Top 15 life insurers Ranking Measure: Financial Position: Entity Year end Current $m Net Policy Liabilities Prior $m Solvency Ratio Prior % Current Prior Rank Change Financial Assets Held at FV Current $m Prior $m Net Assets Current $m Prior $m Total Assets Current $m 1 AMP 12/06 67,642 56,654 1 19% 1.7 1.6 77,996 68,853 2,975 3,757 89,159 77,473 2 National Australia Financial Management 9/06 46,240 41,960 2 10% 1.4 1.6 55,757 50,474 5,179 11,567 61,560 56,747 3 ING Australia 12/05 23,253 15,007 5 55% 2.4 2.1 23,964 17,564 1,244 3,729 29,035 19,412 4 Commonwealth Life 6/06 20,272 22,744 4 -11% 2.2 1.8 22,707 25,566 1,298 3,341 24,016 29,889 5 AXA Asia-Pacific 12/06 16,606 16,344 3 2% 4.5 8.2 26,919 26,857 1,502 1,386 20,764 20,165 6 Westpac Life 9/06 12,325 8,814 6 40% 3.4 4.6 1,211 1,477 588 1,717 14,543 10,234 7 Norwich Union Life 12/06 4,682 4,562 7 3% 4.7 5.6 5,327 5,079 481 456 5,755 5,463 8 Zurich Life 12/06 4,213 3,876 8 9% 1.5 1.5 3,805 2,832 394 369 6,336 5,818 9 Suncorp Life 6/06 3,846 3,201 9 20% 2.6 2.6 5,917 4,607 251 999 6,163 4,805 10 Promina 12/06 3,131 2,859 10 10% 1.8 1.7 4,131 3,816 963 915 4,709 4,303 11 Tower Australia 09/06 2,530 2,454 12 3% 2.9 2.9 2,672 2,452 294 283 3,200 3,093 12 Metlife 12/06 2,169 2,398 11 -10% 2.3 2.0 2,411 2,597 481 418 2,721 2,872 13 Challenger Life 6/06 2,138 2,272 13 -6% 1.2 1.7 2,731 3,452 1,279 750 5,239 4,104 14 Macquarie Life 3/06 2,096 2,087 14 0% 2.7 2.8 5,162 4,550 3,154 2,509 5,479 4,721 15 MBF Life 6/05 1,497 1,233 15 21% 8.1 3.4 1,461 1,411 106 124 1,792 1,432 Prior $m Source: Published annual financial statements, including segment reporting for organisations with significant non-life insurance activities Notes: World wide net policyholder liabilities is ranked for those companies/groups based in Australia, while only net policyholder liabilities under the control of the Australian operations are included for those with overseas parents. Policy holders liabilities are net of all reinsurance recoveries. Total assets include assets of life insurance statutory funds <strong>and</strong> shareholders’ funds. Investment revenue includes unrealised gains/losses <strong>and</strong> investment management expenses. Investments excludes excess of net market value of interests in subsidiaries. 6
Industry information 1 Net <strong>Insurance</strong> Prem Rev Current $m Prior $m Performance: Investment Revenue Current $m Prior $m Result after tax Current $m Prior $m 896 875 10,781 9,016 699 531 720 677 6,152 7,676 1,184 985 483 588 1,780 799 219 668 834 715 3,260 3,066 3,303 613 881 845 2,196 2,145 290 226 190 189 5,002 183 141 198 156 153 645 582 95 64 80 72 62 59 57 64 108 84 791 575 61 140 328 320 790 708 177 161 210 178 307 341 26 31 181 156 115 170 63 50 - - 376 492 118 250 1,574 891 292 260 229 239 28 26 64 65 6 10 7
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