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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Conning & Co. engages in the provision of investment management services. It offers investment expertise, software and services, and insurance research services. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

National General Holdings Corp. is a specialty personal lines insurance company, which engages in the provision of specialty personal lines insurance products. The firm's products include personal and commercial automobile insurance; health insurance products; and other niche insurance products. It operates through the following business segments: Property and Casualty (P&C); and Accident and Health (A&H). The P&C segment operates its business through the following distribution channels: agency, affinity, and direct. The A&H segment offers accident and non-major medical health insurance products. The company was founded by Michael Karfunkel in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.