Despite the difficult economy, IMCA is pleased to announce that we have added over 20 new member companies in 2009. We offer an enthusiastic welcome to the following new member companies:![]() Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings covers general property and energy property risks and provides general, professional, and health care liability coverage in Bermuda, Europe, and the US. Its reinsurance segment, which serves primarily US companies that provide specialty property/casualty insurance, operates solely out of the company's Bermuda office. In addition, the company sells excess and surplus coverage to midsized clients in the US through regional offices. In Europe, Allied World Assurance focuses on large property/casualty accounts. See www.awac.com.
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. offers a broad range of commercial and personal insurance programs available to independent insurance agents, brokers and producers nationwide. We have teamed up with the country's top rated insurance carriers to proudly offer quality insurance products to our nationwide network of independent producers. See www.arrowheadgrp.com. Chartis is a world leading property-casualty and general insurance organization serving more than 40 million clients in over 160 countries and jurisdictions. With a 90-year history, one of the industry's most extensive ranges of products and services, deep claims expertise and excellent financial strength, Chartis enables its commercial and personal insurance clients alike to manage virtually any risk with confidence. Chartis is the marketing name for the worldwide property-casualty and general insurance operations of Chartis Inc. See www.chartisinsurance.com.
CMIC was organized as a mutual company in 1984 to provide a financially strong, long-term source of professional liability insurance to Connecticut's healthcare professionals. Today, CMIC is the longest standing doctor-owned medical malpractice insurer serving Connecticut and Massachusetts. See www.cmic.biz. ![]() EQECAT was founded in 1994 and is a leading provider of state-of-the-art products and services for managing natural and manmade risks. EQECAT serves leading insurance, reinsurance companies and financial institutions worldwide by providing innovative catastrophe management solutions for risk management, underwriting, accumulation management and facilitating the transfer of natural hazard and terrorism risk. See www.eqecat.com. ![]() Erie Insurance is among the top 20 property/casualty companies and among the top 150 life insurers in America. The company has operations in 11 Midwest and Northeastern states and the District of Columbia and has more than 3.5 million policies in force. The company sells a variety of Auto, Homeowners, life, personal property and liability, and commercial products through a network of over 1,800 appointed agents. Erie is the second largest auto insurer in Pennsylvania and is the 17th largest auto insurer in the country. See www.erieinsurance.com. ![]() Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance provides personal automobile, umbrella, and homeowners coverage, as well as commercial liability, workers' compensation, and other business products. Other offerings include identity theft coverage and yacht and collector car policies. More than 500 independent agencies market the company's products. Founded by Bavarian settlers in 1868, Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance is now licensed in 47 states and does business in about a dozen states in the Midwest and Southeast. It operates through Patriot Insurance in the Northeast. See www.fmins.com. ![]() Insurance House is a managing general agency and excess & surplus lines broker serving 1,850 independent insurance agencies in 12 states through four underwriting branch offices located in Marietta, GA, Silver Spring, MD, Winston-Salem, NC, and Durham, NC. Within each branch are brokerage and binding underwriting professionals specializing in excess, surplus lines and miscellaneous specialty classes, professional liability, commercial automobile, transportation, property and personal lines. See www.insurancehouse.com. Leads360 is the largest and most successful lead management company with over 2,500 clients and more than five years of experience helping businesses grow. We provide Web-based lead management software to businesses that need a proven solution to help them manage their sales process from start to close. See www.leads360.com. ![]() In 1952, Marty Mines created an entire line of these insurance forms, put them in a catalog, and mailed a copy to every insurance agent in the country. The forms, appropriately named "Short Forms" and "Time Savers", were an immediate success. The Mines Press became forever known as "The Insurance Printers." Always looking to the future, the company has embraced today's latest computer technology and is aggressively transforming itself into an e-commerce business, dedicated to serving customers via the Internet. See www.minespress.com. ![]() In 1898, a group of Enumclaw, Washington residents got together to create the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. Today, Enumclaw Insurance Group, headquartered in Enumclaw, Washington, consists of Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company and Enumclaw Property and Casualty Insurance Company and does business in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. The company offers a variety of Auto, Boat, Homeowner, Mobile Home and Personal Excess Liability plans through a network of independent agents and brokers. The company also offers commercial lines, including Business, Church and Farm insurance. See www.mutualofenumclaw.com. National Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (NSU) is a wholesale broker serving retail agents and brokers who are looking for niche expertise and exclusive products. NSU operates four distinct divisions dedicated 100% to a specific industry or type of risk: Hospitality, Healthcare, Property, and Casualty Umbrella. See www.nsui.com. ![]() The Navigators Group, Inc., is an international specialty insurance holding company with insurance company operations, underwriting management companies, and operations at Lloyd's of London. Headquartered in New York City, Navigators has offices in major insurance centers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Navigators is recognized as one of the largest ocean marine insurers in the world and underwrites many other specialty insurance products which include directors and officers liability, professional liability, primary casualty, excess casualty, engineering, energy, property and inland marine insurance. See www.navg.com. Founded in 1895, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is the largest, most diverse national insurance trade association in the United States. NAMIC represents the interests of its property/casualty insurance company members and their policyholders. NAMIC's membership includes farm mutual insurance companies, single-state and regional writers, and national insurers operating across North America. The more than 1,400 NAMIC members underwrite 41 percent of the automobile and homeowners insurance market and 31 percent of the business insurance market in the United States. See www.namic.org. ![]() Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan (OTIP) is a non-profit organization directed by a Board of Trustees from each of the four education affiliates: AEFO, ETFO, OECTA and OSSTF. As a non-profit trust, OTIP serves education employees and other union groups, tailoring products and services to meet their specific needs. Today, the organization has grown to over 300 employees and now provides a full range of group and individual insurance products to not only the education employees of Ontario, but other union organizations as well. See www.otip.com.
PEMCO Mutual Insurance provides auto, boat, home, and life coverages to policyholders in Washington state. Through its own sales offices and a network of independent agents, the company sells policies that cover basic property damage and liability, as well as umbrella coverage. PEMCO sells whole and term life insurance through its PEMCO Life Insurance Company subsidiary. Established in 1949, the firm is one of seven affiliated companies in a holding company group that, along with one allied company (Washington School Employees Credit Union) pool some of their marketing, purchasing, and other business functions. See www.pemco.com. Penn National Insurance sells property-casualty insurance (business insurance, personal auto, homeowners, umbrella, etc.) and surety bonds through independent agents in nine states: PA, MD, DE, NJ, VA, NC, SC, TN & AL (personal auto, homeowners, and personal umbrella insurance not available in DE, SC or AL). The company sells through more than 700 independent insurance agencies and rank in the top 8 percent out of more than 1,000 U.S. property-casualty insurance groups (based on net premiums written). ![]() A+ Letter Service delivers reliable, responsive, quality direct mail services at a 68,000 square foot one-stop shop mail house facility located in central New Jersey. The company employs over 130 dedicated direct mail specialists, willing and able to focus on your direct mail needs and your next mass mailing project. See www.aplusletter.com. QBE Regional insures homes, autos and businesses through a network of community-based agency partners. We're an umbrella company for regional insurance affiliates Farmers Union Insurance, General Casualty, Unigard, and QBE Agri. Through these brands, QBE Regional Insurance underwrites insurance for businesses in 40 states and for individuals in 29 of those states. Our mix of business is 65 percent commercial lines, primarily insuring small to medium-sized businesses. The remaining 35 percent is personal lines, including homeowners and auto insurance. See www.qberegional.com. ![]() Safety National offers a range of alternative risk funding products for workers' compensation through independent insurance agents and brokers. Since 1942, the company has been a leading provider of excess workers' compensation coverage to self-insured employers and self-insured groups nationwide. Today, with the addition of large deductibles and alternative risk financing services, Safety National has evolved into a versatile alternative market provider. Safety National is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delphi Financial Group, Inc. See www.safetynational.com. The Wessling Group is a San Francisco-based advertising and branding agency that serves mainly mid-market companies in the finance, insurance, real estate, legal, high tech, food and beverage, and healthcare industries. The agency was founded in 1995 with the goal of integrating print and online marketing communications for its clients, a philosophy it continues to follow. See www.wessling.com. |
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