This World’s Largest Insurance Companies directory is based on research data from rating agency A.M. Best.
Listing the top insurance companies in the world, this directory provides a simple way to analyse the world’s top insurance companies by premiums underwritten and by their net assets.
The largest insurance groups in the world featured in these lists are ranked by net premiums written in 2022 and net non-banking assets. You can sort the tables by any of the headings and search it to analyse individual insurance companies.
World’s largest insurance companies by net premiums written
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UnitedHealth Group has retained its number-one slot in AM Best's ranking of the world's 25 largest insurance companies for the ninth straight year, according to the credit rating agency. UnitedHealth grew its net premiums written (NPW) by 14% in 2022 to US$257.2 billion.
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co: Serving the life insurance industry in the three-year rehabilitation of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, the largest US insurer ever to fail.
1. Warren Buffett. Buffett once again secures the top spot on the list of the country's wealthiest insurance tycoons. The man known as the “Oracle of Omaha” currently sits in the tenth spot of Forbes' overall rankings with a net worth of $103.6 billion.
Hamburger Feuerkasse (English: Hamburg Fire Office) is the first officially established fire insurance company in the world, and the oldest existing insurance enterprise available to the public, having started in 1676.
While there are many kinds of insurance (ranging from auto insurance to health insurance), the most lucrative career in the insurance field is for those selling life insurance.
Considering State Farm and Geico are the two biggest auto insurance companies in the U.S., most drivers can find what they need from either company, whether that's minimum or full coverage. However, there are a few key differences between State Farm vs. Geico when it comes to auto insurance options.
Guy Carpenter, the “Father of Modern-Day Reinsurance,” disrupted the cotton trade with a data-based approach to analyzing risk that lowered rates for his clients.
The world has changed dramatically since Swiss Re was founded in 1863 in a two-room office in Zurich's old town. Today, we are the oldest independent reinsurer still in operation, with 14,000 employees in more than 80 offices globally.
The first independent professional reinsurance company was the Cologne Re. The need for such a company was evident following the losses of the Great Fire in Hamburg. On 22nd December, 1842 invitations were sent to deliberate on the founding of a reinsurance company in Cologne.
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