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Largest U.S. life insurance companies 2021, by total direct life insurance premiums

Published by
Jennifer Rudden,
Dec 2, 2022
At the end of 2021, the largest insurance company in the United States by total direct premiums was Northwestern Mutual. Northwestern Mutual led the 2021 ranking with approximately 18.8 billion U.S. dollars of direct life insurance premiums written. This was followed by Metlife, with direct premiums written worth approximately 16.7 billion U.S. dollars. MetLife was also the second largest U.S. life insurer in terms of value of assets in that year.

Largest life insurance companies in the United States in 2021, by total direct life insurance premiums (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Release date

November 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

2021

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end of year data

Supplementary notes

Group totals represent a collection of life insurers based on organizational structure.
Figures have been rounded.

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