Family owned and operated, Burns & Wilcox was founded by Herbert W. Kaufman in 1969. Herbert’s son Alan Jay Kaufman has served as Chairman, President and CEO since 2001. From humble beginnings more than 40 years ago, Burns & Wilcox has grown to become North America’s largest independently owned wholesale broker, with 37 offices stretching across the continent. An autonomous entity not beholden to Wall Street, private equity or any financial institutions, Burns & Wilcox is a privately owned company whose standards of service and depth of underwriting and management talent are unsurpassed in the specialty insurance sector.

The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC) is anything but boring. The firm is a major provider of group retirement plan services to elementary and high schools, colleges, and hospitals. It provides annuities and life insurance to more than 25,000 client groups (representing some 2 million investors) throughout the US. VALIC is part of AIG American General, the domestic life insurance operations of American International Group. AIG has announced that it will sell all of its domestic life insurance operations, including VALIC.

Brotherhood Mutual Insurance company provides property/casualty insurance for Christian churches and related ministries across the US. The company offers a range of products including liability insurance, workers' compensation, and foreign liability and travel assistance services for mission trips and Christian relief agencies. The company also writes policies for church-based day care centers, and Christian camps, schools, and colleges. The firm is licensed throughout the US. Brotherhood Mutual was founded by Mennonites in 1917 to provide fire and wind storm protection and it maintains ties with the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches.

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.

Allied Solutions doesn't feel the need to have a snazzy name in order to distribute insurance products to financial institutions. As the primary distributor for Securian Financial's institutional products, the company serves more than 3,700 credit unions and banks. Banking and credit union customers can then choose from Allied Solutions palette of products including accidental death, disability insurance, home warranty, overdraft protection, pet insurance, term life, and employee benefits. The company operates nationwide via some 20 regional offices. Allied Solutions also provides institutions with risk management services and assistance in remarketing repossessed vehicles and title tracking.

Cathay Life Insurance Co., Ltd. was founded in August 1962. It became the first publicly – listed insurance company following its listing in November 1964. Over last years, Cathay Life Insurance has maintained steady growth in revenues, assets, and in-force policies and becomes the leading brand in the life insurance market in Taiwan. In response to the increased globalization and the changes in the insurance sector, we have been actively developing overseas markets, with an emphasis on employee training and balanced organization at development. We are focused on the needs of our customers’ and seek to strengthen our operational efficiency while expanding our business.

Established in 1980, JEVCO has always distinguished itself in the specialized markets of recreational vehicles such as motorcycles, ATV and snowmobiles.While continuing to offer solutions for those clients who are harder to insure, JEVCO, forever attentive to its brokers, has continually added to its offering in order to provide a broader range of products to insurance brokers across Canada.

Syncora Holdings Ltd., through its subsidiary, Syncora Guarantee Inc., provides financial guarantee insurance to debt issuers worldwide. It guarantees US municipal bonds; asset-backed securities; debt backed by utilities and selected infrastructure projects; specialized risks, including future flow securitizations and bank deposit insurance; and collateralized debt obligations. The company, formerly known as Security Capital Assurance Ltd., is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. Syncora Holdings Ltd. is a subsidiary of XL Capital Ltd.

Texas Life was founded in 1901 and for its first 80 years operated primarily in Texas and Oklahoma. Now Texas Life is authorized to do business in 49 states and Washington DC. Its products are sold through independent agents. Texas Life Insurance company is the oldest legal reserve life insurance company from Texas and holds Charter Number 1 from the state's banking commission prior to the establishment of an insurance department.

Risk management issues can force an organization’s focus to shift away from its core business. In today’s world, the threats of a constantly evolving global marketplace are rapidly growing in scope and magnitude. The reality is that risk management concerns build anxiety in companies.Unmanaged risk will blindside, steal resources, diminish profits, and keep skilled managers laboring in areas outside their expertise. It’s a recipe for executive insomnia.

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