CME vs NODK Comparison

Based in Chicago, CME Group operates exchanges giving investors, suppliers, and businesses the ability to trade futures and derivatives based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign currencies, energy, metals, and commodities. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange was founded in 1898 and in 2002 completed its IPO. Since then, CME Group has consolidated parts of the industry by merging with crosstown rival CBOT Holdings in 2007 before acquiring Nymex Holdings in 2008 and NEX in 2018. In addition, the company has a 27% stake in S&P Dow Jones Indices, making the Chicago Mercantile Exchange the exclusive venue to trade and clear S&P futures contracts. Through CME's acquisition of NEX, it also expanded into cash foreign exchange, fixed-income trading, and collateral optimization.

NI Holdings Inc is a stockholding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates in the insurance industry, offering homeowners and farmowners insurance policies, crop insurance policies, home insurance policies, etc. These insurance products are distributed through a network of exclusive and independent agents across the United States. The group's reportable segments are: Private Passenger Auto, Non-Standard Auto, Home and Farm, Crop, and All Other (which mainly consists of commercial, assumed reinsurance, and its excess liability business). Maximum revenue is generated from the Home and Farm segment.