VA Asset leaders

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	Issuer	Net assets ($M)	% change vs. 2011	Market share	% change vs. 2011	Financial strength rating 1

1	TIAA-CREF2	$394,136.4	10.0%	24.3%	-3.6%	A++
2	MetLife	$157,799.7	23.3%	9.7%	7.8%	A+
3	Prudential Financial	$128,114.7	25.5%	7.9%	9.7%	A+
4	Axa Equitable	$91,477.7	13.0%	5.6%	-1.8%	A+
5	Lincoln Financial Group	$90,028.0	17.4%	5.6%	3.7%	A+
6	Jackson National	$82,913.5	40.6%	5.1%	21.4%	A+
7	Sun America/VALIC	$77,087.1	15.5%	4.8%	2.1%	A
8	Hartford	$66,657.8	0.0%	4.1%	-12.8%	A
9	ING Group	$66,577.0	8.9%	4.1%	-4.7%	A
10	Ameriprise Financial	$66,168.9	13.7%	4.1%	0.0%	A+
11	John Hancock	$52,021.1	5.9%	3.2%	-5.9%	A+
12	Pacific Life	$51,322.4	11.6%	3.2%	0.0%	A+
13	Nationwide	$47,675.6	17.6%	2.9%	3.6%	A+
14	AEGON/Transamerica	$46,880.9	18.6%	2.9%	3.6%	A+
15	Allianz Life	$29,437.2	16.5%	1.8%	0.0%	A
16	Fidelity Investments Life	$20,449.3	16.7%	1.3%	8.3%	A+
17	New York Life	$20,043.1	17.6%	1.2%	0.0%	A++
18	Thrivent Financial	$18,646.7	23.1%	1.2%	9.1%	A++
19	Ohio National	$13,369.6	29.1%	0.8%	14.3%	A+
20	Northwestern Mutual	$13,295.6	20.5%	0.8%	0.0%	A++
21	Massachusetts Mutual	$12,283.7	10.3%	0.8%	0.0%	A++
22	Genworth Financial	$10,603.2	3.2%	0.6%	-14.3%	N/A
23	Mutual of America	$9,297.7	67.2%	0.6%	50.0%	A+
24	Protective	$8,866.4	49.0%	0.6%	50.0%	A+
25	Guardian	$7,931.9	32.3%	0.5%	25.0%	A++

As of Sept. 30. 1 As of Jan 18. The bulk of TIAA-CREF’s VA assets are generated from group annuity sales within retirement plans, rather than retail sales.
Sources: Morningstar Inc., A.M. Best Co. Inc.