Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Group, founded in 1984, specializes in workers' compensation insurance, commercial automobile coverage and commercial packages. It also offers a variety of targeted business policies in Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. The group offers its products through an independent agency system. It maintains a loss control department, which offers various programs that prevent human and economic losses resulting from personal injuries. The group s wholly owned subsidiary, Companion Third Party Administrators, specializes in commercial lines of insurance. It provides claims management, data management, actuarial analysis, safety consulting, employee assistance programs, medical cost containment, subrogation and payroll audits to self-insured, captive and governmental programs. Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Group is located in Columbia, S.C.