ALLIED Group Mortgage Company (ALLIED) was established in January 1987 as a full-service mortgage lender, originating, marketing, and servicing single family residential loans. ALLIED currently services approximately $3 billion in 1-4 family residential mortgage loans at our West Des Moines, Iowa location. ALLIED is a subsidiary of ALLIED Group, Inc., a privately held insurance holding company (prior to October 1, 1998 ALLIED was a publicly held company (NYSE symbol GRP)). On October 1, 1998 the Nationwide Insurance Enterprise acquired ALLIED. Nationwide is a $90 billion group of insurance and annuity companies providing property and casualty insurance for both homeowners and businesses as well as life insurance, and long-term savings products. Among tens of thousands of insurance and financial service companies, Nationwide is ranked as 37th-largest in the world and 15th in the United States.