Group life issued, top life writers, United States--2005.

Group Life Issued, Top Life Writers,
United States--2005

Group life insurance most often is issued to a group of
employees, but it may be issued to any group, provided
that it is not formed for the purpose of buying insurance.

($ Thousands)
                                                                      %
Rank   Group Name                        AMB#           Issued   Change

   1   Metropolitan Life & Affiliated
         Cos                            70192     $150,781,564      1.1
   2   Prudential of America Group      70189      127,992,710     67.7
   3   Hartford Life Group              70116       92,541,114    -31.2
   4   ING USA Life Group               70153       64,435,684     17.4
   5   UnumProvident Group              69743       61,289,023    -17.1
   6   Aetna Inc                        70202       52,355,095    -30.2
   7   Cigna Group                      70173       44,148,443     -8.6
   8   Standard Ins Group               70398       38,281,870    -17.1
   9   UnitedHealth Group               69973       34,315,732    179.6
  10   Sun Life Finl Group              69740       34,188,398     11.6
  11   Reliance Standard Life Group     69825       33,139,145     33.1
  12   Jefferson-Pilot Corp             70156       29,345,413    -60.2
  13   Securian Finl Group              69763       27,634,381      0.8
  14   AIG Life Group                   70342       25,316,177    -29.4
  15   Guardian Life                    69685       21,818,925     -7.6
  16   Assurant                         70135       19,804,272      0.6
  17   NY Life Group                    69714       17,474,846     20.1
  18   Principal Life Ins Co            61500       16,675,752     53.3
  19   Mutual of Omaha Group            70203       14,917,851     26.7
  20   Nationwide Life Group            70350       14,031,120    721.8
  21   WellPoint Health Networks Inc    70064       11,818,250      1.4
  22   Genworth Finl Group              69555       11,534,796    -23.0
  23   Torchmark Corp                   70265       10,143,309     25.3
  24   Health Care Service Corp         69584        8,651,100    -50.9
  25   HM Ins Group                     70359        5,330,955    -25.3

       Top 25 Life Writers                        $967,965,925     -3.7
       Total U.S. Life Industry                 $1,038,917,659     -5.6

Source: A.M. Best Co.