Frederick S. Townsend

• Top 100 life companies: Losses a-plenty

  By Frederick S. Townsend  |  April 13, 2009

  The chart chows surplus changes in the Townsend 100 Life Insurance Companies list, at year end 2008.

• A Tidal Wave Of Red Ink

  By Frederick S. Townsend, Laurie Dallaire  |  April 6, 2009

  Operating data for the Townsend 100 Composite of the 100 largest U.S. life insurance companies, comprising 85% of industry assets, shows $100 billion of net capital losses...

• Heads up: how the 100 largest life insurers performed

  By Frederick S. Townsend, Laurie Dallaire  |  February 9, 2009

  Frederick S. townsend and laurie Dallaire report on results for the 100 largest U.S. life insurance companies in teh first 9 months of 2008.

• Net Capital Losses Consume 25% Of Industry Surplus In 9 Months

  By Frederick S. Townsend, Laurie Dallaire  |  December 14, 2008

  The 100 largest U.S. life insurance companies, comprising 84% of industry assets, reported net capital losses of $77 billion in the first 9 months of 2008, equal to 25% of their $307 billion of total surplus funds at the beginning of 2008.

• Capital Losses Reduce Surplus For 100 Companies In 1st Quarter

  By Frederick S. Townsend  |  August 3, 2008

  In comparison to the mortgage malaria causing near-death for some financial institutions, the life insurance industry appears to be suffering from only a mild fever ...

• Surplus For 100 Life Companies Rose 6.4% In 2007

  By Frederick S. Townsend  |  July 6, 2008

  One hundred companies, comprising 85% of life insurance industry assets, earned a record $30.4 billion in operating earnings in 2007, according to data from Insurance ...

• 9-Month Operating Earnings Hit Record High For Industry

  By Frederick S. Townsend  |  February 3, 2008

  Operating earnings rose 16% in the first 9 months of 2007 for the Townsend 100 U.S. life insurance companies, which hold for 84% of industry assets.

• Record Shareholder Dividends Depressed Surplus Growth In 2006

  By Frederick S. Townsend  |  June 10, 2007

  One hundred companies, comprising 85% of life insurance industry assets, paid a record $21.6 billion in shareholder dividends in 2006, according to data from Insurance ...

• 9-Month 2006 Surplus Rose 3.1%

  By Frederick S. Townsend  |  February 11, 2007

  Operating earnings declined 5% and shareholder dividends fell 20%, from 9 months of 2005 to 9 months of 2006, for the Townsend 100 U.S. life ...

• 1Q Surplus Growth Strong For 100 Companies

  By Frederick S. Townsend  |  July 16, 2006

  One hundred companies, comprising 84% of life industry assets, reported a strong 2.2% gain in total surplus funds in the first quarter of 2006, as ...