Best insurance companies

Insurance is a form of risk management and in exchange for payment it transfers the risk of a loss from one entity (person), to another (insurance company).
There are many types of insurance: Auto insurance, Home insurance, Health insurance, Accident insurance, Unemployment insurance, Life insurance, Casualty insurance, Property insurance, Liability insurance, Credit insurance etc.
On the market are hundreds of insurers and many types of products. Before you buy an insurance policy it is a good ideea to do a little search about the best insurance companies in the market.
When you buy an insurance policy you want to feel safe and protected, that`s why we present you the ranking of the top 40 best insurance companies based on their market value.

Rank Company Country Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil)
1 Allianz Germany 130.06 6.16 834.04 52.74
2 AXA Group France 145.86 5.17 1,016.70 46.02
3 ING Group Netherlands 167.49 -1.3 1,667.62 35.46
4 Generali Group Italy 123.14 1.83 607.37 35.19
5 Zurich Financial Services Switzerland 70.27 3.22 366.66 34.71
6 Manulife Financial Canada 38.26 1.35 379.5 32.54
7 Munich Re Germany 59.31 3.67 284.21 30.12
8 MetLife United States 41.06 -2.25 539.31 29.93
9 Travelers Cos United States 24.68 3.62 109.56 27.26
10 Prudential Financial United States 32.69 3.12 480.2 24.86
11 Aflac United States 18.25 1.5 84.11 23.47
12 Prudential United Kingdom 77.67 1.11 361.5 20.05
13 QBE Insurance Group Australia 14.94 1.77 36.66 19.74
14 ACE Switzerland 15.08 2.55 77.98 16.97
15 Allstate United States 32.01 0.85 132.65 16.94
16 Chubb United States 13.02 2.18 50.45 16.77
17 Swiss Re Group Switzerland 30.71 0.49 221.5 16.44
18 Sun Life Financial Canada 26.3 0.59 192.1 16.24
19 Cathay Financial Taiwan 6.61 0.07 113.83 15.86
20 Loews United States 14.12 0.56 74.07 15.64
21 Aviva United Kingdom 95.98 1.75 559.71 15.51
22 Sampo Finland 8.04 0.92 37.41 13.69
23 CNP Assurances France 58.14 1.4 376.12 12.99
24 Marsh & McLennan United States 10.49 0.24 15.32 12.37
25 Progressive United States 14.56 1.06 20.05 11.62
26 Aegon Netherlands 42.68 0.29 428.46 11.04
27 Aon United States 7.6 0.75 22.96 10.94
28 Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Japan 19 0.08 73.9 10.82
29 Mapfre Spain 22.82 1.33 57.26 10.5
30 PICC Property & Casualty China 12.99 0.01 22.4 10.29
31 Hartford Finl Service United States 24.7 -0.89 307.72 9.53
32 Old Mutual United Kingdom 35.28 -0.55 263.58 9.24
33 Fortis Belgium 16.56 -39.03 128.57 8.53
34 Genworth Financial United States 9.07 -0.46 108.19 7.77
35 Lincoln National United States 8.5 -0.48 177.43 7.74
36 Insurance Australia Group Australia 6.77 0.15 15.31 7.64
37 Samsung Fire & Marine South Korea 7.24 0.43 16.73 7.54
38 Fairfax Financial Canada 6.64 0.86 28.4 7.45
39 T&D Holdings Japan 22.4 -0.92 124.23 7.31
40 Unum Group United States 10.09 0.85 54.51 7.07