TOP TWENTY WRITERS OF LIFE INSURANCE BY DIRECT PREMIUMS WRITTEN, 2013

($000)

Rank Group/company Direct premiums written (1) Market share
1 MetLife Inc. $12,178,426 8.2%
2 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. 9,469,028 6.4
3 Prudential Financial Inc. 8,372,368 5.7
4 New York Life Insurance Group 7,896,125 5.3
5 Lincoln National Corp. 6,167,075 4.2
6 Aflac Inc. 5,765,822 3.9
7 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 5,096,774 3.4
8 Manulife Financial Corp. 4,865,768 3.3
9 AEGON  4,111,101 2.8
10 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance 4,016,444 2.7
11 American International Group 3,491,931 2.4
12 Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America 3,382,895 2.3
13 Securian Financial Group 3,171,539 2.1
14 Hartford Financial Services 3,085,566 2.1
15 AXA 3,004,940 2.0
16 Pacific MHC 2,837,866 1.9
17 Voya Financial Inc. 2,658,916 1.8
18 Protective Life Corp. 2,608,633 1.8
19 Nationwide Mutual Group 2,090,416 1.4
20 Sammons Enterprises Inc. 2,078,505 1.4
(1) Before reinsurance transactions. Based on U.S. total, includes territories. Excludes annuities, accident and health, deposit-type contract funds and other considerations. Source: SNL Financial LC.