Founded in 1941, Cotton States Life Insurance, through subsidiaries Cotton States Mutual Insurance and Shield Insurance, the company operates in a handful of southeastern states, offering personal lines of property/casualty insurance, such as auto and homeowners coverage, as well as traditional life insurance products. The company sells its insurance products through exclusive agents in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida. Its agents also sell the products of its parent company, national insurance provider COUNTRY Financial, which acquired Cotton States in 2005.

Home Sweet Motorhome? Vintage Ford Fairlane? Summer cottage at Coldwater Lake? Foremost Insurance Company will insure them all. Foremost Insurance is a holding company for six insurance companies that underwrite property/casualty insurance primarily for assets on wheels ranging from luxury motor coaches and motorcycles to golf carts and collectible autos. No wheels? Foremost has coverage for boats and snowmobiles as well. Foremost also provides specialty homeowners insurance for rental, seasonal, and vacant homes. Insurance products are sold direct nationwide and through company agencies as well as by independent agents. Founded in 1952, Foremost Insurance became part of the Farmers Group in 2000.

Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) is one of the oldest and largest providers of medical insurance for dogs, cats, birds, and exotic pets, covering about 475,000 pets in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Policies cover illnesses, accidents, medical conditions, vaccines, and routine care, with an optional wellness plan. The company was founded in 1980 with the goals of ending economic euthanasia and making veterinary services affordable for all pet owners. VPI is part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

The Hanover Insurance company operates through a handful of property/casualty insurance companies, of which Hanover Insurance Company is the largest. Hanover offers personal and commercial insurance, including automobile, homeowners, workers' compensation, and commercial multiple-peril insurance coverage. While the company is licensed to sell its products in all 50 states, its network of independent agents is concentrated in the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeastern US. Citizens Insurance Company of America, which sold the first auto insurance policy in the US, is Hanover's sister company operating in Michigan.

Insurance Australia Group (IAG) provides business and personal insurance lines, including auto, home, marine, and workers' compensation insurance, in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and four countries in Asia (China, Thailand, India, Malaysia). Brands include CGU, SGIC, SGIO, State, Swann Insurance, NZI, CAA, Safety, and Equity. The Buzz is the company's online insurance brand. IAG's products are sold by company agents and through brokers, representatives, auto dealers, and financial institutions. The company's history goes back to 1925 when it was the National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA).

Donegal Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides personal and commercial lines of property and casualty insurance products to businesses and individuals in the United States. Its personal lines of insurance products include private passenger automobile insurance, which provides protection against liability for bodily injury and property damage arising from automobile accidents, and protection against loss from damage to automobiles owned by the insured; and homeowners insurance that offers coverage for damage to residences and their contents from a range of perils, including fire, lightning, windstorm, and theft, as well as covers liability of the insured arising from injury to other persons or their property.

The Hartford Financial Services Group is an insurer with a range of personal and commercial life and property/casualty insurance products. Through its Hartford Life subsidiary, the company offers individual and group life insurance and annuities, as well as the financial services mentioned in its name (asset management, retirement plans, and mutual funds). Its property/casualty operations include both personal (homeowners, auto) and business coverage (workers' compensation) and specialty commercial coverage for large companies. The Hartford, in business since 1810, sells its products through about 11,000 independent agencies and more than 100,000 registered broker-dealers.

W. R. Berkley Corporation, founded in 1967, is one of the nation’s premier commercial lines property casualty insurance providers. Each of the operating units in the Berkley group participates in a niche market requiring specialized knowledge about a territory or product. Our competitive advantage lies in our long-term strategy of decentralized operations, allowing each of our units to identify and respond quickly and effectively to changing market conditions and local customer needs. This decentralized structure provides financial accountability and incentives to local management and enables us to attract and retain the highest caliber professionals. We have the expertise and resources to utilize our strengths in the present environment, and the flexibility to anticipate, innovate and respond to whatever opportunities and challenges the future may hold.

Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company writes property/casualty insurance for individual and small to midsized business clients throughout New England and upstate New York. Union Mutual Fire Insurance, its New England Guaranty Insurance subsidiary, and its Eastern Mutual Insurance affiliate together operate as Union Mutual of Vermont Companies. Policy lines include automobile, homeowners, marine, business owners, and workers' compensation. All products are sold through a network of independent agencies. Union Mutual Fire Insurance, a mutual insurance company owned by its shareholders, has a history dating back to 1874.

Since 1967, Gerber Life Insurance Company has provided quality life insurance, especially for young families on a limited budget. As an affiliate of the Gerber Products Company, “the baby food people,” the two companies share a common goal: to help parents raise happy, healthy children. At Gerber Life, we have an additional goal. It is our mission to be the brand parents trust to help them achieve financial security and protection for their families. By providing affordable, industry-leading juvenile life insurance and other financial products, we strive to give our customers the comfort and peace of mind they deserve. Today Gerber Life is licensed to provide life insurance throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. We have more than $37 billion of life insurance in force, and help provide financial security to over 3 million policies. Gerber Life has insurance products available for people at every stage of life.

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