Markel Corporation, a Virginia-based financial holding company with operations in the United States, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, is engaged in underwriting and marketing specialty insurance products. The company's offerings include personal lines, marine and energy, specialty programs, workers' compensation insurance, and property coverages such as fire and allied lines. Markel also provides credit and surety products, collateral protection insurance products, and reinsurance products like transaction and healthcare liability reinsurance. The company offers specialty treaty reinsurance products, including credit and surety, accident and health, aviation and space, and agriculture among others. Markel also offers a range of products as an insurance and investment fund manager, including insurance-linked securities, catastrophe bonds, insurance swaps, and weather derivatives. Founded in 1930, Markel Corporation is a diversified financial holding company that also provides construction services, consumer and building products, transportation-related products, consulting services, and equipment manufacturing products, as well as healthcare, leasing, and investment services.