| Top 20 Writers Of Life Insurance By Direct Premiums Written, 2018 |
($000)
|
| Rank |
Group/company |
Direct premiums written (1) |
Market share |
| 1 |
MetLife Inc. |
$10,877,337 |
6.7% |
| 2 |
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
10,550,806 |
6.5 |
| 3 |
New York Life Insurance Group |
9,385,843 |
5.8 |
| 4 |
Prudential Financial Inc. |
9,170,883 |
5.6 |
| 5 |
Lincoln National Corp. |
8,825,314 |
5.4 |
| 6 |
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
6,874,972 |
4.2 |
| 7 |
Transamerica |
4,867,311 |
3.0 |
| 8 |
John Hancock Life Insurance Co. |
4,657,312 |
2.9 |
| 9 |
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance |
4,636,147 |
2.9 |
| 10 |
Securian Financial Group |
4,426,864 |
2.7 |
| 11 |
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America |
4,055,519 |
2.5 |
| 12 |
Pacific Life |
3,770,584 |
2.3 |
| 13 |
Nationwide Mutual Group |
3,365,469 |
2.1 |
| 14 |
American International Group (AIG) |
3,346,570 |
2.1 |
| 15 |
AXA |
3,097,395 |
1.9 |
| 16 |
Voya Financial Inc. |
2,668,108 |
1.6 |
| 17 |
Brighthouse Financial Inc. |
2,525,047 |
1.6 |
| 18 |
Protective Life Insurance Company |
2,406,629 |
1.5 |
| 19 |
Primerica Inc. |
2,376,601 |
1.5 |
| 20 |
Torchmark Corp. |
2,367,072 |
1.5 |
(1) Before reinsurance transactions. Based on U.S. total, includes territories. Excludes annuities, accident/health, deposit-type contract funds and other considerations.
Source: NAIC data, sourced from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Insurance Information Institute. |
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