Life Insurance
US Life/Health – 2025 Total Life Issued – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 total life business issued.
Date: September 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Total Life In Force – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 total life business in force.
Date: September 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Term Life Issued – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 term life business issued.
Date: September 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Term Life In Force – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 term life business in force.
Date: September 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Ordinary Life Issued – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 ordinary life business issued.
Date: September 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Ordinary Life In Force – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 ordinary life business in force.
Date: September 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Individual Life Average Policy Size and Lapse Ratios – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 individual life business issued.
Date: September 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Group Life Issued – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 group life business issued.
Date: September 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Group Life In Force – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 group life business in force.
Date: September 2026
Top 25 US Life/Health Mutual Companies – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 net admitted assets.
Date: September 2026
AM Best: Life/Annuity Success Leads to Strong Sidecar-Like Activity Growth
The Best’s Special Report Big Year of Growth for Life/Annuity Sidecar-Like Activity in 2025 says individual annuities have experienced significant growth amid rising interest rates.
Date: September 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Individual Life Premiums for Life Contracts – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 individual life premiums written.
Date: August 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Individual Annuities Premiums for Life Contracts – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 individual annuities premiums written.
Date: August 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Group Life Insurance Premiums for Life Contracts – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 group life insurance premiums written.
Date: August 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Group Annuities Premiums for Life Contracts – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 group annuities premiums written.
Date: August 2026
US Life/Health – 2025 Accident & Health Insurance Contracts – 2026 Edition
Ranked by 2025 accident and health insurance contracts.
Date: August 2026
AM Best: Annuity Premium Growth Moderated in 2025
While registered index-linked annuities showed solid growth, premium generated from deferred and fixed indexed annuities remained flat last year, according to an AM Best report.
Date: August 2026
Top 200 US Life/Health Insurers - 2026 Edition
The top five insurers remained the same while No. 8 Athene jumped 22.1%.
Date: July 2026
New York Life Moves Ahead With Artificial Intelligence Integration
New York Life has begun using AI in many roles and is looking to a wide rollout, said Alain Karaoglan, executive vice president and head of the company’s strategic businesses.
Date: July 2026
AM Best: Credit Quality of Annuity Reserves Declined From 2007 to 2025 on the Credit Ratings Scale
Established market players have been downgraded—even as a Best’s Special Report shows funds held to back individual annuity policies now account for more than a third of the U.S. life/annuity segment reserves.
Date: June 2026
Life Insurers See Paid Family Leave as Growth Opportunity
The coverage sits within carriers’ larger short-term disability and leave portfolios, as more states mandate the coverage.
Date: May 2026
Foresters Financial CEO Sees Adviser-Led Sales as ‘Bread and Butter’
The direct-to-consumer channel has been great for some carriers but the experience following the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of old-fashioned professionals, according to Matt Berman, president and chief executive officer of Foresters Financial.
Date: April 2026
Retirement Income Journal Examines Policy, Market for Pensions, Annuities
Kerry Pechter, founder, editor and publisher, sees the good, the bad and the ugly in retirement industry trends.
Date: April 2026
Agent Networks Offer More Tools, Access
The arrangements offer agents the ability to team up for greater leverage.
Date: March 2026
AM Best: US Life/Annuity Market Segment Outlook Remains Stable
Offsetting the robust capital levels has been a deterioration of the quality of the capital and assets, according to the Best’s Market Segment Report Market Segment Outlook: US Life/Annuity Insurance.
Date: March 2026
Private Credit Largely Positive but Holds Risks, Life/Annuity Execs Say
Depending on whom you ask—and when—the sector is either a boon for insurers and institutional lenders or a potential source of danger if the credit market worsens.
Date: February 2026
Market Segment Outlook: US Life Insurance
AM Best is maintaining the Stable outlook for the U.S. life insurance segment, largely due to technological advancements, growth and effective management.
Date: January 2026
Top Audit and Actuarial Firms
The firms were ranked by insurance companies’ loss reserves.
Date: December 2025
Canadian Life/Annuity: Steady Growth Brings Steady Results
An AM Best report says Canada’s life/annuity insurance industry has prudent regulatory capital levels, financial flexibility to support steady growth and favorable earnings and underwriting.
Date: December 2025
Apptuary App Looks To Lighten the Study Load for Aspiring Actuaries
David Crowther, an actuary at QBE Insurance in Australia, says students and trainees benefit most from a mobile app he developed.
Date: December 2025
US Life/Health – Pre-Tax Investment Total Returns – 2025 Edition
Investment returns from 2015 to 2024.
Date: November 2025
US Life/Health Asset Distribution – 2025 Edition
Ranked by 2024 total admitted assets.
Date: November 2025
Top 25 US Life/Health Insurers’ Investment Returns – 2025 Edition
Ranked by 2024 total admitted assets.
Date: November 2025
Insurers Face Double-Edged Sword From Declining All-Cause Mortality in US, UK Due to Weight Loss Drugs
GLP-1 drugs could be the medical innovation needed to reshape mortality trends and help insurers engage in shaping healthier, more resilient populations, according to a Swiss Re report.
Date: November 2025