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March 04, 2021 at 09:30 AM
What You Need to Know
- Northwestern, MetLife and Prudential all generated more than $10 billion in life premiums in 2020.
- Jackson, TIAA and Lincoln stood at the top of the annuity rankings.
- Considerations at the 25 biggest annuity issuers may have dropped about 5%.
U.S. life insurance businesses did better, in terms of revenue, than U.S. annuity businesses did in 2020.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a Kansas City, Missouri-based group for insurance regulators, has published data supporting that conclusion in its latest life and fraternal market share report.
The NAIC expresses insurer size in terms of premium revenue, and other types of “considerations” that come in from customers, such as deposit-type contract funds, and the money consumers pay into annuities. Researchers at the group get the data from insurers’ financial reports.
Insurers’ total life insurance premium revenue fell 0.7% between 2019 and 2020, to $173 billion.
Total revenue at the 25 biggest life insurers increased 0.3%, to $122 billion.
At annuity issuers, total annuity considerations fell 4%, to $289 billion.
Total annuity considerations fell 5.5% at the 25 biggest annuity issuers, to $234 billion.
The Market Leaders
The biggest life insurers, with more than $10 billion in life insurance premium revenue in 2020, were New York Life, Northwestern Mutual and MetLife.
