Top 10 Insurance Companies By The Metric

There are a number of ways to rank the size of insurance companies. Companies can be measured by their market capitalization (the value of the company on a stock exchange) or by using sales figures such as net premiums written in a year or how many policies were sold. (For more, see: Which insurance policies do I really need?)
Market CapitalizationInvestors can buy shares of publicly traded companies in the insurance industry. The largest insurance companies as of Q1 2014 by market capitalization on the world stock exchanges are:
Non-health Insurance Companies:
Company Name | Market Capitalization |
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) | $308 billion |
China Life Insurance (LFC) | $80 billion |
Allianz (AZSEY) | $76.8 billion |
American International Group (AIG) | $72.3 billion |
Ping An of China (PNGAY) | $65.6 billion |
MetLife (MET) | $59.4 billion |
AXA (AXA) | $57.8 billion |
AIA Group Hong Kong (AAIGF) | $54.4 billion |
ING Groep (ING) | $54.4 billion |
Zurich Insurance (ZURVY) | $45.4 Billion |
Largest Insurance Companies by Sales and Product Line
It is useful to differentiate between the type of insurance, or line, that is being considered when considering the largest insurance companies. Using sales data is helpful as some of the largest insurance companies in the United States are not publicly traded and therefore their market value is not easily ascertained.
Property & Casualty
Property casualty insurers write policies covering property such as real estate, dwellings, cars and other vehicles. They also write policies dealing with liabilities that may be incurred by accident or negligence related to those properties to defray the cost of lawsuits or medical damages resulting from such incidents.
The top U.S. property casualty companies in 2013 by net premiums written (the amount of money that non-life policies can expect to receive over the life of the contract, less commissions and costs) are:
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