FPIC Insurance Group, Inc., through its subsidiary companies, is a leading provider of medical professional liability (MPL) insurance for physicians, dentists and other healthcare providers. The company's largest subsidiary, First Professionals Insurance Company, Inc., is the largest writer of MPL insurance in Florida and has served the market for 35 years. The company is also a leading writer of MPL insurance in Texas as a result of the company's acquisition of Advocate, MD Insurance Group, Inc. and subsidiaries. Other core markets include Georgia, Arkansas and Missouri. Licensed in 32 states, FPIC insurance subsidiaries currently have policyholders in a total of 13 states.

Life Equity LLC has earned national recognition as a leader in the life settlement segment of the life insurance industry. Founded in 2000 with a vision to bring good business practices to the developing life settlement industry, Life Equity has achieved its goal by operating with the highest professional, legal, and ethical standards. We strive to provide an unsurpassed financial service to our internationally reputable institutional investors by using a comprehensive data analysis approach to assess the value of each investment. At Life Equity we raise the bar and set the standards in the life settlement industr

ACMAT Corporation underwrites surety bonds in the United States. It provides surety bonds for prime contractors, specialty trade, environmental remediation, and asbestos abatement contractors. The company also offers miscellaneous surety, such as workers' compensation bonds, supply bonds, subdivision bonds, and license and permit bonds. In addition, it provides general liability insurance; and leases office space. The company is based in New Britain, Connecticut.

The world's oldest mutual life insurance company isn't aging well. The Equitable Life Assurance Society, founded in 1762, provided life insurance, annuities, pensions, and permanent health insurance to some 650,000 customers in the UK, Germany, and Ireland, until it ceased writing new business in 2000 after a House of Lords ruling that it underpaid some 90,000 guaranteed-annuity policyholders. After losing its court battle, it sought a buyer. Mortgage bank Halifax plc bought much of the troubled company and formed Halifax Equitable (part of Lloyds Banking Group, formerly HBOS plc). Equitable Life has given up hopes of a buyer and intends to just let its business continue until there are no more policy holders.

Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) has been watching people's backs-- and their assets-- since 1867. The only co-operative insurance company in the UK, CIS offers and manages life, home, and auto insurance, for individuals as well as businesses. Services may be procured either with the assistance of a CIS broker, or, for simplified transactions, through the company Web site. Together with Co-operative Bank, the company is a part of Co-operative Financial Services, which is the finance arm of Co-operative Group, the world's largest co-operative.

Credit Guarantee Insurance of Africa insures that your debtors won't leave you holding the bill. The South Africa-based insurance and reinsurance underwriting firm provides coverage products to businesses that protect them from bad debt and non-payment. Credit Guarantee Insurance of Africa also helps companies spot credit risks, both domestic and international. In business since 1956, the company is owned by insurers, banks, and financial institutions.

Federated Insurance is a mutual firm with a clear focus. The company provides multiple lines of business insurance coverage and risk management to employers in automotive repair and sales, building construction, printers, funeral homes, and jewelers, among others. Its products and services include workers' compensation, automotive, group life and health, and retirement planning. Federated Insurance markets its products both directly and through an independent sales force in 48 states and Washington, DC. It maintains offices in eight states. Since its founding in 1904, the company has worked closely with trade associations to develop and endorse its insurance programs.

Northwestern Mutual also offers brokerage and trust services through its investment services and wealth management subsidiaries. Keep an eye on the quiet ones. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, touting itself as "The Quiet Company," is one of the largest US life insurers, with more than $1 trillion in individual policies in force. Its 7,000 representatives sell a lineup of life, disability, long-term care, and employee benefits products (health, dental, 401(k) plans). It also offers retirement products, including annuities and mutual funds, to a clientele of small businesses and prosperous individuals. Its institutional asset manager Frank Russell Company is known for the Russell 2000 stock index.

MAPFRE, S.A., through its subsidiaries, MAPFRE provides customers with property/casualty (especially auto) coverage, life insurance, and reinsurance. The firm does business primarily in its home country of Spain, where it is a top insurer, and in about 40 other nations, including many in North and South America. Individual and group offerings include funeral, home, medical, and agricultural insurance. It additionally provides financial services such as investment and pension funds. MAPFRE also maintains a very successful alliance with Spanish banking company Caja Madrid through which the companies cross-market each other's products.

The Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Company offers property/casualty insurance including automobile, medical, personal accident, and other lines, as well as life insurance, offered through its Fuji Life subsidiary. The company sells to individuals and to businesses and their employees, and operates "walk-in" insurance retail stores. The Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Company has roots that run back to 1918, when Nippon Kan-i Kasai Insurance was established as a specialist fire insurer.

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