Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

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  Northwestern Mutual reports record dividends, sales gains

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 24, 2013

  New premium sales in 2012 totaled $1.03 billion, up 11 percent over 2011; annuity sales increased 11 percent.

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  Northwestern Mutual: Retirement planning a top driver for obtaining life insurance

  By Michael K. Stanley  |  October 10, 2012

  Americans over 55 are the most likely to utilize life insurance as part of a retirement planning strategy. Twenty-five percent of respondents said that having enough money to live in retirement gives them the greatest peace of mind.

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  Northwestern Mutual wins Enterprise Architecture Award

  By Michael K. Stanley  |  October 9, 2012

  Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company won the 2012 Infoworld Enterprise Architecture Award for the synergy between their overall business and technology strategies and the millions of dollars in business benefits that has yielded.

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  N.W. Mutual Poll: Most Americans Feel Secure by Owning Life Insurance

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  September 4, 2012

  The poll finds that more than two out of three people say that owning auto, health, homeowners/renters and/or life insurance makes them feel “secure.”

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  SNL: MetLife Maintains Most Market Share, but Premiums Dip in First Quarter

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  June 22, 2012

  For the quarter ended March 31, MetLife’s market share, based on statutory total direct premiums, totaled 10.13%, exceeding the market share of the second highest writer, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, by 2.2%. That’s up from the 0.84% in market share that separated the two companies in the first quarter...

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  Northwestern Mutual Recruiting Up 20% This Year

  By Michael K. Stanley  |  June 5, 2012

  Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (Northwestern Mutual) announced yesterday that their recruiting is up 20% in 2012. The company is striving to hit its target recruiting number of more than 5,000 financial professionals, the largest recruiting drive in its 155-year history.

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  Survey: Most Americans Flag Income Protection Among Top Financial Goals, but Few Own a DI Policy

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  May 11, 2012

  Just over six in 10 Americans say that protecting their income in the event of a disability is a top financial goal, but only 8% have a disability income insurance policy, according to a new study.

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  Northwestern Mutual Poll Notes Progress Among Savers

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  May 8, 2012

  Two-thirds of individuals polled in a new survey say they are “moving in the right direction” in respect to saving money for retirement or achieving other financial objectives.

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  From the Archives

  March 1, 2012

  The following excerpts are from the March 1953 issue of Life Insurance Selling.

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  Northwestern Financial Reps Take to Social Media

  By Michael K. Stanley  |  February 28, 2012

  With the assistance of Hearsay Social, Northwestern Mutual will avail their financial representatives to customers via social networks.