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First Guard Insurance Company · NAIC 10676

Where First Guard Insurance Company is admitted, where it's eligible for surplus lines, the lines it's licensed for and how much of each it writes, from state regulators' public lists and market share reports.

First Guard Insurance Company (NAIC 10676) is a property and casualty insurer domiciled in Arizona, part of Biglari Holdings Group. State regulators list it as licensed (admitted) in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin. It ranked #157 of 237 in South Dakota commercial auto in 2025 (0.0% share). It ranked #184 of 448 in Illinois commercial auto in 2025 (0.1% share). It ranked #185 of 329 in Texas commercial auto in 2025 (0.1% share).

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By state

Where it's licensed

States whose regulator lists are loaded: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming. Not on the lists we have for Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Massachusetts, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, which doesn't by itself mean it isn't licensed there.

StateStatusLines licensedSinceSource
ColoradoAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, Commercial auto, General liability—Colorado, 2026-10-18
FloridaAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, Commercial auto, Inland marine, General liability—Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, 2026-10-18
GeorgiaAdmitted (licensed)General liability, Commercial property (fire and allied lines), Workers' compensation—Georgia, 2026-10-18
IllinoisAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, Commercial auto, General liability—Illinois, 2026-10-18
IowaAdmitted (licensed)——Iowa, 2026-10-18
KentuckyAdmitted (licensed)——Kentucky Department of Insurance, 2026-10-17
MarylandAdmitted (licensed)——Maryland Insurance Administration, 2026-10-17
MinnesotaAdmitted (licensed)——Minnesota, 2026-10-18
MississippiAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, Inland marine, General liability07-17-2013Mississippi Insurance Department, 2026-10-17
MissouriAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, Commercial auto, Inland marine, General liability—Missouri, 2026-10-18
New JerseyAdmitted (licensed)——New Jersey, 2026-10-18
North CarolinaAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, Commercial auto, Inland marine, General liability—North Carolina, 2026-10-18
OhioAdmitted (licensed)——Ohio Department of Insurance, 2026-10-17
OklahomaAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, General liability—Oklahoma, 2026-10-18
South CarolinaAdmitted (licensed)——South Carolina, 2026-10-18
South DakotaAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, Commercial auto, General liability—South Dakota, 2026-10-18
TennesseeAdmitted (licensed)——Tennessee, 2026-10-18
TexasAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, Commercial auto, Inland marine, General liability2006/06/15Texas Department of Insurance, 2026-10-17
WashingtonAdmitted (licensed)——Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner and the Surplus Line Association of Washington, 2026-10-17
WisconsinAdmitted (licensed)Personal auto, Commercial auto, General liability—Wisconsin, 2026-10-18
What it writes

Premium and rank by line

From the regulators that publish every company's direct premium by line.

Line and stateRankPremium writtenShareYear
Commercial auto in Illinois#184 of 448$2.2M0.07%2025
General liability in Illinois#587 of 695$43,5460.00%2025
Commercial auto in North Carolina#235 of 408$460,0090.02%2025
Inland marine in North Carolina#365 of 420$6,9260.00%2025
General liability in North Carolina#588 of 621$8,1310.00%2025
Commercial auto in South Dakota#157 of 237$78,6310.03%2025
General liability in South Dakota#344 of 356$3930.00%2025
Commercial auto in Texas#185 of 329$3.9M0.05%2025
Inland marine in Texas#313 of 356$8,4000.00%2025
General liability in Texas#405 of 463$99,4710.00%2025
Commercial auto in Wisconsin#192 of 312$255,7550.03%2024
General liability in Wisconsin#390 of 429$7,8310.00%2024
Standing

Where it's a top-10 writer

Biglari Holdings Group (NAIC group 04973), the group First Guard Insurance Company belongs to, ranks in the top 10 for these lines and states. Top 10 insurer groups by direct premium written in 2025, from the NAIC's Market Share Reports for Property/Casualty Groups and Companies by State. A group is the parent and its insurance companies together; share is the group's part of the state total for the line; loss ratio is losses incurred over premium earned.

Line and stateRankPremium writtenShareYear
Mortgage guaranty in Arkansas
Mortgage Guaranty
#7$940,0002.54%2025
Credit in Arkansas
Credit
#7$1.5M4.82%2025

Method and source

Each row comes from the named regulator's public company list on the date shown, joined by NAIC number. "Admitted" means licensed by the state and backed by its guaranty fund; "surplus lines" means eligible to take risks the admitted market declines, without rate or form approval or guaranty fund protection. Premium and rank come from state market share reports that list every company. This is a public-records directory, not a rating or recommendation; for the company's own filings use the NAIC's Consumer Information Source.

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