Ward's 50 Unveiled

The Ward Group has released its 2011 list of top 50 property and casualty and life and health insurers. Every year Ward analyzes the financial performance of over 3,000 property-casualty insurance companies and nearly 800 life-health insurance companies domiciled in the United States and identifies the top performers in each segment.

Each of the top 50 companies is awarded the Ward's 50® Seal. Their names are listed as the Ward's 50® Top Performers for the year. Each Ward's 50® company has passed all safety and consistency screens and achieved superior performance over the five years analyzed.

Companies are listed alphabetically. An important objective is to compare their performance as a group with the rest of the insurance industry. Comparisons based on benchmarks set by Ward's 50® companies are available in Ward's Results®, an insurance industry financial reference series. You can also order customized reports of select Ward's 50 Benchmark Group comparisons for individual companies. Learn more.

Ward Group has conducted the Ward's 50 analysis since 1991. It is a financial analysis of the insurance industry based on publicly available data and conducted independently of the Ward Group annual benchmarking programs.

For details on how Ward determines its rankings, visit: http://www.wardinc.com/wards50/methodology.php

Property-Casualty Companies (listed alphabetically)

Acuity
Alaska National Insurance Company
Alleghany Group
Allstate Insurance Company
American Financial Group
American Modern Insurance Group
Amerisafe
Amica Mutual Insurance Group
The Andover Companies
Assurant Group
Balboa Insurance Company
Bear River Mutual Insurance Company
Brethren Mutual Insurance Company
Capital Insurance Group
Chubb Group
Cincinnati Insurance Group*
CSE Insurance Group
The Doctors Company
Erie Insurance Group
Federated Mutual Group
First Insurance Company of Hawaii, LTD
FM Global
Franklin Mutual Insurance Group
GEICO*
Goodville Mutual Casualty Company
GuideOne Insurance
HCC Insurance Holdings Group
IDS Property Casualty Insurance Company
Island Insurance Companies Group
Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company
Lancer Insurance Company
The Main Street America Group
Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insur. Co.
Nodak Mutual Insurance Company
North Star Mutual Insurance Company
Ohio Mutual Insurance Group
Pacific Specialty Insurance Company
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Preferred Mutual Insurance Company
ProAssurance
Progressive Insurance Group
ProMutual Group
RLI Insurance Group*
Rural Mutual Insurance Company
Safety Insurance Group
Travelers Insurance Group
USAA Group*
Vermont Mutual Insurance Company
W.R. Berkley Corporation Group
Western National Insurance Group

Note: The companies listed above rank as the top performing property-casualty companies based on the Ward Group annual analysis of the insurance industry. They each have passed all safety and consistency screens and have achieved superior performance over the five years analyzed (2006-2010). Companies are listed alphabetically. An important objective is to benchmark their performance as a group with the rest of the property-casualty insurance industry. The Ward's 50 list and comparisons based on benchmarks set by Ward's 50 companies are available in Ward's Results®, an insurance industry financial reference series.

* 21-year recipient, 1991-2011.

Life and Health Insurance Companies (listed alphabetically)

Aetna Life Insurance Company
AFLAC
Amalgamated Life Insurance Company
American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company
American Family Life Insurance Company
American Fidelity Assurance Company
American Republic Insurance Company
Amica Life Insurance Company
Assurity Life Insurance Company
Auto-Owners Life Insurance Company
Centurion Life Insurance Company
CIGNA Group
Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company
Combined Insurance Company of America
Companion Life Insurance Company
CUNA Mutual Insurance
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company of MI
Federated Life Insurance Company
Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company
Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company
First Investors Life Insurance Company
Forethought Life Insurance Company
Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company
General Re Life Insurance Corporation
Great American Life Insurance Company
HCC Life Insurance Company
Health Net Life Insurance Company
HM Life Insurance Company
Homesteaders Life Company
Humana Insurance Company
Liberty National Life Insurance Company
Life Insurance Company of the Southwest
LifeWise Assurance Company
National Guardian Life Insurance Company
National Western Life Insurance Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Oxford Life Insurance Company
Ozark National Life Insurance Company
Protective Life Insurance Company
Shelter Life Insurance Company
Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.
Standard Insurance Company
Symetra Life Insurance Company
Tennessee Farmers Life Insurance Company
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Trustmark Insurance Company
United Healthcare Insurance Company
United Insurance Company of America
USAA Life Insurance Company
USAble Life Insurance Company

Note: The companies listed above rank as the top performing life-health companies based on the Ward Group annual analysis of the insurance industry. They each have passed all safety and consistency screens and have achieved superior performance over the five years analyzed (2006-2010). Companies are listed alphabetically. An important objective is to benchmark their performance as a group with the rest of the life-health insurance industry. The Ward's 50 list and comparisons based on benchmarks set by Ward's 50 companies are available in Ward's Results®, an insurance industry financial reference series.