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Company Profile for Argonaut Group Inc.


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Argonaut Group Inc. is a national underwriter underwriter n. a company or person which/who underwrites an insurance policy, issue of corporate securities, business, or project. (See: underwrite)


UNDERWRITER, insurances. One who signs a policy of insurance, by which he becomes an insurer.
 of specialty insurance products in niche areas of the property & casualty market.

Through its operating subsidiaries An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. , Argonaut Group offers high quality customer service in programs tailored to the needs of its customers' business and risk management strategies. Collectively, Colony colony, any nonself-governing territory subject to the jurisdiction of a usually distant country. The term is also applied to a group of nationals who settle in a foreign country or territory but retain political or cultural connections with their parent state.  Insurance, Rockwood Rock´wood`

n. 1. (Min.) Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood.
 Casualty Insurance Company, Argonaut Insurance Company, Argonaut Great Central, and Trident Insurance Services underwrite To insure; to sell an issue of stocks and bonds or to guarantee the purchase of unsold stocks and bonds after a public issue.

The word underwrite has two meanings.
 a full line of products in four primary areas: excess and surplus, specialty commercial, risk management, and public entity.


   Company:                Argonaut Group Inc.

   Headquarters Address:   10101 Reunion Place
                           Suite 500
                           San Antonio, Texas 78216

   Main Telephone:         210/321-8400

   Website:                www.argonautgroup.com

   Ticker:                 AGII(NASDAQ)

   Type of Organization:   Public

   Industry:               Professional Services: Insurance

   Key Executives:         CEO: Mark E. Watson III
                           CFO: Mark Haushill
                           Vice President & General Counsel:
                            Byron LeFlore

   Corporate Communications
     Contact:              Tad Druart
     Phone:                210/321-8400
     Email:                investors@argonautgroup.com
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