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Established:  1983

Specialty:  Small- to medium-sized commercial property and casualty accounts

CEO and President:  Sy Foguel, ACAS, FILAA

Insurance Company Subsidiaries:  AmGUARD, EastGUARD, NorGUARD, and WestGUARD
Parent Holding Company:  National Indemnity Company
                                      (a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.)

Home Office:  Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Field Offices:  Wilkes-Barre, PA (northeastern Pennsylvania)
                     Alpharetta, GA (Atlanta metropolitan area)
                     Nashua, NH (Boston metropolitan area)
                     New York, NY
                     Rancho Cordova, CA (Sacramento metropolitan area)
                     Richmond, VA
                     Towson, MD (Baltimore metropolitan area)
                     Whippany, NJ (northern New Jersey)

Area of Operations:  Licensed in 45 states plus D.C.; currently active in 32

Number of Agents:  850 (representing almost 2,000 points of sale)
Number of Insured Employers:  66,000
Direct Written Premium (year-end 2012):  $400 million