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Fortune Global Most Admired Companies 2019 

John Darer • May 14, 2019

Structured Settlement Related Berkshire Hathaway, USAA and Prudential Financial Recognized Among the 2019 Top Global Companies

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The life insurance companies that issue structured settlement annuities are some of the largest and well capitalized insurance companies in the world. Five companies that currently issue structured settlement annuities have been keeping their promises since the 19th Century. Another has been in business for over 100 years. And the Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., the parent of National Indemnity Company, one of youngest of the companies, in business for over 78 years, was named one of the Top 3 Most Admired Companies in the world by its peers in the 2019 edition of Fortune magazine’s annual survey. USAA was rated #24 in the 2019 survey. Prudential Financial, whose Prudential Insurance Company of America has been in business since the 1800s, is again the most admired life insurance company in the world.

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