In the mid-1970s, physicians nationwide faced an insurance crisis that threatened their very livelihood. With claims and judgments escalating dramatically, many commercial insurance companies ceased to offer medical professional liability coverage. The practice of medicine was under attack. Something had to be done.

Fort Dearborn Life Insurance was founded in 1969. Fort Dearborn Life is there for those who want to provide for their dear ones. Fort Dearborn Life Insurance offers employee benefits including group life and disability insurance products throughout the US. Its products include annuities, dental plans, discount prescription drug programs, and critical illness benefit plans. Fort Dearborn Life also offers individual life insurance and annuity products. Along with its sister companies Colorado Bankers Life Insurance and Dental Network of America, the company is part of Health Care Service Corporation and their products are marketed under the Dearborn National brand.

Frenkel & Co., Inc. (“Frenkel”) was founded in 1878 by Emil Frenkel, a German immigrant. His sons, George and Leo, participated in the business and emulated Emil’s pioneering spirit and leadership. They firmly established Frenkel’s presence and reputation in the New York insurance market with the imagination and ingenuity characteristic of the American dream. In 1985, the Frenkel & Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) was established, allowing Frenkel to remain an independent broker. Frenkel’s ownership remained in the ESOP structure until it was purchased in January 2001 by our current President and Chief Executive Officer, John F. Kelly, and current Chairman of our Board of Directors, Robert E. Shunk.

Argo Group International Holdings provides specialty property/casualty insurance and reinsurance products in the US and Europe. Argo Group operates seven subsidiaries which focus on four well-defined markets: excess and surplus (the riskier stuff no one else likes to insure like day care centers and contractors), industry-specific insurance (catering to such niches as mining, dry cleaners, public entities, and grocers), international property and liability coverage, and reinsurance. The company markets and distributes its products through independent agents and brokers.

Penn Treaty American Corporation and its subsidiaries provide long term care insurance in the United States. Its principal products include individual, defined benefit accident, and health insurance policies, which cover long-term care services, including confinement to nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, as well as home healthcare. The company’s policies are primarily designed to provide benefits when the insured is no longer capable of functioning independently. It also sells medicare supplement policies. In addition, Penn Treaty American Corporation also owns insurance agencies that sell senior-market insurance products issued by the company, as well as other insurers. It markets its long-term care insurance products through field marketing organizations. Penn Treaty American Corporation was founded in 1965. It was formerly known as Greater Keystone Investors, Inc. and changed its name to Penn Treaty American Corporation in 1987. Penn Treaty American Corporation is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Texas Mutual Insurance Companies are the state's leading provider of workers' compensation insurance, and we offer exceptional services at competitive prices. They've been serving Texas since 1991. That's when the Texas Legislature first chartered the Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund and gave us the task of stabilizing the workers' comp system. In 2001, the Legislature redesigned our charter and changed our name to Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

HM Insurance Group makes the grade in employer stop loss coverage and other group health-related insurance products. A subsidiary of health insurer Highmark, HM Insurance offers stop loss policies to help self-insured companies protect themselves from catastrophic medical claims. It also sells supplemental health plans that cover critical illness, accidents, and hospitalization; the plans also include disability and life insurance components. Additionally, the firm has introduced a customizable limited benefit medical plan and provides administrative services such as COBRA administration and claims processing for self-insured groups. HM Insurance, which consists of four operating companies, operates nationwide.

A personal auto insurer operating in a dozen states, First Acceptance specializes in providing non-standard auto insurance -- that is, insurance for drivers who have trouble getting coverage because of poor driving records or payment histories, but who must have the minimum coverage required by state laws. First Acceptance sells its policies, branded Acceptance Insurance, through some 400 retail offices staffed by its own employee agents. In the Chicago area it uses the names Yale Insurance and Insurance Plus.

Indiana Farmers Mutual underwrites personal auto, homeowners, farmowners, and commercial insurance for customers in (and only in) Indiana. The company sells its products exclusively through independent agents throughout the state. Indiana Farmers Mutual traces its roots back to 1877 when a group of farmers banded together for protection against fire loss.

Insurmark is a Managing General Underwriter working solely with your preferred agent or broker, and solely for financial institutions. Our client base consists of more than a thousand lenders, nationwide. Due to our advanced system architecture, our capacity to service your collateralized properties is unlimited.

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