Topping the Charts.Some of the leading insurance companies from the early years of the 20th century retain their dominance dominance In genetics, the greater influence by one of a pair of genes (alleles) that affect the same inherited trait. If an individual pea plant that has one allele for tallness and one for shortness is the same height as an individual that has two alleles for tallness, the . In January January: see month. 1902, a supplement to Best's Insurance Reports listed the assets, net surplus, premiums received and losses paid in 1901 for 167 stock fire insurers. Several of the largest companies on that list had the staying power of a century, like Hartford Hartford, city (1990 pop. 139,739), state capital, Hartford co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled as Newtown 1635–36 on the site of a Dutch trading post (1633; abandoned 1654), inc. 1784. Fire, part of today's Hartford Insurance Group. Some exist now as part of entirely different companies, like Insurance Company of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , which became part of Cigna and now is part of Ace Ltd. Home Insurance Co., the largest insurer An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual. An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter. on the list in terms of 1901 assets and premiums, lasted most of the century, but in the 1990s the company fell victim to an industrywide in·dus·try·wide adv. & adj. Throughout an entire industry: sales that have decreased industrywide; industrywide cooperation. problem that A.M. Best Co. predicts will ultimately cost insurers $96 billion: asbestos asbestos, mineral asbestos, common name for any of a variety of silicate minerals within the amphibole and serpentine groups that are fibrous in structure and more or less resistant to acid and fire. and environmental liabilities. In 1975, 122 years after it was incorporated in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Home was the 13th-largest writer in terms of net premium. Ten years later, it no longer ranked among the top 20 property/casualty insurers, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. A.M. Best data published in Best's Review. Its parent company went bankrupt BANKRUPT. A person who has done, or suffered some act to be done, which is by law declared an act of bankruptcy; in such case he may be declared a bankrupt. 2. It is proper to notice that there is much difference between a bankrupt and an insolvent. , but the insurance operation remains under the supervision of New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). insurance regulators. With few exceptions, the titans of the life insurance industry in the early part of the 20th century continue to lead, but they are undergoing monumental mon·u·men·tal adj. 1. Of, resembling, or serving as a monument. 2. Impressively large, sturdy, and enduring. 3. changes at the start of the 21st century. In 1915, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York, and Prudential Prudential is the name of two different companies and buildings named after them: Companies:
Newark. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,861), Alameda co., W Calif., on the east side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1955. , N.J., ranked first and second in terms of the face amount of insurance issued, and in 1998, they were No. 1 and No. 2 in terms of net premiums written and admitted assets. This year, both insurers are preparing to convert from mutual to stock companies, a move that will significantly alter the ownership and the culture of the largest life companies. In the past century, the insurance industry has experienced overwhelming growth. The property/casualty industry grew from an estimated $210 million in premiums in 1900 to $281.6 billion (excluding state funds) in 1998. The life industry wrote $338 million in net premiums in 1900 compared with $460 billion in 1998. Over the years, A.M. Best Co. has documented the growth of the industry and individual companies by publishing key financial data for the largest insurers. The editors of Best's Review, with the assistance of A.M. Best corporate librarian (1) A person who works in the data library and keeps track of the tapes and disks that are stored and logged out for use. Also known as a "file librarian" or "media librarian." See data library. (2) See CA-Librarian. Penelope Penelope (pənĕl`əpē), in Greek mythology, wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus. In Homer's Odyssey she is pictured as a chaste and faithful wife. S. Gordon Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and Olga to the S. and statistical analyst Jodi JODI Journal of Digital Information JODI Joint Operational Data Interchange Piparato, culled through past issues to present a statistical snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. of the leading writers of life/health and property/casualty insurance in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. over the last century. The charts provided on the following pages are based on lists that were published in Best's Review and its forerunners. In some cases, the charts include just fire and marine insurance writers, while others show the leading writers of casualty and surety An individual who undertakes an obligation to pay a sum of money or to perform some duty or promise for another in the event that person fails to act. surety n. insurance. Charts that list just stock insurers are noted as such. The historical snapshot begins with stock fire insurance companies doing business in 1901, then shifts to 1905 and looks at insurers every 10 years. It concludes with a ranking for 1998. On the life/health side, the charts begin in 1915. Companies are ranked by different measures in different decades; in some cases, it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have by insurance written, in others, insurance in force, new premi ums or net premiums written. With the dramatic changes forecast for the insurance industry in the 21st century, it will be interesting to see how the rankings will change in the coming decades.
Fire/Marine 1901 (Stock)
Total Assets Net Surplus
Rank Company Dec. 31, 1901 Dec. 31, 1901
1 Home, New York $15,255,870 $5,906,343
2 Aetna, Hartford, Conn. 14,071,948 5,661,071
3 Hartford Fire, Hartford Conn. 12,259,076 3,000,855
4 Cntinental, New York 11,599,012 4,901,328
5 Liverpool, L & G, N.Y. 10,316,391 4,400,117
6 Ins. Co. of North America 10,079,478 1,672,952
7 German-Am., New York 9,268,637 4,493,136
8 Royal, Liverpool 7,440,282 2,286,522
9 Fire Association, Philadelphia 6,155,692 536,958
10 Springfield F. & M., Springfield 5,898,887 1,287,195
11 Penn. Fire, Phila., Philadelphia 5,440,664 2,031,551
12 Germania Fire, New York 5,429,986 2,484,448
13 National Fire, Hartford 5,424,437 1,481,273
14 No. Brit. & Merc., London 5,403,861 327,579
15 Queen, New York 5,062,846 2,307,782
16 Fireman's Fund, San Francisco 4,579,013 1,542,555
17 Scottish Un. & Nat'l, Edinburgh,Scotland 4,404,937 2,026,615
18 Conn. Fire, Hartford, Conn. 4,318,612 1,008,423
19 German, Freeport, III. 3,964,708 1,175,275
20 Commercial Union, London 3,939,653 948,293
Premiums
Received Losses Paid
Rank During 1901 During 1901
1 $5,782,026 $3,078,673
2 4,674,835 2,688,832
3 9,653,783 5,242,823
4 4,921,885 2,648,854
5 5,502,416
6 6,424,692 3,795,577
7 3,479,752 1,898,561
8 4,062,438
9 3,296,950 2,084,034
10 3,923,494
11 2,225,381
12 1,670,479 769,354
13 3,463,925
14 52,947
15 2,397,373
16 2,355,969 1,189,297
17 2,067,465
18 2,377,137 1,362,726
19 2,193,379 1,153,610
20 2,816,676 1,854,791
Fire/Marine 1905
Net Premiums
Rank Company Received
1 Hartford, Hartford, Conn. $12,936,113
2 Home Ins. Co., New York 8,683,270
3 Ins. Co. of No. America, Philadelphia 7,166,580
4 Aetna Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn. 6,087,470
5 Phoenix Ins. Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. 5,998,425
6 German American, New York 5,613,944
7 Continental, New York 5,081,845
8 National, Hartford, Conn. 4,396,220
9 Phoenix Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn. 4,058,048
10 Fireman's Fund, San Francisco 3,921,480
11 North British & Mercantile Ins. Co.,
London (New York) 3,918,493
12 Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co.,
Springfield, Mass. 3,788,136
13 Fire Ass'n of Phila., Philadelphia 3,762,406
14 German Ins. Co., Freeport, III. 3,617,035
15 St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.,
St. Paul, Minn. 3,602,504
16 Queen Ins. Co., New York 3,439,221
17 Commercial Union Assurance Co.,
London, (New York) 3,311,729
18 Connecticut Fire, Hartford, Conn. 3,119,809
19 Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co., Philadelphia 2,957,451
20 Niagara, New York 2,709,979
Life/Health 1915
Rank Company Insurance Written
1 Metropolitan Life, New York $592,800,860
2 Prudential Ins. Co., Newark, N.J. 581,090,889
3 New York Life, New York 217,549,963
4 Equitable, New York 164,536,569
5 Mutual Life, New York 160,882,145
6 John Hancock Mutual, Boston 144,333,613
7 Northwestern Mutual 132,365,962
8 Mutual Benefit Life, Newark, N.J. 87,675,149
9 The Travelers, Hartford, Conn. 79,237,158
10 Penn Mutual Life, Philadelphia 77,956,559
11 Aetna Life, Hartford, Conn. 72,494,449
12 Union Central, Cincinnati, Ohio 63,164,545
13 Massachusetts Mutual, Springfield, Mass. 46,421,611
14 New England Mutual, Boston 36,055,913
15 Bankers' Life, Des Moines, Iowa 32,050,937
16 Connecticut Mutual, Hartford, Conn. 24,929,689
17 Life Ins Co. of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 24,331,382
18 American National, Galveston, Texas 23,974,038
19 National Life, Montpelier, Vt. 23,312,851
20 State Mutual, Worcester, Mass. 22,102,422
Fire/Marine 1915
Rank Company Premiums
1 Home Ins. Co., New York $18,245,130
2 Ger.-Amer., New York 9,037,802
3 Liverpool & London & Globe,
Liverpool, England 8,957,563
4 NatI. Fire, Hartford, Conn. 8,894,463
5 Royal Ins. Co., Liverpool, England 8,109,477
6 Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., San Francisco 7,821,897
7 Commercial Union, London 6,430,865
8 Springfield Fire & Mar., Springfield, Mass. 6,113,917
9 Phoenix Fire, Hartford, Conn. 5,439,646
10 Globe & Rutgers, New York 5,020,955
11 North British & Mer, London 4,773,848
12 Prudential Fire, Manchester, N.H. 4,413,362
13 Fire Association of Phila., Philadelphia 4,409,965
14 American, Newark, N.J. 4,282,180
15 Providence Washington, Providence, R.I. 4,225,576
16 Boston Ins. Co., Boston 4,065,462
17 Westchester Fire, New York 3,700,126
18 Pennsylvania Fire, Philadelphia 3,562,792
19 Niagara Fire, New York 3,484,781
20 Germania, New York 3,193,321
Life/Health 1925
Rank Company Insurance Issued
1 Metropolitan $2,952,142,629
2 Equitable (N.Y.) 996,229,570
3 New York Life 863,636,500
4 John Hancock Mutual 383,335,035
5 Northwestern Mutual 354,609,858
6 Mutual Benefit 238,598,907
7 Conn. General 224,049,835
8 Penn Mutual 206,370,301
9 Massachusetts Mutual 205,729,553
10 Sun Life (Canada) 193,477,057
11 U.S. Government 177,964,265
12 Bankers (Iowa) 157,045,211
13 Western & Southern 137,952,402
14 Lincoln National 118,402,237
15 New England Mutual 117,647,075
16 Conn. Mutual 104,169,625
17 Provident Mutual 102,483,000
18 National (Vt) 75,426,293
19 Reliance Life 72,819,000
20 Mutual Life (Baltimore) 72,611,449
Casualty/Surety 1925(Stock)
Net Premiums
Rank Company Written
1 Travelers Insurance Co., Hartford Conn. $52,305,808
2 United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Baltimore 36,498,612
3 Aetna Life Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn. 30,228,216
4 Maryland Casualty Co., Baltimore 27,695,383
5 Hartford Acc. & Ind. Co., Hartford, Conn. 24,070,257
6 Fidelity & Casualty Co., New York 21,997,558
7 Employer's Liability Assur. Corp., Boston 21,375,416
8 Globe Indemnity Company, Newark, N.J. 18,847,683
9 Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Hartford, Conn. 17,280,805
10 National Surety Co., New York 16,380,348
11 Ocean Accident & Guar. Corp., New York 15,570,276
12 Gen. Acc., Fire & Life Assur. Corp. of
Perth, Scotland (U.S.) 13,255,509
13 Continental Casualty Co., Chicago 13,171,267
14 London Guarantee & Accident Co., New York 12,051,673
15 Zurich General Acc. & Liab. Co., Chicago 11,911,572
16 Fidelity & Deposit Co., Baltimore 11,841,678
17 Travelers Indemnity Co., Hartford, Conn. 11,507,947
18 Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America,
Philadelphia 11,445,180
19 New Amsterdam Cas. Co., Baltimore 11,226,497
20 Commercial Casualty, Newark, N.J. 9,345,247
Life/Health 1935
Rank Company New Premiums
1 Equitable Life (N.Y.) $95,658,711
2 Prudential (N.J.) 72,093,029
3 Mutual (N.Y.) 67,465,649
4 New York Life 66,603,666
5 Metropolitan 57,590,960
6 Northwestern Mutual (Wis.) 36,207,934
7 Penn Mutual 32,289,228
8 New England Mutual 24,545,139
9 John Hancock Mutual 24,439,286
10 Travelers (Conn.) 22,975,284
11 Sun Life (Canada) 22,586,623
12 National (Vt.) 17,572,746
13 Massachusetts Mutual 17,567,229
14 Aetna Life 14,402,370
15 Mutual Benefit 13,457,323
16 Connecticut Mutual 12,508,972
17 Union Central (Ohio) 11,432,933
18 Connecticut General 10,474,147
19 Phoenix Mutual 9,382,297
20 Canada Life 7,248,516
Casualty/Surety 1935
Net Premiums
Rank Company Written
1 Employers' Liab. Assur. Corp., Boston $28,241,987
2 Fidelity & Cas. Co., Chicago 23,751,089
3 Maryland Casualty Co., Baltimore 23,686,302
4 Aetna Cas. & Surety Co., Hartford, Conn. 21,473,772
5 Aetna Life Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn. 20,165,997
6 Gen. Acc. F. & L. Assur. Corp., Philadelphia 17,043,796
7 Continental Casualty Co., Hartford, Conn. 16,019,987
8 Globe Indemnity Co., New York 14,181,989
9 New Amsterdam Cas. Co., Baltimore 13,451,983
10 Mass. Bond. & Ins. Co., Boston 13,424,739
11 Standard Acc. Ins. Co., Detroit 13,252,161
12 Zurich General Acc. & Liab. Ins. Co., Chicago 12,114,733
13 Royal Indemnity Co., New York 11,441,206
14 Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America, Philadelphia 11,419,321
15 The Ocean Acc. & Guar. Corp., New York 10,399,804
16 Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland, Baltimore 10,257,877
17 American Auto Ins. Co., St. Louis 9,354,577
18 National Surety Corp., New York 9,134,158
19 American Surety Co., New York 9,082,626
20 European General Reins. Co., New York 8,267,028
Life/Health 1945
New Premiums
Rank Company ($000)
1 Metropolitan, New York $2,164,176,467
2 Prudential, N.J. 1,827,290,196
3 Equitable, New York 1,720,925,152
4 Aetna, Conn. 1,696,807,980
5 Travelers, Conn. 1,465,426,732
6 John Hancock, Mass. 1,212,623,721
7 New York, New York 572,703,874
8 Connecticut General, Conn. 441,796,972
9 Sun, Canada 405,563,105
10 Lincoln National, Ind. 389,377,677
11 Occidental, Calif. 380,505,607
12 Northwestern Mutual, Wisc. 340,708,865
13 American National, Texas 285,430,525
14 National L. & A., Tenn. 254,073,319
15 Industrial Life & Health, Ga. 235,579,380
16 Mutual, New York 212,189,848
17 Continental Assurance, III. 202,799,601
18 New England Mutual, Mass. 190,755,889
19 Western & Southern, Ohio 188,103,544
20 Mutual Benefit, N.J. 173,037,879
Fire/Marine 1945 (Stock)
Rank Company Insurance Written
1 Home, New York $74,539
2 Hartford, Hartford, Conn. 61,267
3 Ins. Co. of N.A., Philadelphia 42,736
4 Aetna, Hartford, Conn. 36,454
5 Fireman's Fund, San Francisco 36,187
6 Continental, New York 31,836
7 Fidelity-Phoenix, New York 25,370
8 American, Newark, N.J. 24,594
9 Travelers, Hartford, Conn. 24,394
10 National, Hartford, Conn. 22,434
11 Springfield F. & M., Springfield, Mass. 22,377
12 St. Paul F. & M., St. Paul, Minn. 21,902
13 Automobile, Hartford, Conn. 21,348
14 Great American New York 21,303
15 Fireman's, Newark, N.J. 20,916
16 General, Seattle 16,101
17 United States Fire, New York 15,405
18 Phoenix, Hartford, Conn. 14,113
19 Swiss Reinsurance, Zurich, Switzerland 13,370
20 Glens Falls, Glens Falls, N.Y. 13,243
Life/Health 1955
Insurance In
Rank Company Force ($000)
1 Metropolitan $66,128,120
2 Prudential 51,556,764
3 Equitable (N.Y.) 25,328,532
4 John Hancock 17,387,137
5 Travelers 17,002,919
6 Aetna Life 16,655,248
7 New York Life 15,059,935
8 Northwestern Mutual 7,933,875
9 Lincoln National 7,432,053
10 Connecticut General 7,166,357
11 Sun Life (Canada) 6,534,251
12 Occidental (Calif.) 6,094,475
13 Mutual of New York 5,359,423
14 Massachusetts Mutual 4,892,793
15 Mew England Life 4,386,720
16 National L. & A. 4,256,942
17 Penn Mutual 3,855,684
18 Mutual Benefit 3,733,481
19 Continental Assurance 3,727,762
20 American National 3,438,042
Property/Casualty 1955
Net Premiums
Rank Company/Group Written ($000)
1 Travelers Group $566,624
2 Aetna Life Group 444,224
3 Hartford Group 344,443
4 America Fore Group 271,412
5 Insurance Co. of North America Group 269,685
6 Allstate Group 251,833
7 Home Group 228,067
8 U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Group 209,405
9 Royal-Liverpool Group 206,043
10 Fireman's Fund Group 204,099
11 General Motors Group 200,288
12 Continental Casualty Group 196,404
13 Loyalty Group 152,013
14 Aetna Fire Group 139,541
15 Great American Group 125,784
16 St. Paul Group 115,272
17 Employers' Group 109,437
18 Crum & Forster Group 101,020
19 General of America Group 100,052
20 American-Associated Group 82,131
Life/Health 1965
Rank Company Insurance Issued
1 Prudential $15,236,073,444
2 Metropolitan Life 14,917,151,538
3 John Hancock 6,582,340,183
4 Equitable of New York 5,709,761,516
5 Aetna Life 5,102,570,168
6 New York Life 5,081,538,168
7 Old Republic Life 4,433,180,730
8 Connecticut General 3,845,225,683
9 Travelers 3,774,678,411
10 Lincoln National 3,035,884,177
11 Occidental Life, Calif. 2,881,587,943
12 American National 2,361,310,183
13 Credit Life 2,021,266,601
14 Massachusetts Mutual 1,952,761,690
15 Mutual of New York 1,861,486,755
16 Continental Assurance 1,723,264,050
17 National L & A. 1,709,816,624
18 New England Life 1,611,186,915
19 Franklin Life 1,474,479,872
20 Cuna Mutual 1,396,379,597
Property/Casualty 1965
Net Premiums
Rank Company/Group Written ($000)
1 State Farm $920,170
2 Allstate 774,118
3 Hartford Fire 736,894
4 Travelers 713,920
5 Aetna Life & Cas. 664,997
6 Ins. Co. of No. Amer. 612,114
7 Continental Ins. 611,786
8 Continental National American 602,122
9 Fireman's Fund American 556,496
10 Liberty Mutual 503,649
11 U.S.F.& G. 394,164
12 Home Insurance 392,108
13 Nationwide 365,328
14 Royal-Globe 352,694
15 Kemper 307,370
16 Farmers Exchange 271,192
17 Conn. General-Aetna 260,655
18 Employers' Group 258,781
19 Maryland-American General 241,583
20 St. Paul-Western 234,158
Life/Health 1975
Rank Company Insurance Issued
1 Prudential $30,043,864,000
2 Metropolitan 21,565,498,000
3 Equitable Society 12,815,233,000
4 John Hancock 11,449,510,000
5 New York Life 10,453,547,000
6 Aetna Life 7,545,698,000
7 Old Republic 7,376,173,519
8 Occidental Life, Calif. 6,249,726,000
9 Confederation Life, Canada 5,597,412,000
10 Conn. General 5,293,501,000
11 State Farm Life 5,003,331,000
12 Mass. Mutual 4,629,028,000
13 Northwestern Mutual 4,490,498,000
14 Travelers 3,915,034,000
15 Sun Life, Canada 3,705,274,000
16 Crown Life, Canada 3,684,989,000
17 Great-West Life, Canada 3,627,728,000
18 Minn. Mutual 3,557,071,000
19 Phoenix Mutual 3,513,927,000
20 Mutual of NY 3,284,686,000
Property/Casualty 1975
Net Premiums
Rank Company/Group Written ($000)
1 State Farm $3,339,658
2 Allstate 2,853,373
3 Travelers 2,070,411
4 Aetna Life & Casualty 1,942,047
5 Continental Insurance 1,766,395
6 Hartford Fire 1,646,846
7 INA 1,576,330
8 Fireman's Fund American 1,261,679
9 Liberty Mutual 1,233,099
10 Farmers Insurance 974,959
11 U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty 952,783
12 Kemper 933,767
13 Home Insurance 891,073
14 Crum & Forster 867,299
15 Nationwide 838,210
16 St. Paul 785,862
17 Chubb 724,281
18 Government Employees 718,497
19 Commercial Union 703,584
20 CNA Insurance 676,293
Life/Health 1985
Rank Comnany Insurance Issued
1 Mass. Indemnity & Life $67,065,246,000
2 Prudential 63,605,700,000
3 Metropolitan Life 48,279,740,000
4 Equitable Life Assurance 30,200,257,000
5 New York Life 26,584,703,000
6 Sun Life of Canada 24,593,498,000
7 State Farm Life 23,794,041,000
8 Northwestern Mutual 23,088,455,000
9 Crown Life, Canada 22,352,501,000
10 Equitable Var. Life, N.Y. 20,011,105,000
11 Transamer. Occid., Calif. 18,960,887,000
12 Allstate Life, III. 15,638,863,000
13 Confederation Life, Canada 15,548,340,000
14 New York Life & Annuity 15,096,241,000
15 Great-West, Canada 14,484,086,000
16 Metropolitan Ins. & Ann. 14,057,353,000
17 Connecticut General 13,992,779,000
18 John Hancock Mutual 13,794,048,000
19 PRUCO Life, Ariz. 13,509,020,000
20 Travelers Insurance 13,400,318,000
Property/Casualty 1985
Net Premiums
Rank Company/Group Written ($000)
1 State Farm $14,096,301
2 Allstate 7,560,315
3 Aetna Life & Casualty 5,718,485
4 Nationwide 4,435,206
5 Liberty Mutual 4,161,247
6 Travelers 4,140,656
7 Farmers Insurance 4,019,950
8 CIGNA 3,980,333
9 Hartford Fire 3,627,279
10 Continental Insurance 3,382,785
11 American International 3,133,629
12 USF&G 2,955,934
13 Fireman's Fund 2,914,311
14 CNA 2,766,253
15 Kemper 2,340,384
16 Crum & Forster 2,330,167
17 St. Paul 2,233,609
18 Chubb 2,149,192
19 Royal Insurance 1,711,360
20 Lincoln National 1,661,653
Life/Health 1995
Net Premiums
Rank Company Written
1 Prudential Ins Co of America $20,511,807,941
2 Metropolitan Life Ins Co 19,972,783,948
3 Connecticut General Life Ins 12,732,573,970
4 Principal Mutual Life 11,783,836,041
5 New York Life Ins Co 9,497,703,230
6 John Hancock Mutual Life 8,127,772,824
7 Hartford Life Insurance Co 7,351,814,307
8 Nationwide Life Insurance Co 7,017,837,866
9 Northwestern Mutual Life Ins 6,211,279,952
10 American Family Life Columbus 6,023,636,414
11 Aetna Life Ins Co 5,481,104,464
12 Lincoln National Life Ins Co 5,372,678,972
13 Equitable Life Assur Society 5,080,121,088
14 Guardian Life Ins Co of Amer 4,665,718,819
15 Allstate Life Ins Co 4,638,428,010
16 IDS Life Ins Co 4,347,891,821
17 Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins 4,223,238,020
18 Aetna Life Ins and Ann Co 3,995,502,305
19 Teachers Ins & Annuity Assoc 3,791,306,973
20 Continental Assurance Co 3,745,037,077
Property/Casualty 1995
Net Premiums
Rank Company/Group Written ($000)
1 State Farm Group $33,309,972
2 Allstate Ins Group 17,494,668
3 CNA Ins Group 9,263,539
4 Amer Intern Group 8,504,236
5 Nationwide Group 7,644,009
6 Farmers Ins Group 7,468,037
7 ITT Hartford Ins Group 5,676,282
8 Liberty Mutual Group 5,385,322
9 Zurich Ins Group -- US 4,534,347
10 USAA Group 4,517,860
11 Aetna Life & Cas Grp 4,176,707
12 Berkshire Hathaway 3,837,459
13 Chubb Grp of Ins Cos 3,813,200
14 St. Paul Group 3,766,101
15 Travelers Ins Group 3,686,112
16 Kemper Nat Ins Cos 3,235,257
17 Amer Financial Group 3,069,542
18 General Re Group 2,963,519
19 Fireman's Fund Cos 2,961,801
20 Progressive Group 2,874,686
Life/Health 1998
Net Premiums
Rank Company/Group Written ($000)
1 Metropolitan Life Ins Co $22,722,372
2 Prudential Ins Co of America 15,860,929
3 Principal Life Insurance Co 14,120,331
4 Lincoln National Life Ins Co 13,475,814
5 Connecticut General Life Ins 12,704,832
6 Nationwide Life Ins Co 12,544,707
7 Equitable Life Assur Society 9,471,888
8 Anchor National Life Ins Co 8,853,183
9 John Hancock Mutual Life Ins 8,843,966
10 New York Life Ins Co 8,649,499
11 Hartford Life Ins Co 8,067,954
12 Northwestern Mutual Life Ins 8,021,047
13 Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins 7,330,247
14 American Life Ins Co DE 6,846,666
15 Aetna Life Ins and Annuity Co 6,299,749
16 Pacific Life Insurance Co. 6,127,055
17 Jackson National Life Ins Co 6,064,094
18 Teachers Ins & Annuity Assoc 6,050,137
19 American Fam Assur Columbus 5,915,176
20 Guardian Life Ins Co of Amer 5,825,855
Property/Casualty 1998
Net Premiums
Rank Company/Group Written ($millions)
1 State Farm Group $34,755.3
2 Allstate Ins Group 19,072.1
3 Amer Intern Group 10,727.9
4 Farmers Ins Group 10,316.4
5 CNA Ins Group 10,044.0
6 Nationwide Group 8,494.9
7 Travelers PC Group 8,209.8
8 Berkshire Hathaway 7,731.8
9 Liberty Mut Ins Cos 7,197.2
10 Hartford Ins Group 6,028.4
11 St. Paul Cos. 5,962.2
12 Progressive Group 5,273.6
13 USAA Group 4,892.1
14 Chubb Grp of Ins Cos 4,779.3
15 SAFECO Ins Cos 4,256.6
16 CGU Group 4,180.9
17 Zurich US Group 3,609.1
18 Allianz of America 3,581.7
19 Amer Family Ins Group 3,321.8
20 GE Global Ins Group 3,309.1
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