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Between 1870 and 1872, 33 US life insurance companies failed, in part fueled by bad practices and incidents such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. 3,800 property-liability and 2,270 life insurance companies were operating in the United States by 1989.
American National was founded in 1905 by Galveston businessman William Lewis Moody Jr. Today the company offers a wide array of insurance products and services including life insurance, annuities, health insurance, property and casualty insurance, credit insurance, and pension plan services.
Company Country Net premiums written (US$ Billion) 1 UnitedHealth Group United States: 226.2 2 Centene Corporation United States: 120.3 3 Elevance Health United States: 117.4 4 China Life Insurance China: 115.1 5 Ping An Insurance China: 114.7 6 Kaiser Permanente United States: 106.4 7 Axa France: 95.7 8 Allianz Germany: 88.9 9
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In 1894, the company became the first US-based insurance provider to offer life insurance to women at the same cost as men; social reformer Susan B. Anthony was one of the company's first female policyholders. [16] In 1896, New York Life became the first company to insure people with disabilities or in hazardous occupations. [16]
National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) was founded in 1909 under the name The Wisconsin State Life Insurance Company as a stock company in Madison, Wisconsin. In August 1910 the company changed their name to Guardian Life Insurance Company and a month later the first life insurance policy - policy #1 with a face amount of $5,000 - was sold.
The company was founded in 1956, and as of 2019 it has about 275 employees and 25,200 contracted independent agents and operates in 49 US states. On 1 January 2020, National Western Life Insurance Company (NWLIC) confirmed the formation of The Sterling Group, a strategic partnership between itself and six large regional marketing organizations.
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