OneBeacon was one of the first glimmers of the insurance biz in the US. OneBeacon provides specialty property/casualty insurance policies, including marine, travel, professional liability, medical malpractice, data privacy, umbrella property, and even tuition coverage for when a student is forced to leave school unexpectedly. Its subsidiaries include International Marine Underwriters and OneBeacon Professional Insurance. Products are sold to businesses and individuals through a network of 3,400 independent agents and brokers across the US. OneBeacon was founded in 1831 as Potomac Fire Insurance Company. Holding company White Mountains Insurance owns a controlling stake in OneBeacon.

North Pointe Holdings Corporation Insurance is based on promises. It is a relationship that is built with trust as its foundation and satisfaction as its cornerstone. With our base firmly rooted in these principles, the management and employees of North Pointe Insurance Company confidently support our Company's Mission Statement.

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.

Allianz Insurance is one of the largest general insurance providers in the UK. The company provides property, casualty, and automobile insurance policies to businesses and individuals. The company's largest segment is its commercial division, which provides property, liability, and motor insurance and risk management services. Its personal business products range from such standard fare as car and home coverage to more specialized products such as wedding, musical instrument and pet insurance. Independent brokers, agents, and affinity groups distribute the company's products. It is also growing its direct-to-consumer sales. Allianz Insurance is part of the Munich, Germany-based Allianz SE.

Physicians' Reciprocal Insurers (PRI) was founded by the doctors, for the doctors. The company is one of the largest writers of medical malpractice insurance in the state of New York, serving more than 12,500 physicians, chiropractors, dentists, and other health care professionals. PRI also offers general and specialty liability coverage for hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. The company's day-to-day operations are conducted by a third party, Administrators for the Professions (AFP), and its policies are distributed through independent brokers. PRI was founded by a group of physicians in 1982 and is owned by its policyholders.

In the early 1980s, CPAs were faced with a mounting liability insurance crisis. The major insurance carriers, victims of their own rate-cutting war, found themselves with insufficient funds to cover their claims. Most companies discontinued their professional liability insurance coverage for CPAs. Those who continued to offer CPAs liability insurance imposed huge premium increases to cover cash shortfalls. As a result, liability coverage became unaffordable for many CPAs.

Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) is an industry-financed insurance plan that protects clients of most broker-dealers registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SIPC insures customers' securities (up to $500,000 per account) against losses due to the financial failure of brokerage firms. Losses caused by fluctuations in market value are not protected. The not-for-profit membership corporation was mandated by the Securities Investor Protection Act and has more than 6,000 members. Its board is appointed by the US president, the treasury secretary, and the Federal Reserve Board. Assessments from members and investments in government securities provide money for the SIPC Fund.

Samsung Life Insurance is the Korean insurance dragon. As South Korea's largest insurance company (with a commanding market share upwards of one-third) and a part of the Samsung chaebol, the company offers insurance (life, health, and accident), asset management, retirement products (annuities and pensions), and financial products, including mortgage loans. Samsung Life sells both individual and group life insurance through a vast branch network and more than 37,000 salespeople. Reaching beyond Korea, the company has operations in China, India, Japan, Thailand, the UK, and the US. Non-life, or property/casualty insurance is offered by its sister company Samsung Fire & Marine.

Kyobo Life Insurance Co., Ltd. was founded in 1958 by Shin Yong-Ho, father of CEO Shin Chang-Jae. The Kyobo Group conglomerate (or "chaebol)" operates under a common management structure in a variety of sectors including real estate, investment banking, and a bookstore. Kyobo Life Insurance is one of South Korea's top life insurance firms. The company provides life insurance and asset management products to more than 10 million customers. Its offerings include traditional life, health and disability, and retirement and pension products for individuals and businesses. Products are distributed through financial planning agents. Kyobo Life also offers personal-use and mortgage loans, and it has some international operations.

Milano Assicurazioni sells auto, accident, health, fire, casualty, and marine insurance, as well as reinsurance. Car insurance is its largest segment, accounting for more than 50% of written premiums, though Milano Assicurazioni S.p.A. has seen healthy growth in its life segment as well. In business since 1825, Milano Assicurazioni is one of the oldest insurance firms in Italy. Milano Assicurazioni S.p.A. is part of the Fondiaria-SAI insurance group, controlled by the Ligresti family through the Premafin Finanziaria holding company. In 1997 Fondiaria moved its Previdente Assicurazioni operations into Milano Assicurazioni.

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