Top and Best Life Insurance Companies list
Following are the top 20 insurance coverage coverage companies and best insurance coverage coverage companies in the US in terms of total assets. MetLife, established in 1868, is the largest insurance coverage coverage company in the United States with market cap of over $31billion at July 20, 2012. MetLife is also one of the top 5 largest insurance coverage coverage companies in the world by assets and market cap.
| Rank | Insurance Company | Total Assets, $b (31/12/2011) | Market Cap, $b (20/07/2012) |
| 1 | Metlife | 799.63 | 31.36 |
| 2 | Prudential Financial | 624.52 | 21.90 |
| 3 | TIAA-CREF | 420.07 | - |
| 4 | New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) | 213.28 | - |
| 5 | Lincoln National Corporation | 202.91 | 5.73 |
| 6 | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance | 195.38 | - |
| 7 | Northwestern Mutual | 189.65 | - |
| 8 | Principal Financial Group | 148.30 | 7.68 |
| 9 | Aflac | 117.10 | 20.24 |
| 10 | Pacific Life | 116.81 | - |
| 11 | Genworth Financial | 114.30 | 2.35 |
| 12 | Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 65.727 | - |
| 13 | Unum Group | 60.179 | 5.42 |
| 14 | Guardian Life Insurance Company of America | 48.308 | - |
| 15 | Western & Southern Financial Group | 36.305 | - |
| 16 | Reinsurance Group of America | 32.104 | 4.22 |
| 17 | Mutual of Omaha Insurance | 29.198 | - |
| 18 | Protective Life Corp | 52.932 | 2.29 |
| 19 | CNO Financial Group (Conseco) | 33.333 | 1.87 |
| 20 | Torchmark Corporation | 17.156 | 5.04 |
Top 7 Best life insurance companies For U.S.A. (United States of America)
Below are the best insurance plan coverage providers in the United States with the highest scores currently awarded from all four leading independent insurance plan industry scores agencies.
| Rank | Company | A.M. Best | S&P | Moody's | Fitch |
| 1 | Guardian Life Insurance Company of America | A++ | AA+ | Aa2 | AA+ |
| 2 | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance | A++ | AA+ | Aa2 | AA+ |
| 3 | New York Life Insurance Company | A++ | AAA | Aaa | AAA |
| 4 | Northwestern Mutual | A++ | AAA | Aaa | AAA |
| 5 | State Farm Life Insurance Company | A++ | AA | Aa1 | AA+ |
| 6 | TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company | A++ | AA+ | Aaa | AAA |
| 7 | USAA Life Insurance Company | A++ | AA+ | Aa1 | - |