreased materially due to consolidation and decisions by a number of primary companies to eliminate non-core life reinsurance activities. The consolidation reduced the options for risk diversification and reinsurance, and the industry was in need of fresh sources of capital and risk diversification

Achmea, the primary operating subsidiary of Dutch firm Eureko, provides insurance and financial services through several subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The company sells life, non-life, health, and disability insurance under several brand names, including Centraal Beheer Achmea, Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Interpolis, and Avero Achmea. Company agents, bankers, and brokers sell the companies products. Achmea also sells directly over the Internet through its FBTO unit and through brokers. In addition to its insurance operations, Achmea provides mortgage lending and retail lending services, as well as private banking for high-net-worth individuals.

Pacific Life & Annuity can turn your wishes into a plan. Along with parent company Pacific Life Insurance, Pacific Life & Annuity (PL&A) offers annuity and life insurance products to individuals and groups. Unlike Pacific Life, however, PL&A is licensed in the state of New York and offers many of its products only in the New York market. In addition to individual life insurance and annuities, PL&A issues structured settlement annuities, which are used to make payments to injured parties in personal injury and workers' compensation cases, and other financial investment products.

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