Top Insurance Companies

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Rank	Insurance company	Country	Assets (US$b, 31/12/2011)	Market cap (US$b, 31/3/2012)
1	Japan Post Insurance	Japan	1,258.33 *	-
2	AXA	France	945.571	39.017
3	Allianz	Germany	830.804	54.245
4	Metlife	US	799.625	39.719
5	Nippon Life Insurance Company	Japan	649.402 *	-
6	Prudential Financial	US	624.521	29.667
7	Zenkyoren (JA-Kyosairen)	Japan	581.492**	-
8	American International Group (AIG)	US	555.773	58.480
9	Generali	Italy	547.924	24.132
10	Legal & General	UK	507.935	11.933
11	Aviva	UK	485.637	14.985
12	Manulife Financial	Canada	452.243	24.431
13	Aegon	Netherlands	447.575	10.589
14	ING Insurance (ING Verzekeringen N.V.)	Netherlands	434.377	31.863
15	Prudential	UK	425.322	29.612
16	TIAA-CREF	US	420.070	-
17	CNP Assurances	France	415.758	9.257
18	Berkshire Hathaway	US	392.647	201.135
19	Zurich Insurance Group	Switzerland	385.869	39.559
20	Dai-Ichi Life Insurance	Japan	382.803	13.889
21	Ping An Insurance	China	359.728	51.463
22	Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company	Japan	352.698 *	-
23	Munich Re	Germany	320.654	26.998
24	Sumitomo Life Insurance	Japan	312.460	-
25	Hartford Financial Services	US	302.666	-
26	Old Mutual	UK	252.453	13.715
27	China Life Insurance	China	251.651	73.371
28	Standard Life	UK	248.936	8.405
29	Life Insurance Corporation of India	India	248.267	-
30	Great West Lifeco	Canada	233.674	23.321
31	Swiss RE	Switzerland	225.899	23.644
32	Sun Life Financial	Canada	213.375	-
33	New York Life	US	213.280	-
34	Lincoln National	US	202.906	-
35	Tokio Marine Holdings	Japan	197.047	22.202
36	State Farm Insurance Cos.	US	196.543	-
37	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	US	195.381	-
38	Resolution	UK	194.963	5.591
39	Northwestern Mutual	US	189.645	-
40	ERGO Insurance Group	Germany	180.475	-
41	Cathay Financial	Taiwan	165.278	11.791
42	Swiss Life	Switzerland	161.698	3.812
43	T & D Holdings	Japan	151.413	7.941
44	Talanx	Germany	149.290	-
45	Principal Financial	US	148.300	-
46	Nationwide	US	141.250	-
47	Phoenix	UK	139.143	1.533
48	MS&AD Insurance	Japan	134.142	13.074
49	Samsung Life Insurance	South Korea	133.60	-
50	Allstate	US	125.043	-
51	Groupama	France	124.169	-
52	Achmea	Netherlands	119.559	-
53	Fubon Financial	Taiwan	119.234	10.179
54	Ageas	Belgium	117.344	5.395
55	Liberty Mutual Insurance Group	US	117.131	-