Top 100 life companies: Losses a-plenty

This is one of several tables showing the status of the 100 largest U.S. life insurance companies at year-end 2008. For discussion and more tables, see A tidal wave of red ink, an article by Frederick S. Townsend, president of The Townsend Independent Actuarial Research Alliance. The article appeared in the April 6, 2009 issue of National Underwriter Life & Health.