| Top 20 Writers Of Life Insurance By Direct Premiums Written, 2017 |
($000)
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| Rank |
Group/company |
Direct premiums written (1) |
Market share |
| 1 |
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
$10,488,284 |
6.4% |
| 2 |
MetLife Inc. |
10,260,129 |
6.2 |
| 3 |
New York Life Insurance Group |
9,426,915 |
5.7 |
| 4 |
Prudential Financial Inc. |
9,015,155 |
5.5 |
| 5 |
Lincoln Financial Corp. |
7,508,923 |
4.6 |
| 6 |
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
7,182,246 |
4.4 |
| 7 |
Transamerica |
4,792,900 |
2.9 |
| 8 |
John Hancock Life Insurance Co. |
4,598,437 |
2.8 |
| 9 |
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance |
4,530,065 |
2.8 |
| 10 |
Securian Financial Group |
4,141,352 |
2.5 |
| 11 |
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America |
3,986,667 |
2.4 |
| 12 |
American International Group |
3,492,327 |
2.1 |
| 13 |
Pacific Life |
3,410,513 |
2.1 |
| 14 |
Nationwide Mutual Group |
3,396,414 |
2.1 |
| 15 |
AXA |
3,125,160 |
1.9 |
| 16 |
Zurich Insurance Group (2) |
2,955,465 |
1.8 |
| 17 |
Brighthouse Financial Inc. |
2,722,197 |
1.7 |
| 18 |
Sammons Enterprises Inc. |
2,717,592 |
1.7 |
| 19 |
Aflac Inc. |
2,679,835 |
1.6 |
| 20 |
Voya Financial Inc. |
2,662,576 |
1.6 |
(1) Before reinsurance transactions. Based on U.S. total, includes territories. Excludes annuities, accident and health, deposit-type contract funds and other considerations.
(2) Data for Farmers Insurance Group of Companies and Zurich Financial Group (which owns Farmers' management company) are reported separately by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Source: NAIC data, sourced from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Insurance Information Institute. |
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