Once a global provider of insurance and reinsurance products and services, Alea Group faced a tough year in 2005 from which it never recovered. With catastrophes such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the US and flooding in Europe greatly affecting the company, Alea decided to stop offering new property/casualty policies and divest strategic operations. Its businesses in Bermuda, the US, and Europe are either in runoff or are being sold.

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.

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Formerly known as GMAC Insurance Holdings, and formerly a subsidiary of what was formerly named GMAC (now named Ally Financial), GMAC Insurance Personal Lines is a slimmed down version of its former self. As per its name, GMAC Insurance Personal Lines does indeed provide personal property/casualty insurance, including preferred and nonstandard automobile insurance, homeowners coverage, and coverage for recreational vehicles and motorcycles. Its products are distributed through a network of some 10,000 independent agents and brokers in the US. GMAC Insurance Personal Lines was acquired by investment broker American Capital Partners LLC and insurance holding company AmTrust Financial Services.

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. insurance underwriting operations include crop and livestock insurance, health care liability coverage for hospitals, and professional coverage for corporate officers, as well as general property/casualty lines. The company offers various property/casualty reinsurance policies, with a focus on catastrophe coverage. Other reinsurance offerings include marine, aerospace, and surety lines. Endurance Specialty is domiciled in Bermuda and has additional offices in the US and the UK.

American Safety Insurance Holdings (ASI) was part of the first wave of insurance firms domiciling in this tax-sheltered location. Formed to offer insurance to asbestos removers and other environmental risk-remediation providers, the company has expanded into other specialty lines. American Safety Insurance now underwrites residential and commercial construction risks, as well as professional and product liability, and excess and surplus policies. The company also offers alternative risk transfer programs that rely on some measure of self-insurance or shared risk on the part of the insured. The firm sells through a network of 250 agencies in the US.

Markel Corporation markets and underwrites specialty insurance products and programs. It operates in three segments: Excess and Surplus Lines, Specialty Admitted, and London markets. The Excess and Surplus Lines segment writes property and casualty insurance outside of the standard market for hard-to-place risks, including catastrophe-exposed property, professional liability, products liability, general liability, commercial umbrella, and other coverages. The Specialty Admitted segment writes risks that remain with an admitted insurance company for marketing and regulatory reasons. It writes specialty program insurance, personal and commercial property, and liability coverages. The London markets segment writes specialty property, casualty, professional liability, equine and marine insurance, and reinsurance. The company was founded in 1930 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.

A UK division of The Travelers Companies, Travelers Insurance Company provides commercial property and liability insurance, as well as professional indemnity, and risk management services. Customers include computer and technology companies, the automotive industry, law firms, medical institutions, and local governments. The company also provides marine insurance and surety bonds. Travelers Insurance Company Ltd. operates alongside its parent's Lloyd's operations known as Travelers Syndicate 5000. In Ireland it provides both commercial insurance and personal auto coverage.

National American Insurance Company (NAICO) provides commercial property and casualty insurance coverage targeted to the oil and gas, construction, retail, and trucking industries in Oklahoma and Texas. The company also writes property and casualty policies for Oklahoma school districts which, along with workers compensation and general liability, also cover school board legal liability. Having sold off its retail operations, NAICO relies upon a network of some 200 independent agents sell its products. Chairman and CEO Brent LaGere controls Chandler Insurance which owns NAICO.

Intact Financial sits atop the Canadian property/casualty marketplace, providing automobile, property, and liability insurance to both individual and small to midsized commercial clients. The company sells its Intact Insurance products primarily through a network of some 1,800 brokers, but its Belair Insurance subsidiary sells directly online and by phone. The company's Trafalgar Insurance also offers Grey Power-branded personal insurance targeted toward seniors. Formerly known as ING Canada, Intact Financial no longer has any ties to its previous parent, ING Groep.

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