Which companies are the largest writers of life insurance?

TOP TWENTY U.S. LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE GROUPS AND COMPANIES
BY REVENUES, 2005

($ millions)


Rank                     Group                                         Revenues                  Assets
1                         MetLife                                        $46,983             $481,645.0
2                         Prudential Financial                     31,708               417,776.0
3                         New York Life Insurance             28,051                153,951.6
4                         TIAA-CREF                                  25,917                399,160.8
5                         Mass. Mutual Life Insurance       22,799                138,365.0
6                         Northwestern Mutual                   19,221                 133,057.2
7                         AFLAC                                         14,363                   56,361.0
8                         UnumProvident                            10,437                   51,866.8
9                         Guardian Life of America             9,377                   36,880.2
10                       Principal Financial                        9,010                 127,035.0
11                       Assurant                                         7,498                   25,365.5
12                       Thrivent Financial for Lutherans  6,190                   54,932.1
13                       Lincoln National                            5,488                 124,787.6
14                       Pacific Life                                    4,840                   86,977.2
15                       Conseco                                        4,327                   31,557.3
16                       Western & Southern Financial    4,314                   29,020.6
17                       Jefferson-Pilot                               4,220                   36,078.3
18                       Mutual of Omaha Insurance         4,051                   16,441.3
19                       Torchmark                                     3,126                   14,768.9
20                       Unitrin                                             3,048                     9,198.3
Source: Fortune.



 

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