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Revenues Profits
Rank Company Fortune 500 rank $ millions % change from 2009 $ millions % change from 2009
1 Berkshire Hathaway 7 136,185.0 21.1 12,967.0 61.0
2 American International Group 17 104,417.0 1.2 7,786.0 N.A.
3 Liberty Mutual Insurance Group* 82 33,193.0 6.8 1,678.0 64.0
4 Allstate 89 31,400.0 -1.9 928.0 8.7
5 Travelers Cos. 106 25,112.0 1.8 3,216.0 -11.2
6 Hartford Financial Services 117 22,383.0 -9.4 1,680.0 N.A.
7 Nationwide* 127 20,265.0 -2.3 959.0 33.9
8 United Services Automobile Assn.* 145 17,946.1 2.2 2,637.4 -12.7
9 Progressive 164 14,963.3 2.7 1,068.3 1.0
10 Loews 168 14,621.0 3.5 1,288.0 128.4
11 Chubb 185 13,319.0 2.3 2,174.0 -0.4
12 Assurant 285 8,527.7 -2.0 279.2 -35.2
13 American Family Insurance Group* 358 6,491.8 0.6 487.1 89.6
14 Fidelity National Financial 398 5,740.3 -2.0 370.1 66.5
15 Erie Insurance Group** 461 4,890.0 14.9 162.2 49.5
16 W.R. Berkley 475 4,724.1 6.6 449.3 45.4
17 American Financial Group 489 4,497.0 4.1 479.0 -7.8
Rank Company Revenues % Assets % Stockholders'
Equity %
1 Berkshire Hathaway 9.5 3.5 8.2
2 American International Group 7.5 1.1 9.1
3 Liberty Mutual Insurance Group* 5.1 1.5 9.9
4 Allstate 3.0 0.7 4.9
5 Travelers Cos. 12.8 3.1 12.6
6 Hartford Financial Services 7.5 0.5 8.3
7 Nationwide* 4.7 0.6 5.7
8 United Services Automobile Assn.* 14.7 2.8 14.1
9 Progressive 7.1 5.1 17.7
10 Loews 8.8 1.7 7.0
11 Chubb 16.3 4.3 14.0
12 Assurant 3.3 1.1 5.8
13 American Family Insurance Group* 7.5 2.9 9.0
14 Fidelity National Financial 6.4 4.7 10.8
15 Erie Insurance Group** 3.3 1.1 2.6
16 W.R. Berkley 9.5 2.6 12.1
17 American Financial Group 10.7 1.5 10.7
Earnings Per Share Total Return to Investors Employees
Rank Company 2000-2010 Annual growth (%) 2000-2010 Annual rate (%) 2010 (%) Number % change from 2009
1 Berkshire Hathaway 13.8 5.4 21.4 260,519 17.4
2 American International Group -13.0 -29.0 92.2 63,000 -34.4
3 Liberty Mutual Insurance Group* N.A. N.A. N.A. 45,000 0.0
4 Allstate -5.3 -0.6 8.9 35,350 -2.9
5 Travelers Cos. 4.6 3.0 14.8 32,000 0.0
6 Hartford Financial Services -5.4 -7.5 14.8 26,800 -4.3
7 Nationwide* N.A. N.A. N.A. 32,711 -0.5
8 United Services Automobile Assn.* N.A. N.A. N.A. 22,832 5.2
9 Progressive 41.0 10.6 17.2 24,638 -0.1
10 Loews -0.2 9.4 7.8 18,400 -0.5
11 Chubb 12.9 5.7 24.7 10,100 -1.0
12 Assurant N.A. N.A. 33.0 13,938 -5.2
13 American Family Insurance Group* N.A. N.A. N.A. 7,801 0.7
14 Fidelity National Financial N.A. N.A. 6.7 18,200 5.8
15 Erie Insurance Group** N.A. N.A. N.A. 4,200 0.0
16 W.R. Berkley 26.6 12.3 12.5 6,253 3.0
17 American Financial Group N.A. 8.4 32.0 6,700 -5.6
Issue date: May 23, 2011
* A mutual company, not a stock company. But it is grouped with the stock companies because it reports according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
** Consists of nonpublic reciprocal insurer and publicly held management company. Consolidated fiscal data reported according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
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