QBE Insurance Group may be one of Australia's leading insurers, but it also has a hefty global reach. The company offers a variety of insurance and reinsurance through offices in about 50 countries. QBE provides general property/casualty policies, as well as liability, auto, marine, aviation, energy, accident, workers' compensation, and professional indemnity coverage. The company writes both individual and commercial insurance policies and also administers reinsurance coverage. Its products are sold through direct and independent representative agencies. QBE Insurance Group earns about three-fourths of its revenue outside of Australia.

ING Groep N.V., a financial services company, provides banking, investment, life insurance, and retirement services worldwide. The company offers wealth accumulation, savings, and mortgage products and services to individuals, and small-and medium-sized businesses, as well as a range of banking products through independent banking agents; and credit products through agents, brokers, and vendors. It provides current account services and payments systems, such as savings accounts, mortgage loans, consumer loans, credit card services, investment products, and life and non-life insurance products, as well as asset management services. The company also provides wealth management services to high net worth individuals. In addition, it offers various financial products, such as mutual funds, e-brokerage, payment accounts, and pensions; and lending, payments and cash management, structured finance, leasing and commercial finance, and financial markets products and services. Further, the company offers life insurance, investments, and retirement services for retail customers; a range of traditional, unit-linked, and variable annuity policies written for individual and group customers; mandatory and voluntary pension funds; fire, motor, disability, transport, and third party liability insurance for individual and commercial/group clients; and disability insurance products and complementary services for employers and self-employed professionals, such as dentists, general practitioners, and lawyers, as well as manages equity, fixed income, and structured investments for institutional investors and private label investment funds. As of December 31, 2009, ING Groep N.V. had approximately 250 retail banking branches in the Netherlands; 800 in Belgium; 430 in Poland/central Europe; and 460 in Asia. ING Groep N.V. was founded in 1991 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Mercer Insurance Group offers a range of property/casualty insurance policies through subsidiaries such as Mercer Insurance Company, Mercer Insurance Company of New Jersey, Franklin Insurance, and Financial Pacific Insurance. The company focuses on commercial coverage for small to midsized businesses, including multi-peril, surety, and commercial automobile, as well as personal lines (primarily homeowners and auto coverage). Mercer Insurance Group sells its products in seven states - Arizona, California, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. The company has agreed to be acquired by United Fire & Casualty for about $190 million.

Wilton Re began operations in January 2005 to fill a growing need in the U.S. life reinsurance market. At that time, the number of life reinsurers had decreased materially due to consolidation and decisions by a number of primary companies to eliminate non-core life reinsurance activities. The consolidation reduced the options for risk diversification and reinsurance, and the industry was in need of fresh sources of capital and risk diversification

Arbella was founded in 1988 to provide business and personal insurance engineered for the unique challenges of New England life. While our marketplace has changed, our focus on New England customers remains as sharp as ever. Today, Arbella Insurance Group is a financially-strong, customer-focused regional group of property and casualty insurance carriers providing personal and business insurance in Massachusetts and Connecticut and business insurance in Rhode Island and New Hampshire.

China Life Insurance Company Limited provides life, annuities, accident, and health insurance products in China. It operates in three segments: Individual Life Insurance, Group Life Insurance, and Short-Term Insurance. The Individual Life Insurance segment offers participating and non-participating life insurance and annuities to individuals. This segment offers long-term products, including long-term health and long-term accident insurance products. The Group Life Insurance segment provides participating and non-participating life insurance and annuities products to companies and institutions. This segment offers various long-term insurance products. The Short-Term Insurance segment provides short-term accident insurance and health insurance to individuals and groups. This segment offers short-term products having a term of one year or less at the date of their execution. It distributes its products through its direct sales force, exclusive agent force, insurance agencies, insurance brokerage companies, and various intermediaries, as well as through bancassurance arrangements. China Life Insurance company was founded in 1949 and is based in Beijing, China. China Life Insurance Company Limited is a subsidiary of China Life Insurance (Group) Company.

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.

Southern California home buyers aren't the only ones who can partake of Orange Coast Title's (OCT) services. OCT and its subsidiaries provide commercial and consumer title insurance and closing services to homebuyers and lenders in more than 40 states from dozens of offices located mostly in the West, though the company does have offices in Pennsylvania and Texas. Its operating subsidiaries include California Title Company, Advantage Title, Equity Title, and First Centennial Title. OCT's Lender Services division, headed by subsidiary National Asset Management Group, offers foreclosure processing, appraisals, and other services nationwide. Chairman and CEO John Marconi founded Orange Coast Title in 1974.

Ageas N.V. (formerly Fortis N.V.) is hoping to offer insurance throughout the ages. ageas N.V. company provides life, health, and property/casualty insurance in Belgium and other European and Asian countries. While still operating as Fortis N.V., ageas N.V. company was laid low by high debt and the contraction of credit markets in 2008. After receiving a hefty bailout from the Benelux governments, ageas N.V. company sold its Dutch units to the Netherlands government and its remaining bank operations to BNP Paribas. Ageas N.V. is the Dutch half of the larger Ageas holding organization. Ageas N.V. and its sister company, Belgian-traded Ageas SA/NV, have identical operations and are known simply as Ageas.

Through a network of independent agents, Financial Pacific Insurance sells custom property/casualty insurance, primarily to small and midsized businesses in the western US.The Mercer Insurance Group traces its origins to 1844 when the Mercer County Mutual Fire Insurance Company was incorporated by the State of New Jersey after a group of Pennington, New Jersey merchants, farmers and homeowners met to form a company to provide affordable protection from fire. Mercer Insurance solely provided insurance protection from fire until 1959 when it changed its charter to engage in writing multiple lines, homeowners and general liability coverage and changed its name to the Mercer Mutual Insurance Company.Financial Pacific Insurance is a subsidiary of the Mercer Insurance Group.

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