Top Insurance Web Rankings Announced for First Quarter.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000 DALBAR, Inc. has announced the top insurance Web sites for financial professionals and consumers for the first quarter, 2000. American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Skandia, John Hancock and Nationwide top the professional Web sites and Prudential Prudential is the name of two different companies and buildings named after them: Companies:
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DALBAR WebMonitor
Life Insurance & Annuity Consumer Web Sites
1st Quarter 2000 Rankings
Q 1- 00 Total Ease Ed.
Rank Company Score Function of use Content
1 Prudential 84 53 21 10
2 Fidelity 82 53 21 8
2 New York Life 82 48 22 12
2 TIAA-CREF 82 49 22 11
5 Aetna Life Insurance 76 44 22 10
6 MONY 75 47 18 10
6 New England (Financial) 75 43 22 10
8 SAFECO 73 42 21 10
9 Hartford 72 43 21 8
10 SunAmerica 71 44 20 7
11 American Skandia 69 45 16 8
11 GE Financial Network 69 41 21 7
11 Northwestern Mutual Life 69 40 21 8
11 John Hancock 69 40 19 10
15 Nationwide 67 39 15 13
15 Manulife 67 38 19 10
17 Mass Mutual 65 40 17 8
18 Provident Mutual 64 34 21 9
19 Allstate 60 32 20 8
19 Sun Life 60 35 17 8
21 Guardian 58 26 24 8
21 Lincoln Life 58 32 17 9
21 Pacific Life 58 32 17 9
21 Transamerica 58 33 16 9
25 Allmerica 56 34 15 7
TOTAL POSSIBLE SCORE 100 60 25 15
DALBAR WebMonitor
Life Insurance & Annuity Financial Professional Web Sites
1st Quarter 2000 Rankings
Q 1- 00 Total Ease Ed.
Rank Company Score Function of use Content
1 American Skandia 78 45 20 13
2 John Hancock 71 42 19 10
2 Nationwide 71 39 19 13
4 Fidelity 58 31 21 6
5 Jackson National 55 29 21 5
6 Mass Mutual 54 28 20 6
7 Transamerica 53 28 18 7
8 Conseco 51 25 20 6
9 Aetna Life Insurance 46 24 11 11
10 Pacific Life 44 20 18 6
11 Manulife 43 19 18 6
12 Hartford 42 20 16 6
13 Travelers 41 18 18 5
14 Allmerica 40 23 12 5
14 Fortis Financial Group 40 15 20 5
14 Zurich Kemper 40 16 18 6
17 SAFECO 39 14 18 7
18 Lincoln Life 37 16 15 6
19 General American 34 13 15 6
19 Provident Mutual 34 8 20 6
21 SunAmerica 32 14 13 5
22 The Equitable 30 15 10 5
23 No firm qualifies
24 No firm qualifies
25 No firm qualifies
TOTAL POSSIBLE SCORE 100 60 25 15
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