Company Profile

Company Overview

Argonaut Group, Inc. is the parent company for Argonaut Insurance Company, Argonaut Great Central Insurance Company, AGI Properties, The Colony Insurance Group, The Redwooods Group, The Rockwood Insurance Group and Trident Insurance Services, Inc.

Spun off from Teledyne, Inc., Argonaut Group became a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock market (symbol AGII) on October 1, 1986. Argonaut Group is primarily engaged in the selling, underwriting, and servicing of workers compensation and other lines of property-casualty insurance.

Argonaut achieves success through its talented and dedicated employees who use their experience and the company's assets and financial management systems to deliver products and services to its customers. Our creative underwriting for specialized markets, our innovative, service-oriented employees, and our professional claims and safety management methods that help customers realize the lowest ultimate cost differentiate us from other insurance companies.

Company History

Argonaut Insurance was founded in California in 1948 as Argonaut Insurance Exchange, specializing in workers compensation for the California construction industry. Today, Argonaut Insurance Company specializes in workers compensation coverage for construction and construction wrap-ups. We also provide coverage for many other types of businesses, including technology, hospitality, manufacturing, retail sales, and service companies. Argonaut Insurance Company markets its services to companies who are willing to enter into a three-way partnership with their broker and our staff, and commit to an active role in controlling costs and sharing accountability for performance. Through this partnership, we achieve outstanding results for our customers and for Argonaut.