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Number of life insurance companies in the U.S. 1950-2017
Development in the total number of life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017
The statistic presents the total number of life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017. In 2017, there were 781 U.S. life insurers.
U.S. life insurance companies – additional information
Life insurance refers to the contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer who agrees to pay a designated recipient a sum of money when the insurance policy holder dies or in some circumstances, depending on the contract, if they suffer from a terminal or a critical illness.
The number of life insurance companies operating in the U.S. has been in decline since 2001. As a result, the number of people employed by life insurance companies in the U.S. has also fallen. In 1990, the industry had approximately 522.6 thousand employees on its payroll. This figure has steadily fallen every year since and reached 348.3 thousand employees in 2017. As with the number of companies and the number of employees, the number of insurance policies has also fallen year-on-year and in 2015, there were approximately 27.5 million policies purchased.
Metlife proved to be the largest life insurance company in the United States terms of assets and market capitalization.
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The statistic presents the total number of life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017. In 2017, there were 781 U.S. life insurers.
U.S. life insurance companies – additional information
Life insurance refers to the contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer who agrees to pay a designated recipient a sum of money when the insurance policy holder dies or in some circumstances, depending on the contract, if they suffer from a terminal or a critical illness.
The number of life insurance companies operating in the U.S. has been in decline since 2001. As a result, the number of people employed by life insurance companies in the U.S. has also fallen. In 1990, the industry had approximately 522.6 thousand employees on its payroll. This figure has steadily fallen every year since and reached 348.3 thousand employees in 2017. As with the number of companies and the number of employees, the number of insurance policies has also fallen year-on-year and in 2015, there were approximately 27.5 million policies purchased.
Metlife proved to be the largest life insurance company in the United States terms of assets and market capitalization.
Show moreU.S. life insurance companies – additional information
Life insurance refers to the contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer who agrees to pay a designated recipient a sum of money when the insurance policy holder dies or in some circumstances, depending on the contract, if they suffer from a terminal or a critical illness.
The number of life insurance companies operating in the U.S. has been in decline since 2001. As a result, the number of people employed by life insurance companies in the U.S. has also fallen. In 1990, the industry had approximately 522.6 thousand employees on its payroll. This figure has steadily fallen every year since and reached 348.3 thousand employees in 2017. As with the number of companies and the number of employees, the number of insurance policies has also fallen year-on-year and in 2015, there were approximately 27.5 million policies purchased.
Metlife proved to be the largest life insurance company in the United States terms of assets and market capitalization.
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Statistics on "Life insurance in the United States"
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- Development in the total number of life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017Number of life insurance companies in the U.S. 1950-2017
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States in 2017, by assets (in billion U.S. dollars) Leading life insurance companies in the U.S. 2017, by assets
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States as of February 2016, by market capitalization (in billion U.S. dollars)Largest U.S. life insurance companies 2016, by market capitalization
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States in 2017, by total net life insurance premiums (in billion U.S. dollars)Largest U.S. life insurance companies 2017, by net life insurance premiums
- Leading life insurers in the United States in 2017, by total annuity reserves (in billion U.S. dollars)Leading life insurers in the U.S. 2017, by total annuity reserves
- Leading writers of individual life insurance in the United States in 2017, by direct premiums written (in billion U.S. dollars)Leading U.S. individual life insurance writers in 2017, by direct premiums written
- Number of life insurance companies in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by organizational structureNumber of U.S. life insurance companies 2011-2017, by organizational structure
- Number of foreign life insurers operating in the United States in 2017, by country of originNumber of foreign life insurance companies in the U.S. 2017, by country of origin
- Key figures
The most important statistics
- Value of assets of life insurance companies in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)Value of assets held by U.S. life insurers 1990-2017
- Total income of life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurers' income 2000-2017
- Income of life insurers from net life insurance premiums in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurers: income from net life insurance premiums 2000-2017
- Income of life insurance companies in the United States from 2012 to 2017, by source (in billion U.S. dollars)Income of life insurers in the U.S. by source 2012-2017
- Rate of return on assets invested by life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017Rate of return on life insurers' invested assets in the U.S. 2000-2017
- Value of life insurers' assets in the United States from 1997 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)Life insurers' assets in the U.S. 1997-2017
- Distribution of life insurers' net premium receipts in the United States in 2017Distribution of U.S. life insurers' net premium receipts 2017
- Annuity considerations of life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Annuity considerations of life insurers in the U.S. 2000-2017
- Policy purchases
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- Life insurance purchases in the United States in 2017, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)Purchases of life insurance in the U.S. 2017, by state
- Number of life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 1998 to 2017 (in millions)U.S. life insurance: total number of policy purchases 1998-2017
- Number of individual life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)U.S. life insurance: number of individual life policies purchased 2009-2017
- Number of group life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)U.S. life insurance: number of group policies purchased 2009-2017
- Number of credit life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)U.S. life insurance: number of credit life policies purchased 2009-2017
- Face amount of life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurance: face amount of policy purchases 2000-2017
- Total face amount of life insurance policies in force in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurance: Face amount of policies in force 2009-2017
- Face value of life insurance purchases in the United States in 2017, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurance purchases value 2017, by state
- Consumer perspective
The most important statistics
- Life insurance distribution channels in the United States in 2017Life insurance distribution channels in the U.S. 2017
- Intention of internet use for life insurance research and purchase in the United States from 2013 to 2017Intention of internet use while purchasing life insurance in the U.S. 2013-2017
- Distribution of life insurance ownership in the United States in 2018Life insurance ownership in the U.S. 2018
- Reasons for owning life insurance in the United States in 2017Reasons for buying life insurance in the U.S. 2017
- Leading life insurance purchase factors in the United States in 2017, by ageImportant life insurance purchase factors in the U.S. 2017, by age
- Intention of internet use for life insurance research and purchase in the United States in 2017, by ageIntention of internet use while purchasing life insurance in the U.S. 2017, by age
- Share of employees who understood the purpose of life insurance in the United States in 2017*Share of workers who understood purpose of life insurance in the U.S. 2017
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- Value of bond assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)Value of bonds held by life insurers in the U.S. 1990-2017
- Value of mortgage assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Value of mortgages held by life insurers in the U.S. 1990-2017
- Value of real estate held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Value of real estate held by life insurers in the U.S. 1990-2017
- Value of policy loan assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Value of policy loans held by life insurers in the U.S. 1990-2017
- Life insurers' income from receipts of annuity considerations in the United States from 2001 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurers' receipts of annuity considerations 2001-2017
- Direct premium receipts of life insurers in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)Direct premium receipts of life insurers in the U.S. 2011-2017, by segment
- Distribution of life insurer's assets in the United States in 2017Asset distribution of U.S. life insurers 2017
- Volume of profit flows from life insurance products in the United States in 2017, by company type (in billion U.S. dollars)Life insurance profits in the U.S. 2017, by company type
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Statistics on "Life insurance in the United States"
- Development in the total number of life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States in 2017, by assets (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States as of February 2016, by market capitalization (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States in 2017, by total net life insurance premiums (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Leading life insurers in the United States in 2017, by total annuity reserves (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Leading writers of individual life insurance in the United States in 2017, by direct premiums written (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of life insurance companies in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by organizational structure
- Number of foreign life insurers operating in the United States in 2017, by country of origin
- Number of life insurance employees in the United States from 1960 to 2017 (in thousands)
- Number of stock life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017
- Number of mutual life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017
- Value of assets of life insurance companies in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Total income of life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Income of life insurers from net life insurance premiums in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Income of life insurance companies in the United States from 2012 to 2017, by source (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Rate of return on assets invested by life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017
- Value of life insurers' assets in the United States from 1997 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Distribution of life insurers' net premium receipts in the United States in 2017
- Annuity considerations of life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Life insurance purchases in the United States in 2017, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 1998 to 2017 (in millions)
- Number of individual life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)
- Number of group life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)
- Number of credit life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)
- Face amount of life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Total face amount of life insurance policies in force in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Face value of life insurance purchases in the United States in 2017, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Life insurance distribution channels in the United States in 2017
- Intention of internet use for life insurance research and purchase in the United States from 2013 to 2017
- Distribution of life insurance ownership in the United States in 2018
- Reasons for owning life insurance in the United States in 2017
- Leading life insurance purchase factors in the United States in 2017, by age
- Intention of internet use for life insurance research and purchase in the United States in 2017, by age
- Share of employees who understood the purpose of life insurance in the United States in 2017*
- Value of bond assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Value of mortgage assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Value of real estate held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Value of policy loan assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Life insurers' income from receipts of annuity considerations in the United States from 2001 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Direct premium receipts of life insurers in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Distribution of life insurer's assets in the United States in 2017
- Volume of profit flows from life insurance products in the United States in 2017, by company type (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of companies operating in the life insurance market in Italy from 2010 to 2016
- Life insurers' investment portfolio value on the domestic market in Italy from 2004 to 2017 (in million euros)
- Number of persons covered by life insurance on the domestic market in Italy from 2004 to 2016
- Largest life insurance companies on the European market as of December 2014, by number of employees
- Insurance sector's investment portfolio value on the domestic market in Italy in 2017, by segment (in million euros)
- Net income from investments of the life insurance sector in Italy from 2004 to 2016 (in million euros)
- Return on investment (ROI) of life insurance sector in Italy from 2008 to 2017
- Return on Equity (ROE) of life insurance companies in Italy from 2010 to 2017
- Return on Equity (ROE) of insurance companies in Italy from 2010 to 2017
- Return on investment (ROI) of insurance sector in Italy from 2008 to 2017
- Profit of insurance companies in Italy in 2017 (in million euros), by segment
- Total assets of leading life insurance companies in Ireland as of 2015* (in 1,000 euros)
- Net inflows of the life insurance sector in Italy from 2013 to 2017 (in million euros)
- Assets held by insurance companies in the life insurance sector in Italy in 2017, by asset class (in million euros)
- Total value of investments of funeral in kind insurance companies in obligations in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2015 (in million euros)
- Customer willingness to share information with insurers in exchange of monetary benefits in Italy as of 2015
- National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI) of life insurance companies in South Korea in 4th quarter 2018
- Evolution of the financial profitability of the insurance sector in Spain between the fourth quarter of 2014 and the fourth quarter of 2017
- Total number of life insurance companies in Taiwan from 2008 to 2017, by type
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