List of largest insurance companies

These are lists of the insurance companies in the world, as measured by total non-banking assets and by net premiums written.

By non-banking assets[]

The list is based on the 2018 report of the 25 largest insurance companies in the world by AM Best.^[1]

Rank	Company	Country	Total assets (US$ Billion)
1	Allianz	Germany	1,190.1
2	Axa	France	918.9
3	Prudential Financial	United States	815.1
4	Nippon Life	Japan	710.9
5	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	707.9
6	MetLife	United States	687.5
7	Japan Post Insurance	Japan	666.6
8	Prudential plc	United Kingdom	646.2
9	Legal & General	United Kingdom	625.7
10	Ping An Insurance	China	620.4
11	Assicurazioni Generali	Italy	590.5
12	China Life Insurance	China	579.4
13	Manulife Financial	Canada	550.3
14	Aviva	United Kingdom	546.9
15	JA Kyosai	Japan	529.2
16	Dai-ichi Life	Japan	504.6
17	American International Group	United States	491.8
18	CNP Assurances	France	475.7
19	Aegon N.V.	Netherlands	449.7
20	Life Insurance Corporation	India	449.0
21	Amundi	France	437.9
22	Zurich Insurance Group	Switzerland	395.3
23	Meiji Yasuda Life	Japan	379.9
24	Sumitomo Life	Japan	341.1
25	New York Life Insurance Company	United States	339.1

By net premiums written[]

The list is based on the 2018 report of the 25 largest insurance companies in the world by AM Best.^[1]

Rank	Company	Country	Net premiums written (US$ Billion)
1	UnitedHealth Group	United States	178.1
2	Axa	France	103.0
3	Ping An Insurance	China	101.8
4	China Life Insurance	China	93.4
5	Kaiser Permanente	United States	92.1
6	Anthem	United States	85.0
7	Allianz	Germany	83.2
8	Assicurazioni Generali	Italy	72.6
9	State Farm	United States	70.8
10	People's Insurance Company of China	China	68.2
11	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	59.2
12	Centene Corporation	United States	57.3
13	Humana	United States	54.9
14	Nippon Life	Japan	54.3
15	Munich Re	Germany	53.5
16	JA Kyosai	Japan	50.3
17	Life Insurance Corporation	India	48.7
18	Dai-ichi Life	Japan	48.2
19	China Pacific Insurance Company	China	44.3
20	CVS Health	United States	44.0
21	MetLife	United States	43.8
22	Prudential plc	United Kingdom	42.2
23	Zurich Insurance Group	Switzerland	41.2
24	Liberty Mutual	United States	39.1
25	Health Care Service Corporation	United States	38.0

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