Markel International was created in 2000 through the acquisition of Terra Nova Insurance Company, which had a worldwide portfolio of niche insurance products Markel International is a subsidiary of Markel Corporation, a US property and casualty insurance group with a long and distinguished history You can be sure that our claims specialists work with integrity and trust, and that we treat every customer and every claim with utmost care and respect Markel Style' is how we do business; it's our vision and values, our code of behaviour, and it governs all our actions