We are always earning money for our welfare. Earning
money and investing it somewhere for our better future is something that everybody
doing these days. Nowadays everybody is going for insurance policies just to
ensure their safety and well settled future.
Researching the market is necessary for selecting an
insurance policies. If you are going to buy some insurance policies , you
should go for the best ones only. There are so many parameters that should be
taken into consideration while buying an insurance policy. Coverage, premium, benefits , revenues, sales
are some of those parameters. Based on these parameters we have listed World’s top
5 insurance companies here.
1.Metlife
Metlife , the largest insurance company in United states is
established in 1868 . It is the number one insurance company in the world as
well. Metlife is now working in 60 countries with 90 million customers around
the world. As per 31/dec/2012 the total assets of the company is 801.63 $b and
the market cap is 31.6 $b (20/07/2012).
2.Prudential Financial
Prudential Financial provides services like insurance,
investment management etc. The company is established in 1875 in the United States
of America and they are into 30 countries reaching their customer count about
60 million. The total assets of Prudential Financial is about 624.52 $b
(31/dec/2012). The market cap was 21.90 $b on 20/07/2012.
3. TIAA-CREF
Teachers Insurance
and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund provides financial
services to medical, research, academics etc. They were established in 1918.
The total combined assets of this company is $487 billion in total and they are
having 3.5 million employees around the world.
4.New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC)
NYLIC is having A++ rating in A.M Best and is the 3rd
largest insurance company in United states. NYLIC is mainly into mutual life
insurance than any other services. They are the oldest insurance company which
established in 1845 and is having 213.28 $b of assets.
5.Lincoln National Corporation
This company is established in 1968. The operation field
of Lincoln National Corporation include Lincoln Retirement, Life Insurance,
Investment management, Lincoln financial media and are having assets worth
202.91 $b. They reached their highest market cap 5.73 $b in the july of 2011.
