Admitted assets.

Admitted assets are those recognized and accepted by state insurance laws in determining solvency The ability of an individual to pay his or her debts as they mature in the normal and ordinary course of business, or the financial condition of owning property of sufficient value to discharge all of one's debts.

solvency n. .

Admitted Assets

U.S. Life Industry ($ trillions)

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Source: Best's Aggregates & Averages

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Admitted Assets 2003 ($ billions)

Metropolitan Life & Affiliated Cos [70192]
AIG Life Group [70342]
Prudential of America Group [70189]
Hartford Life Group [70116]
Aegon USA Inc [69707]
TIAA Group [70362]
ING Group [70153]
NY Life Group [69714]
Northwestern Mutual Group [69515]
Nationwide Life Group [70350]

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Source: Statistical Study (Published 06/14/2004)

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Title Annotation:	U.S. Life
Publication:	Best's Review
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Apr 1, 2005
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