About NMFN

What did you do over the summer last year?

This year, you can intern with the company that was named, for the 25th year, “America's Most Admired” life/health insurance company according to FORTUNE magazine's 2008 annual survey of industry professionals and analysts. Northwestern Mutual is the only company to lead its industry every year it has been included in the FORTUNE survey.

But that's just the start. According to statistics compiled from A.M. Best data, Northwestern Mutual has always received the highest possible insurance financial strength ratings from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, Fitch, and A.M. Best Company. Since 1857, Northwestern Mutual has been helping people protect against financial risk and achieve financial security.

We are a mutual company in pure form and spirit, operated for the benefit of policyowners and clients. The company, with its subsidiaries and affiliates, offers insurance products, investment products and advisory services that address client needs for financial security and protection, capital accumulation, asset distribution and estate preservation.

Northwestern Mutual 2006 Quick Facts:

• $145 billion in total assets
• $19.7 billion in revenues
• 3.1 million life insurance policyowners with more than 4.8 million policies
• $4.9 billion in benefits paid to policyowners or their beneficiaries
• $4.3 billion in dividends to policyowners in 2006
• Products sold exclusively through the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
• Northwestern Mutual Financial Network comprises more than 7,000 financial professionals nationwide.

The company reported $4.6 billion in dividends approved for payment to its participating policyowners during 2007, again expected to be the highest in the U.S. life insurance industry. Northwestern Mutual’s total surplus position at year-end 2006 was a record $14.8 billion. This ongoing success, fostered by the company's tradition of “doing the right thing,” has been honored and nurtured by successive generations within Northwestern Mutual.