Protective Life Insurance Company (Protective), the principal subsidiary of Protective Life Corporation and a U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (TSE:8750), has been named to the 2025 Ward’s 50® list of top performing life and health companies. This marks Protective’s 18th appearance on the list.
Joining Protective on this year’s list is ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company (ShelterPoint Life), which Protective acquired in 2024, diversifying its retail business mix. ShelterPoint Life earns this recognition for the ninth consecutive year, continuing its track record of industry leading performance.
Each year, Ward Benchmarking, a trusted leader of benchmarking and best practices services for the insurance industry, evaluates nearly 700 life-health insurers across the United States. The Ward’s 50® list highlights companies that outperform the industry in key areas such as financial stability, revenue growth, capital/surplus positions, underwriting results and financial results over a 5-year period (2020-2024).
“Protective is honored to be named to the Ward’s 50® list,” said Rich Bielen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Protective. “This recognition underscores the strength and stability of our business and the disciplined growth we’ve achieved. It’s also a testament to our team’s ongoing commitment to delivering on our promises and serving our customers with excellence.”
About Protective
Protective Life Corporation has helped people achieve protection and security in their lives for 118 years. Through its subsidiaries, Protective offers life insurance, annuity, asset protection and employee benefit solutions and is helping nearly 17 million people protect what matters most. Protective's more than 3,500 employees put people first and deliver on the company's promises to customers, partners, colleagues and communities - because we're all protectors. With a long-term focus, financial stability and commitment to doing the right thing, Protective Life Corporation, a subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc., has $125 billion in assets, as of Dec. 31, 2024. Protective is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, and is supported by a robust virtual workforce and core sites in the greater Cincinnati area, St. Louis and Garden City, N.Y. For more information about Protective, visit protective.com.
About ShelterPoint1
ShelterPoint specializes in statutory benefit programs in the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) space in a growing number of states. For more information about ShelterPoint, please visit www.shelterpoint.com.
1 The ShelterPoint family of companies consists of ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company (a NY-domiciled carrier with its principal office in Garden City, NY) and its wholly owned subsidiary, ShelterPoint Insurance Company (a FL -domiciled carrier, not licensed in NY). These companies operate under the "ShelterPoint" name strictly as a marketing name, and no legal significance is expressed or implied. ShelterPoint's holding company, ShelterPoint Group, Inc., is not a licensed insurance entity. The ShelterPoint family of companies are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Protective Life Insurance Company, a Nebraska domiciled carrier that is licensed in all states excluding NY.