Insurance Industry Competitors

When Allianz's eyes are smiling -- people are buying insurance. Allianz Ireland, the Irish insurance branch for worldwide insurer Allianz , offers a variety of personal (home, motor, and pleasure craft) and business (motor, commercial property, employers and public liability, marines and aviation transit, and health) insurance products....

Does Allianz own a subsidiary in the Czech Republic? Check! Operating in the country since 1992, Allianz pojistovna is the Czech Republic insurance branch for one of the largest insurers in the world, Allianz . The company provides property, auto, liability, life, travel, entrepreneurial, and industrial insurance for both individuals and corporations through its 12 branches....

A vital piece of the Allianz SE puzzle, Allianz SpA comprises the Italian operations of the Germany-based insurance giant. The firm, formerly Ras Holding, absorbed the operations of two other Allianz SE subsidiaries, Lloyd Adriatico and Allianz Subalpina, in 2007....

When avril showers bring a flood of insurance claims, April can help you. The firm owns more than 40 companies that operate in five areas: individual personal protection insurance, group insurance, life insurance and savings, individual property and casualty, and corporate property and casualty....

Arab Insurance Group (ARIG) does what its name implies: it provides insurance and reinsurance to companies operating in the Arabian Peninsula and elsewhere in the Middle East. (It touts itself as the top reinsurer in the Arab world.) ARIG also offers companies a variety of financial services -- including investment management, risk assessment, and actuarial services -- as well as specialized insurance software....

China Insurance (Holdings) Company (formerly China Insurance Company) specializes in providing insurance and reinsurance services. The state-owned company also offers a variety of services in the areas of finance, investments, securities, and fund management....

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....

Cottingham & Butler provides a risk management and employee benefit services.  The company's offerings include property and casualty insurance, casualty claims administration, captive development and management, safety and loss control consulting services, employee benefit brokerage and consulting, benefit claims administration, medical management services, wellness and disease management solutions, and personal insurance services. The firm has more than 2,000 clients in more than 40 states....

South Korea's second-largest non-life insurer, Dongbu Insurance sells an array of property and casualty insurance products. The Dongbu Group-affiliated company's offerings include marine, aviation, boiler, machinery, title, building, and workmen's compensation insurance....

Formed in 1925 as a Pennsylvania auto insurer, Erie Insurance Group has rolled down lots of other roads since then, offering personal auto, property, and life insurance through its subsidiaries Erie Family Life Insurance and publicly-traded Erie Indemnity....

Fortis has built a European fortress of insurance and banking. The company's operations span an array of insurance, banking, and investment management services. While the Benelux countries have long been Fortis' home base and its strength, the company has operations throughout the world, and has particular aspirations to increase its business elsewhere in Europe....

Fortis earns the "Muscles from Brussels" moniker for its insurance and banking machismo, not for any bad action flicks. The company's operations are focused in banking, insurance, and investment management. The Benelux countries are Fortis' home base and its strength, but the company has operations in other areas, and has aspirations to broaden its brawn further in Europe....

Multi-line insurer Groupama is the operating company responsible for a group of regional mutual insurance companies that provide life, health, and property/casualty insurance throughout France. The group also offers retirement savings products, as well as banking and asset management services....

It's no occidente that Grupo Catalana Occidente is near the top of the insurance heap in Spain. Catalana Occidente provides a wide range of group and individual products (life, accident, liability, auto, health, and other coverages, as well as pensions and other financial products) throughout the country....

Invik & Co. invokes financial wisdom for its clients. Active primarily in Sweden and Luxembourg, the holding company specializes in insurance, banking, and asset management. The group operates through three main divisions, including Banque Invik (asset management for wealthy individuals and private and corporate banking), Invik Funds (equity fund management), and Modern Insurances (life and non-life insurance businesses)....

Life Equity equates life insurance policies on senior citizens with a good business opportunity. The company specializes in life settlements, or acquiring life insurance policies written on elderly individuals, wagering that the policy payout will not be negated by the company’s outlay in purchasing the policy and paying its premiums....

The Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society, which has re-branded itself as LV=, puts a friendly face on insurance and banking services. As a friendly society, the organization is owned by its members, who can take advantage of its life and general insurance offerings, as well as savings and lending products, investment funds, and financial advisory services....

Living Benefits Financial Services helps some folks benefit from their life insurance while they’re still living. The company offers life settlements, acquiring life insurance policies covering individuals (generally elderly or terminally ill) in hopes the policy payoff will outweigh the cost of acquisition and premiums....

To whom do you turn when the "Running of the Bulls" doesn't work out so well? Mapfre S.A. (formerly Corporación Mapfre), through its subsidiaries, provides customers with life and non-life insurance, and reinsurance. Mapfre does business primarily in its home country of Spain, where it is the largest insurance company, and in about 40 other nations, including many in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas....

While Mondial may not be able to ensure that you have a good time while traveling, it can insure you from lost luggage, illness, and other woes of the road. A subsidiary of Allianz, Mondial Assistance Group primarily sells travel insurance in partnership with travel agents, brokers, tour operators, and online travel companies....