Compiling a comprehensive list of the top 100 insurance companies with their founders, founding years, and countries is quite extensive. Here’s a selection of notable insurance companies with this information:
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AIG (American International Group)
- Founder: Cornelius Vander Starr
- Year Founded: 1919
- Country: USA
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Allianz SE
- Founder: Carl Thieme and Wilhelm von Finck
- Year Founded: 1890
- Country: Germany
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AXA Group
- Founder: Claude Bébéar
- Year Founded: 1985
- Country: France
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Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.
- Founder: Ma Mingzhe
- Year Founded: 1988
- Country: China
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Prudential plc
- Founder: John Prudential
- Year Founded: 1848
- Country: United Kingdom
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MetLife, Inc.
- Founder: William P. Stewart
- Year Founded: 1868
- Country: USA
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Manulife Financial Corporation
- Founder: James B. Peck
- Year Founded: 1887
- Country: Canada
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Generali Group
- Founder: Joseph Lazzaro Morpurgo
- Year Founded: 1831
- Country: Italy
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Aviva plc
- Founder: Richard Colley Wellesley
- Year Founded: 1696
- Country: United Kingdom
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Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.
- Founder: Martin Bodmer and others
- Year Founded: 1872
- Country: Switzerland
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Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
- Founder: Zenjiro Imafuku
- Year Founded: 1879
- Country: Japan
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Swiss Re
- Founder: The Swiss Cantonal Bankers
- Year Founded: 1863
- Country: Switzerland
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Munich Re
- Founder: Carl von Thieme and Wilhelm von Finck
- Year Founded: 1880
- Country: Germany
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China Life Insurance Company
- Founder: Government of China
- Year Founded: 1949
- Country: China
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Aflac Incorporated
- Founder: John Amos, Paul Amos, and Bill Amos
- Year Founded: 1955
- Country: USA
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New York Life Insurance Company
- Founder: James De Peyster Ogden
- Year Founded: 1845
- Country: USA
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Cigna Corporation
- Founder: Insurance Companies
- Year Founded: 1982
- Country: USA
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HDFC Life
- Founder: Hasmukhbhai Parekh
- Year Founded: 2000
- Country: India
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Legal & General Group plc
- Founder: John Adams and John Penrose
- Year Founded: 1836
- Country: United Kingdom
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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
- Founder: Murray D. Lincoln
- Year Founded: 1926
- Country: USA
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Progressive Corporation
- Founder: Joseph Lewis and Jack Green
- Year Founded: 1937
- Country: USA
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Chubb Limited
- Founder: Thomas Caldecot Chubb and Percy Chubb
- Year Founded: 1882
- Country: USA
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Travelers Companies
- Founder: James G. Batterson
- Year Founded: 1853
- Country: USA
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American Family Insurance
- Founder: Herman Wittwer
- Year Founded: 1927
- Country: USA
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The Hartford
- Founder: Eliphalet Terry
- Year Founded: 1810
- Country: USA
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Lloyd’s of London
- Founder: Members of the Lloyd’s Coffee House
- Year Founded: 1686
- Country: United Kingdom
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State Farm Insurance
- Founder: George J. Mecherle
- Year Founded: 1922
- Country: USA
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Pacific Life
- Founder: Leland Stanford
- Year Founded: 1868
- Country: USA
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Prudential Financial
- Founder: John F. Dryden
- Year Founded: 1875
- Country: USA
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Principal Financial Group
- Founder: Edward Temple
- Year Founded: 1879
- Country: USA
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Groupama
- Founder: Jean Peyrelevade
- Year Founded: 1986
- Country: France
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Phoenix Group
- Founder: Nicholas van Hoogstraten
- Year Founded: 1857
- Country: United Kingdom
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Erie Insurance Group
- Founder: H. O. Hirt
- Year Founded: 1925
- Country: USA
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American International Group (AIG)
- Founder: Cornelius Vander Starr
- Year Founded: 1919
- Country: USA
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Farmers Insurance Group
- Founder: Thomas E. Leavey and John C. Tyler
- Year Founded: 1928
- Country: USA
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MAPFRE
- Founder: Anselmo Fernández de Córdova
- Year Founded: 1933
- Country: Spain
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QBE Insurance Group
- Founder: James Burns
- Year Founded: 1886
- Country: Australia
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China Pacific Insurance
- Founder: Government of China
- Year Founded: 1991
- Country: China
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General Insurance Corporation of India
- Founder: Government of India
- Year Founded: 1972
- Country: India
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American National Insurance Company
- Founder: William Lewis Moody Jr.
- Year Founded: 1905
- Country: USA
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Berkshire Hathaway
- Founder: Oliver Chace
- Year Founded: 1839
- Country: USA
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Great-West Lifeco
- Founder: Thomas Douglas
- Year Founded: 1891
- Country: Canada
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Liberty Mutual
- Founder: Massachusetts legislature
- Year Founded: 1912
- Country: USA
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Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.
- Founder: Yasuda zaibatsu
- Year Founded: 1888
- Country: Japan
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PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited
- Founder: Government of China
- Year Founded: 1949
- Country: China
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Sagicor Financial Corporation
- Founder: Barbadian sugar industry
- Year Founded: 1840
- Country: Barbados
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Nippon Life Insurance Company
- Founder: Government of Japan
- Year Founded: 1889
- Country: Japan
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Hannover Re
- Founder: Clarendon Insurance Group
- Year Founded: 1966
- Country: Germany
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NFU Mutual
- Founder: John Mechi
- Year Founded: 1910
- Country: United Kingdom
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American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
- Founder: David J. Noble
- Year Founded: 1995
- Country: USA
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Old Mutual Limited
- Founder: John Fairbairn and others
- Year Founded: 1845
- Country: South Africa
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Sun Life Financial
- Founder: Mathew Hamilton Gault
- Year Founded: 1865
- Country: Canada
- Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.
- Founder: The Count of Scorze
- Year Founded: 1831
- Country: Italy
- Hartford Financial Services Group
- Founder: Edward G. Rathbun
- Year Founded: 1810
- Country: USA
- Lincoln National Corporation
- Founder: Perry Randall and Cornelius Waldo
- Year Founded: 1905
- Country: USA
- Standard Life Aberdeen
- Founder: Henry Duncan
- Year Founded: 1825
- Country: United Kingdom
- Royal London Group
- Founder: John Mannings and David McGregor
- Year Founded: 1861
- Country: United Kingdom
- Swiss Life
- Founder: Conrad Widmer
- Year Founded: 1857
- Country: Switzerland
- Ageas
- Founder: Luc Vanhamme
- Year Founded: 1824
- Country: Belgium
- RSA Insurance Group
- Founder: Sun Alliance and Royal Insurance
- Year Founded: 1996
- Country: United Kingdom
- Scor
- Founder: Denis Kessler
- Year Founded: 1970
- Country: France
- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group
- Founder: Sumitomo Group
- Year Founded: 2001
- Country: Japan
- Markel Corporation
- Founder: Samuel Markel
- Year Founded: 1930
- Country: USA
- Allstate Corporation
- Founder: Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- Year Founded: 1931
- Country: USA
- Hiscox
- Founder: Robert Hiscox
- Year Founded: 1901
- Country: United Kingdom
- Cincinnati Financial Corporation
- Founder: John J. Emery
- Year Founded: 1950
- Country: USA
- Euler Hermes Group
- Founder: Paul L’Huillier
- Year Founded: 1893
- Country: France
- General Accident
- Founder: Daniel D. Condie
- Year Founded: 1885
- Country: United Kingdom
- Qatar Insurance Company
- Founder: Qatar Government
- Year Founded: 1964
- Country: Qatar
- China Taiping Insurance Group
- Founder: Government of China
- Year Founded: 1929
- Country: China
- Great Eastern Holdings
- Founder: Tan Jiak Kim
- Year Founded: 1908
- Country: Singapore
- China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation
- Founder: Government of China
- Year Founded: 1993
- Country: China
- Sovereign Insurance
- Founder: Walter Davies
- Year Founded: 1903
- Country: New Zealand
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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
- Founder: Marine and Fire Insurance
- Year Founded: 1879
- Country: Japan
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Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
- Founder: Hugo Wesendonck
- Year Founded: 1860
- Country: USA
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American Fidelity Assurance
- Founder: C.W. and C.B. Cameron
- Year Founded: 1960
- Country: USA
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Munich Health
- Founder: Reinhard Ploss
- Year Founded: 2009
- Country: Germany
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UNIQA Insurance Group
- Founder: Theodor Kroyer
- Year Founded: 1811
- Country: Austria
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Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Founder: Tokumei Kumiai Asahi
- Year Founded: 1889
- Country: Japan
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Farm Bureau Financial Services
- Founder: Walter H. Graves
- Year Founded: 1939
- Country: USA
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Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance
- Founder: Yasuda zaibatsu
- Year Founded: 1888
- Country: Japan
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Talanx
- Founder: HDI and Hannover Re
- Year Founded: 1999
- Country: Germany
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RSA Group
- Founder: Sun Alliance and Royal Insurance
- Year Founded: 1996
- Country: United Kingdom
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Zurich Insurance Group
- Founder: Martin Bodmer
- Year Founded: 1872
- Country: Switzerland
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QBE Insurance Group
- Founder: James Burns
- Year Founded: 1886
- Country: Australia
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PICC Property and Casualty Company
- Founder: Government of China
- Year Founded: 1949
- Country: China
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Sagicor Financial Corporation
- Founder: Barbadian sugar industry
- Year Founded: 1840
- Country: Barbados
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Nippon Life Insurance Company
- Founder: Government of Japan
- Year Founded: 1889
- Country: Japan
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Hannover Re
- Founder: Clarendon Insurance Group
- Year Founded: 1966
- Country: Germany
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NFU Mutual
- Founder: John Mechi
- Year Founded: 1910
- Country: United Kingdom
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American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
- Founder: David J. Noble
- Year Founded: 1995
- Country: USA
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Sentry Insurance
- Founder: Patrick H. Callahan
- Year Founded: 1904
- Country: USA
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Westfield Corporation
- Founder: Almeron Newman and L.J. Smith
- Year Founded: 1848
- Country: USA
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Gjensidige
- Founder: Norwegian Parliament
- Year Founded: 1816
- Country: Norway
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Kemper Corporation
- Founder: James S. Kemper
- Year Founded: 1912
- Country: USA
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Fidelity National Financial
- Founder: Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
- Year Founded: 1847
- Country: USA
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Shelter Insurance
- Founder: H.M. Powell
- Year Founded: 1946
- Country: USA
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Voya Financial
- Founder: ING Group
- Year Founded: 1991
- Country: Netherlands
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AIA Group Limited
- Founder: Cornelius Vander Starr
- Year Founded: 1919
- Country: Hong Kong
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Union Mutual Fire Insurance
- Founder: Board of the Union
- Year Founded: 1962
- Country: USA
