General Motors Corporation - GM- Profile

General Motors Corporation. The Group's principal activities are carried out through two business segments: Automotive and Other Operations and Financing and Insurance Operations. Automotive and other operations segment designs, manufactures and markets cars, trucks, locomotives and heavy-duty transmissions and related parts and accessories. The Financing and insurance operations segment operates through General Motors Acceptance Corporation and other financing entities. The financing services include consumer vehicle financing, full-service leasing and fleet leasing, dealer financing and car and truck extended service contracts, residential and commercial mortgage services, commercial and vehicle insurance and asset-based lending. The insurance operations provide automobile and homeowners insurance, automobile mechanical protection, reinsurance and commercial insurance. The Group operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Automotive & Other Operations accounted for 83% of 2006 revenues & Financing & Insurance Operations, 17%