Coventry First
"What it does: Buys life insurance policies from individuals for more than the surrender value offered by their insurers and eventually collects the benefits. Why it's growing: CEO Alan Buerger has tapped into a big market of people who want to stop paying premiums. "We are in the business of providing consumers with more cash than they could get from the insurance company," he says. "We created a secondary market." "
2005 STATISTICS
3-year growth:2,858%
2004 Revenue:$389.4 million
2001 Revenue:$13.2 million
Employees:116
PREVIOUS INC. 5000 RANKINGS
2004
10
2003
12
