The Liberty Group provides clients with life, health, and disability insurance. Liberty Holdings Limited company also offers a range of investment advice and products. The Liberty Group sells individual and group insurance policies and investment products in South Africa and Namibia. Business products include executive coverage and employee benefits while its individual products include accident and funeral expense plans. The firm's Liberty Group Properties unit leases and manages a portfolio of real estate holdings; its STANLIB subsidiary provides asset management services. South African banking firm Standard Bank Group owns just over 50% of the Liberty Group.

Roderick Earl "Doc" Ross founded Equitable Life & Casualty in 1935; the company has remained family owned and operated since then, with his grandson Earl Roderick "Rod" Ross sitting in the CEO seat today. More and more baby boomers are reaching retirement ages, and this firm is working to ensure that they all have insurance protection. Equitable Life & Casualty provides a variety of life and health insurance products that are targeted towards older Americans. Products include Medicare supplemental plans, whole life insurance, and long-term health care (illness) coverage. The company is licensed in nearly all US states and markets its products through independent agents.

Rockhill Holding company covers risks not covered by the standard market. It writes specialty property and casualty commercial policies through its subsidiaries, Rockhill Insurance and Plaza Insurance. It focuses on six excess and surplus areas: professional liability, umbrella, general liability for residential construction, wind, primary property, and excess property. Policies are written in most US states. The company's RTW, Inc. subsidiary offers workers compensation and absence management services to employers. Rockhill Holding is owned by State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company.

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.

Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. Protective Insurance subsidiary, licensed throughout the US and Canada, writes property/casualty insurance for large to midsized trucking fleets, as well as public transportation fleets. Baldwin & Lyons' Sagamore Insurance unit specializes in providing insurance to high-risk private auto drivers through a network of independent agents in most US states. Sagamore also sells physical-damage insurance and liability insurance for small trucking fleets. Founded in 1930, Baldwin & Lyons also provides brokerage services.

American Hardware Mutual Insurance knows the nuts and bolts of commercial property/casualty insurance, including auto, liability, specialty lines, and workers' compensation. The company caters to small and midsized businesses, selling through employed sales representatives in 35 states, primarily in the western, midwestern, and northeastern US. American Hardware Mutual was founded in 1899 to protect hardware dealers from fire losses; it still provides specialized coverage for hardware stores, as well as for farm machinery dealers, car and boat dealers, repair shops, and several other niche businesses.

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.

Alleghany's subsidiaries include Capitol Transamerica (property/casualty, fidelity, and surety insurance) and RSUI Group, an underwriter of wholesale specialty insurance. It distributes its insurance products through independent insurance brokers in the US. Its Pacific Compensation Corp handles workers' compensation insurance in California. Alleghany also has commercial and residential real estate interests in California.

Korean Reinsurance isn't content just to be one of Asia's largest reinsurance companies. Established in 1963, Korean Re provides both life and non-life reinsurance services for fire and engineering, marine and aviation, casualty and bond, and automotive purposes, among others. Approximately 80% of its premiums originate in Asia (including the Middle East and Africa), with the balance coming from Europe and the Americas. Property and engineering premiums lead the company's portfolio, comprising about 20% of gross premiums written. However, the company has been experiencing growth in its casualty, life, and overseas lines. Korean Re is expanding its global foothold with offices in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Standard Insurance is the largest member of StanCorp Financial Group's insurance division, which insures more than 7 million employees through some 30,000 employer group policies. It is licensed in 49 states and Washington, DC; sister firm Standard Life Insurance Company of New York covers the New York territory. Standard Insurance hopes to set the standard for life and disability insurance providers everywhere. Standard Insurance underwrites group and individual insurance products (branded as The Standard), including short-term and long-term disability, life, and accident insurance. Standard Insurance company also offers dental and vision benefits, retirement plans, and annuities, as well as benefits management services.

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