Steven J. Thiel

Security Life of Denver Insurance Co. is engaged in the provision of life and health insurance products and services. Its insurance solutions encompass term, universal, and variable life insurance. The firm also offers reinsurance, group insurance, retirement planning, wealth transfer, business continuation, and executive benefits solutions. The company was founded in December 1959 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. provides personal and commercial insurance services for individuals, families, businesses, and organizations. It also sells insurance through independent agents and brokers. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Petaluma, CA.

Merced Capital LP is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The firm was founded as EBF & Associates in 1988 by three executives from Cargill's Financial Markets Department. The firm provides investment advisory services to privately offered pooled investment vehicles. Investors in the clients include public and private pension funds, foundations, endowment funds, funds of funds, high net worth individuals and family offices.

Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America engages in the provision of individual annuities and life insurance products. It operates through the following segments: Individual Annuities, Life, Questar, and Legacy. The Individual Annuities segment includes fixed, fixed-indexed, variable, and variable-indexed annuities that are provided through independent distribution channels made up of agents and registered representatives. The Life segment issues fixed-indexed universal life insurance products, as well as maintains term and whole life in-force blocks that the company no longer sells or distributes. The Questar segment distributes a range of securities products, including mutual funds, variable life insurance, and annuity contracts; and also processes general securities transactions through a clearing arrangement with a third-party provider. The Legacy segment consists of closed blocks of long-term care and special markets products. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Minneapolis. MN.

Allianz of America, Inc. is an insurance management firm headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1976 and is a subsidiary of Allianz Europe NV, which is owned by Allianz SE (ETR: ALV). Allianz of America provides investment services to insurance affiliates of the Allianz Group of North America.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Part of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG, Munich Re US Life Corp. is a company that provides life and annuities. Munich Re US Life Corp. is based in Minneapolis, MN. The CEO of the company is Giguère Marc-André.

Part of Allianz SE, Allianz Life Financial Services LLC is a financial services company that offers annuities, life insurance, and Buffered ETFs to help individuals manage risks to their retirement security. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company's Allianz Essential Income 7 provides options for taking income from fixed index annuities, while their life insurance products offer protection and flexibility to financial strategies. The CEO of the company is Eric J. Thomes.

Allianz Investment Management LLC (AIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 2001, the firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV) in Germany. AIM offers discretionary and non-discretionary management of assets and other investment related services for registered investment companies, insurance companies, which includes separate accounts of insurance companies, and other institutional investors.

Allianz Deutschland AG operates as a holding company. It offers insurance products and services, which includes life, health and property and casualty. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

American Cancer Society, Inc. provides information on cancer occurrence, survival, prevention, early detection, and treatment. The non-profit company is based in Kennesaw, GA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's SHES department is an intramural research program with world-renowned epidemiologists and health scientists. The company was founded in 1913 by Candy Arrington. Karen E. Knudsen has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

The American Academy of Actuaries provides leadership, objective expertise, and actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues to assist public policymakers on all levels. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The academy also sets qualification, practice, and professionalism standards for actuaries credentialed by one or more of the five U.S.-based actuarial organizations.

The Society of Actuaries is an organization that provides research and industry news on various topics such as health care, predictive analytics, climate change, risk management, life insurance, modeling, pension and retirement, public policy, law and regulation. The private company is based in Schaumburg, IL. The company aims to help individuals advance their careers.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Lifeworks Services, Inc. offers healthcare services for children with special needs. Its services include career development, social enrichment services. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Eagan, MN.

The Life Insurance Council of New York, Inc. operates as the domestic trade association representing the life insurance industry in New York. It creates and maintains a legislative and regulatory environment that encourages its members to conduct and grow their life insurance businesses. The firm provides professional or business services to life insurance companies or fraternal benefit societies. The company was founded in December 1977 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.