Securian Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1880 and restructured as a mutual holding company in 2005. After 125 years of being in business, Minnesota Mutual felt secure enough to change its name to Securian Financial Group and serve the entire US. The company still operates through its subsidiary Minnesota Life which offers individual and group life and disability insurance and annuities, as well as retirement services. Other subsidiaries include its brokerage network, Securian Financial Services, and its Allied Solutions business which distributes Securian products. Its Advantus Capital Management provides institutional asset management. It also offers a small amount of property/casualty coverage nationwide.

Standard Life plc operates as a long term savings and investments company worldwide. The company offers a range of life, pensions, protection, savings, and investment products to individual and corporate customers. It also provides commercial mortgage products; investment management services; investment products for individuals and institutional customers through various investment vehicles; open architecture funds; and a range of retirement products and mutual funds. In addition, the company offers group term assurance and savings products; and group savings and retirement, group insurance, and portfolio management products. Standard Life has operations in the United Kingdom, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. It distributes its products through financial consultants, corporate agents, brokers, and bancassurance partners, as well as direct sales force. It was formerly known as Standard Life Assurance Company and changed its name in 2006. Standard Life plc was founded in 1825 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

FBL Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, sells individual life insurance and annuity products in the United States. The company provides whole life, term life, and universal life policies; annuity and investment products; supplementary contracts; traditional fixed rate and index annuities; and a line of personal and commercial property-casualty insurance products. It also offers variable universal life insurance and variable annuity contracts. The company markets its individual annuity products through independent agents and brokers; and variable products through alliances with other insurance companies. As of December 31, 2009, its Farm Bureau life distribution channel consisted of 2,020 exclusive agents and agency managers; and EquiTrust life independent distribution channel consisted of 20,195 independent agents. FBL Financial Group was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Western National Life Insurance Company has helped Americans achieve financial security with innovative fixed annuity products for more than 50 years. In fact, Western National was one of the first insurance companies to develop fixed annuity products specifically for sale through banks, and has been the nation’s #1 provider of tax-deferred fixed annuities in this market for 14 consecutive years.1, 2Over the past two decades, Western National has consistently received some of the highest ratings from independent nationally recognized insurance company rating agencies. We have operated for 54 years without ever defaulting on an annuity contract. Licensed in 49 states and the District of Columbia, Western National products are built upon deep market knowledge and supported by the financial strength of Western National.

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.

In the 17th Century London's importance as a trade centre led to an increasing demand for ship and cargo insurance.Lloyd's coffee house became recognised as the place for obtaining marine insurance. From its first beginnings in Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House in 1688, Lloyd’s has been a pioneer in insurance. Starting with its roots in marine insurance, Lloyd’s has grown over 300 years to become the world’s leading market for specialist From 17th century shipping and Lord Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, through the devastation of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, and on to the emergence of space satellite technology in the late 20th century, the story of Lloyd’s is both a long and an interesting one.

Presidential Life Corporation, through its subsidiary, Presidential Life Insurance Company engages in the sale of annuity contracts, life insurance, and accident and health insurance products in the United States. Presidential Life Corporation offers various annuity products, which include single premium annuity, single premium deferred annuities, single premium immediate products, and other annuity products, such as flexible premium annuities and group terminal funding annuities. It also provides life insurance products, such as graded benefit life and simplified issue whole life policies, as well as other life products, including universal life, whole life, and term life products. Further, Presidential Life Corporation offers accident and health insurance policies, including New York statutory disability benefits, which are short-term disability contracts issued to employers of one or more employees in New York State. In addition, Presidential Life Corporation offers ancillary products, which include medical stop loss, group dental insurance, individual impaired risk disability, hospital indemnity products, accident products, and group life insurance products. It distributes its annuity contracts and life insurance policies through independent general agents. Presidential Life Corporation was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Nyack, New York.

At Bituminous, we believe in positioning well qualified insurance decision makers at the point of sale – so we market our programs through some of the best agents in the business. If you rely on your independent insurance agent to help you identify the best fit for your property and casualty insurance needs, be sure you check out Bituminous. The quality of our experience in the industries we have chosen to serve means we are qualified to offer advice in the most specific areas of your concern.

BMI Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 by chairman Tony Sierra. ¡Habla español! BMI Financial Group specializes in providing life and health insurance and other financial products to businesses and individuals in Latin America, and (to a lesser extent) in Asia and Europe. The company's primary subsidiary is Best Meridian Insurance, which targets Latin American upper-income business professionals through a network of approximately 300 general agencies. Best Meridian Insurance's offerings include life, credit, accident, health, and reinsurance products. Other subsidiaries offer investment products and third-party administration (TPA) services.

ALIC was founded in 1853 as a spinoff of Aetna Insurance Company. After more than 150 years in operation, the company has more than 20,000 group life contracts in force. The parent company's operations are focused on accident and health insurance, while life insurance accounts for about 5% of total earned premiums. Aetna thinks you oughta have some life insurance. As the life insurance subsidiary of health care giant Aetna, Aetna Life Insurance Company (ALIC) offers group life policies and select individual products throughout North America.

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