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To assure our clients of the finest service and protection available, Sunburst International Risk Management has affiliated with only the best companies in the business. The underwriters and administrators with whom we deal are all solid, top rated, well-known companies with excellent reputations. For global coverage, it is critical that these companies also have the necessary international experience and worldwide connections to assure that your insurance needs can be taken care of at any time, day or night, wherever you happen to be in the world.

Allianz Life of North America
In 2004, Allianz Life recorded gross premiums of $13.9 billion. Allianz Life is driven by a vision that every American will have the opportunity to live out their life with financial independence. Allianz Life offer innovative fixed and variable annuities, universal life insurance, long-term care insurance, and medical excess of loss products that help individuals and employers meet their financial security requirements. Allianz Life has compiled an enviable record of success since its founding in 1896, and today is the second largest provider of fixed annuities and is among the top 20 providers of variable annuities in North America, as reported by the Life Insurance Marketing Research Association. Allianz Life is also a leading insurer of Health Maintenance Organizations. Allianz Life is a member of Allianz Group is one of the largest and most renowned financial services providers in the world. Allianz Group represent an international network of strong brands. Allianz Life is rated A+ (Superior) by the A.M. Best Company.

ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company
ING Life is rated A+ (Superior) by the A.M. Best Company. ING is a world class leader in providing financial products and services to its customers across the globe. ING provides banking, insurance and asset management to more than 60 million clients in over 50 countries. ING’s businesses in the United States offer personal and institutional clients a broad array of financial products and services in insurance, asset management and direct banking.

ING U.S. Financial Services (USFS) and ING Investment Management Americas (IIM), with headquarters in Atlanta, comprise the operating units of ING Insurance Americas - which also encompasses businesses in Canada and Latin America.

USFS provides retail and institutional clients with products and services in retirement services, annuities, life insurance, employee benefits, mutual funds, financial planning, reinsurance and institutional markets. ING distributes products through more than 200,000 financial professionals in the U.S. ING USFS holds top 10 rankings in its major product lines and serves more than 14 million customers across the U.S.

ING Investment Management provides asset and relationship management services for institutional clients, as well as for many of ING’s mutual funds and insurance companies. These services are offered through a wide variety of products, from traditional equity and fixed income to alternative assets, including structured products, private equity, single strategy hedge funds and funds of hedge funds.

Other ING businesses in the U.S. are ING Clarion, real estate investment management; ING Direct, personal banking products; and ING Wholesale, financial markets and corporate services.

The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania
The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, a member company of the American International Group of Companies (AIG), is rated A++ "Superior" by the A.M. Best Company.
AIG is the leading U.S. based international insurance organization and among the largest underwriters of commercial and industrial coverages in the United States. AIG, traces its history as an international insurance underwriter back 80 years to the establishment of American Asiatic Underwriters in China and East Asia by American entrepreneur C.V. Starr. In 1926, Starr opened its first office on American soil in 1926, to write insurance on American risks outside the United States. Today, AIG is a global network employing 40,000 people at offices in approximately 130 different countries and jurisdictions.

GAN Insurance Company Limited
GAN Insurance Company Limited is a member of the GAN Group. GAN is one of the world's leading financial service organizations with assets in the billions. GAN Group is represented in over 40 countries and employs 36,000 people worldwide. GAN Insurance Company Limited often ranks as one of Standard & Poor's list of Top 50 UK general insurers.

Virginia Surety Company, Inc.
Virginia Surety Company, Inc. is the principal U.S. property/casualty insurance company of Aon Corporation. London General Insurance Company is Aon's European specialty property and casualty company.

Founded in 1927, Virginia Surety Company provides innovative approaches to the development of insured programs as well as sound and conservative underwriting experience for a variety of client industries. Virginia Surety Company is rated A+ (Superior) by leading insurance analyst A.M. Best. In 1997, Virginia Surety Company wrote direct premiums exceeding $647 million and had assets in excess of $1 billion.

London General Insurance Company's primary business is automobile, appliance and consumer electronics extended warranty and creditor disability, redundancy and critical illness insurance. London General Insurance is rated A by Standard and Poor's, and is a member of the Association of British Insurers and the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau, and is approved by the Department of Trade and Industry.

SIRIUS International Insurance Corporation
Rated "A" (Excellent) by A.M. Best and A+ for claims paying ability by Standard and Poor's, Sirius International Insurance Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of ABB Financial Services within the ABB Asea Brown Boveri Group. From their roots in 1883, ABB is now a global US$35 billion engineering group with more than 213,000 employees worldwide and 1997 net income of over $US500 million.
Sirius International offers the financial strength and reputation demanded by experienced international consumers. Recognized for its reinsurance expertise and international presence, Sirius International is further noted for its superior capitalization (4.6 times the required level), outstanding solvency ratio (284.2%), excellent operating performance and strong earnings record.

Lloyd's of London
The legendary Lloyd's of London is the worlds oldest and largest insurance organization and unquestionably the best known. Lloyd's is a society of underwriting syndicates. The people at Lloyd's pride themselves in knowing they have never defaulted on a legitimate claim. This unique organization has withstood war and peace, depressions, recessions, and every catastrophe produced by nature or man over the last three centuries. Lloyd's annual premium volume exceeds $36 billion with over one-third of that amount produced in the United States.

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Europe - United Kingdom
Crime 'stable' but robbery rises July 19, 2007
Crime in England and Wales has remained stable during the past year, according to Home Office figures.

East Asia / Pacific - China
Fifth of China goods sub-standard July 4, 2007
Nearly a fifth of goods made and sold in China have been found to be sub-standard, Beijing has revealed. The worst problems were found in canned fruit, dried fish and fruit drinks, a food inspectors' report said.

Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Scots oil worker held in Nigeria April 1, 2007
A British oil worker is still missing after being kidnapped in Nigeria, the Foreign Office has said.

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Middle East / N. Africa - Israel
Israeli union gripped by general strikes Mar. 21, /2007
Irael's main trade union has launched an open-ended general strike which threatens to bring transport and public services across the country to a halt.

Europe - Russia
55 Cities Could Face Spring Floods Mar. 15, /2007
More than 55 cities and towns across the country could be flooded this spring, according to a forecast released by the Emergency Situations Ministry.

Middle East / N. Africa - Algeria
Threat to Commercial Aircraft in Algeria Mar. 14, /2007
There is information that extremists may be planning to conduct an attack against a commercial aircraft carrying Western workers in Algeria. At this time, there is no additional information available as to the specific carrier or the timing of this attack.

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East Asia / Pacific - Thailand
Army doubts Bangkok attacks likely Mar. 12, 2007
Council for National Security chairman Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin Sunday dismissed rumours that southern insurgents plan to launch disturbances in the Thai capital anytime from Tuesday through Thursday.

Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
Mombasa Athletic Event Threats Mar. 6, 2007
Recent information emanating from alleged extremist elements suggests the World Cross-Country Championship may be the target of an unspecified terrorist attack. The embassy is also aware of public statements by leaders of Kenya�s Coastal Muslim community threatening to disrupt the Championship if the Government of Kenya does not satisfy various demands

Sub-Saharan Africa - Ethiopia
Tourists 'kidnapped' in Ethiopia Mar. 2, 2007
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A group of 15 foreign tourists has been kidnapped in north-east Ethiopia. They include 11 French nationals, at least one Briton and an Italian.

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East Asia / Pacific - Thailand
Muslim insurgency stokes fear in southern Thailand Feb. 26, 2007
PATTANI, Thailand: Some are already calling it war, a brutal Muslim separatist insurgency in southern Thailand that has taken as many as 2,000 lives in three years, with almost- daily bombings, drive-by shootings, arson and beheadings.

American Tourist kills mugger with bare hands Feb. 24, 2007
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - An American tourist who watched as a U.S. military veteran in his 70s used his bare hands to kill an armed assailant in Costa Rica said she thought the attempted robbery was a joke � until the masked attacker held a gun to her head.

Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Three Croatians kidnapped in Nigeria Feb. 19, 2007
Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Gunmen kidnapped three Croatian oil workers from a bar in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt.

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East Asia / Pacific - China
Buddhist beheaded in Thai south Feb. 9, 2007
A 72-year-old Buddhist rice miller was beheaded in Thailand's rebellious Muslim south on Thursday in an apparent retaliation for a bomb attack on a village tea shop owned by Muslims, police said.

Europe - Russia Feb. 5, 2007
Registration Rules Stir Up Confusion
Moscow, Russia: According to a new law that came into effect Jan. 15, foreigners are now required to hand over their registration papers to migration officials -- via their employer or other sponsor -- every time they leave the country and re-register upon subsequent entry into the country.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Captors release nine Chinese oil workers in Nigeria Feb. 5, 2007
Nigeria, Lagos: Hostage takers in Nigeria released nine Chinese oil-worker captives, officials said on Sunday, amid rising violence in Africa's biggest petroleum producer.

Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Force no solution for Nigeria's oil delta Feb. 2, 2007
The Nigerian government faces a new challenge from spiralling crime in the oil-producing Niger Delta, but wants to avoid turning Africa's oil heartland into a battleground, Energy Minister Edmund Daukorua said.

Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Demands made for release of hostages 2/1/07
Manila - Nigerian kidnappers holding 24 Filipinos hostage have made "political demands" that have hampered negotiations to free them, the Philippine foreign department said Thursday.

East Asia / Pacific - Thailand 1/30/07
Two explosions in northern Bangkok
Bangkok - Two explosions occurred early on Tuesday morning along the main road in northern Bangkok. There were no casualties reported in the blasts near the Daily News newspaper and Rama Gardens Hotel Bangkok.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria Three Croatians kidnapped in Nigeria Feb. 19, 2007 Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Gunmen kidnapped three Croatian oil workers from a bar in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt.

Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Three Croatians kidnapped in Nigeria Feb. 19, 2007
Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Gunmen kidnapped three Croatian oil workers from a bar in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt.