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Top 25 Life insurance carriers based in the United States

Name: Life insurance carriers based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 5,969 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 5,969 life insurance carriers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 337,290 professional contacts across them, including 55,184 with verified work emails. Dallas is the largest hub.

This list covers life insurance carriers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

5,969Companies

337,290Contacts tracked

55,184Verified emails

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The 25 largest life insurance carriers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 5,969 life insurance carriers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to life insurance carriers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	State Farm	Partial evidence	Bloomington, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	83,403 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At State Farm®, our mission is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Northwestern Mutual	Indirect evidence	Milwaukee, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	38,382 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Northwestern Mutual, our financial advisors are ready to meet you where you are and stay with you long-term.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	American Family Insurance	Partial evidence	Madison, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	17,111 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For more than 90 years, American Family Insurance has built its reputation on sound principles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Guardian Life	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	8,592 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Who we are: Guardian is making a difference in people’s lives across the US as a leading mutual company, providing life and disability insurance, dental and workforce benefits…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Allstate Financial Services, LLC	Indirect evidence	Lincoln, NE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	7,582 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Allstate Financial Services, LLC is the proprietary registered Broker-Dealer of the Allstate Corporation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Country Financial	Partial evidence	Bloomington, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,402 contacts →
	Partial evidence “COUNTRY Financial® provides insurance and financial services for over a million households and businesses across 19 states.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Family First Life	Partial evidence	Uncasville, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	5,455 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our mission at Family First Life, is to make the families we protect and the families of our agents our number one priority.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Kemper	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,419 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Kemper family of companies is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Pacific Life	Partial evidence	Newport Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,365 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pacific Life provides a variety of products and services designed to help individuals and businesses in the retail, institutional, workforce benefits, and reinsurance markets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	American National	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,263 contacts →
	Partial evidence “American National Insurance Company, founded in Galveston, Texas, in 1905 and now headquartered in Houston, has successfully managed a broad portfolio of insurance and financial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Equitable	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,090 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Equitable is one of America’s leading financial services companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	National Life Group	Partial evidence	Montpelier, VT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,925 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At National Life, our story is simple: for over 176 years we’ve worked hard to deliver on our promises to millions of people with our vision of providing peace of mind in times of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Securian Financial	Indirect evidence	St. Paul, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,848 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “To be confident in your financial future, you need to trust the strength and commitment of your financial organization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Symetra	Strong evidence	Bellevue, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,501 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Symetra is a financial services company offering retirement solutions, life insurance and employee benefits that help you plan well, be well and live well.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	CNO Financial Group	Indirect evidence	Carmel, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,298 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CNO Financial Group, Inc.(NYSE: CNO) secures the future of middle-income America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Oneamerica Financial	Indirect evidence	Indianapolis, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,994 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OneAmerica Financial® is a national financial services organization helping people build greater certainty for better moments, every day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Sagicor Life Insurance Company USA	Strong evidence	Scottsdale, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	1,958 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Who We Are Sagicor Life Insurance Company (“Sagicor”) is a full-service life insurance and annuity carrier licensed in 46 states and the District of Columbia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Woodmenlife	Indirect evidence	Omaha, NE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,837 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’ve been helping to protect the financial future of families like yours, making a difference in hometowns across America, and honoring our country since 1890.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Ameritas	Strong evidence	Lincoln, NE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,719 contacts →
	Strong evidence “You may know Ameritas as an insurance, employee benefits and financial services company, but we’re in the business of fulfilling life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	The Western And Southern Life Insurance Company	Indirect evidence	Cincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,501 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Financial products and concepts can be overwhelmingly complex.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Brighthouse Financial	Indirect evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,360 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're Brighthouse Financial.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	F&g	Strong evidence	Des Moines, IA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,352 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 1959, F&G is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, and offers unique life insurance and annuity solutions to meet individual financial security needs through a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Physicians Mutual	Indirect evidence	Omaha, NE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	1,281 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Health.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	AXA Mansard	Partial evidence	Victoria Island, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,177 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Acting for human progress by protecting what matters Take advantage of our upgraded portfolio of products – Insurance, Health, Savings and Investment today to ensure the security…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Penn Mutual	Indirect evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,151 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than 175 years, Penn Mutual has been a trusted partner to financial professionals across the U.S, placing protection solutions at the center of building stronger…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: life insurance carriers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names life insurance carriers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of life insurance carriers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name life insurance carriers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Life insurance carriers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

16.4%Verified-email coverage

56.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

1.1%Largest-city concentration · Dallas

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

3,748

11-50

1,619

51-200

376

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 5,969 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among life insurance carriers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “life insurance carriers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names life insurance carriers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among life insurance carriers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 55,184 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Life insurance carriers by metro

Life insurance carriers in Dallas66
Life insurance carriers in Houston65
Life insurance carriers in Miami60
Life insurance carriers in New York50
Life insurance carriers in Austin44
Life insurance carriers in San Antonio43
Life insurance carriers in Atlanta41
Life insurance carriers in Chicago40
Life insurance carriers in Tampa39
Life insurance carriers in San Diego37
Life insurance carriers in Scottsdale37
Life insurance carriers in Las Vegas35
Life insurance carriers in Orlando35
Life insurance carriers in Phoenix35
Life insurance carriers in Charlotte32
Life insurance carriers in Cincinnati31
Life insurance carriers in Los Angeles31
Life insurance carriers in Columbus29
Life insurance carriers in Omaha27
Life insurance carriers in Knoxville26

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names life insurance carriers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many life insurance carriers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 5,969 life insurance carriers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

State Farm, headquartered in Bloomington, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most life insurance carriers?

Dallas leads with 66 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (65) and Miami (60).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 55,184 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,969 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.