Ward Group: Top 50 life insurers for 2016

Allianz Life, General Re, Principal life, Thrivent Financial and USAA are among the industry’s top 50 life insurers, according to a new research.

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So reports The Ward Group, a unit of Aon Hewitt, in its 2016 annual report on life insurers. The benchmarking firm analyzed the financial performance of nearly 3,000 property-casualty insurance companies and nearly 700 life-health insurance companies domiciled in the U.S. to identify the top performers in each segment. The financial analysis is based on publicly available data, and was conducted independently of the Ward Group’s annual benchmarking programs.

Each of Ward’s top 50 companies passed all safety and consistency screens and achieved superior performance over the five years analyzed. See the infographics beginning on the next page for a complete listing of the top 50 life and health insurers, how Ward’s 50 compare to the industry at large, plus safety/consistency tests and performance measurements evaluated.

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