by John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC
How Companies that issue Structured Settlement Annuities Rank in the Insurance Subsection of 2026 Newsweek/Statista America’s Most Trustworthy Companies Poll
3. American National (American National Insurance Company) Houston, TX
5. Mutual of Omaha (United of Omaha Life Insurance Company) Omaha, NE
6. New York Life Insurance Company New York, NY
15. Prudential (The Prudential Insurance Company of America) Newark, NJ
34. MetLife (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company) New York, NY
Disclaimer: Newsweek neither ranked nor expressly mentioned expressly rank structured settlement annuity issuing life insurance companies and how much structured settlements were part of the consumers’ valuation cannot be verified. Newsweek abbreviated the names/brand as consumers often do. I’ve added the names of the structured settlement annuity underwriting companies within those names for accuracy, For more clarification see source link below.
Source: Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2026 – Insurances
Newsweek partnered with market research firm Statista to identify America’s Most Trustworthy Companies 2026
This year’s ranking includes 700 companies in 23 industries ranging from aerospace and health care to retail and consumer goods. Rankings were determined through an independent survey of 25,000 U.S. respondents, resulting in over 100,000 evaluations that reflected the perspectives of consumers, employees and investors. The analysis also considered online media sentiment, and any company facing significant scandals or lawsuits was excluded.
Further detail about the methodology used in the Market Research by Newsweek/Statista
According to the publication…
1. Market definition: All companies headquartered in the US with a revenue over $500 million were considered in the study. Public as well as private companies were eligible.
2. Extensive survey: The core of the analysis was an independent survey of approximately 25,000 U.S. residents, who rated companies they are familiar with across the three dimensions of trust. In total, 100,000 evaluations of companies were submitted [ Watchdog note this is SIGNIFICANTLY less of a sample than the 2025 survey}. The field period ran from CW 43 to CW 45 2025).
3. Social Listening: For each company that received a sufficient number of evaluations, a Social Listening analysis was conducted. This involved researching what was said about a company, across various media segments to determine whether the public sentiment towards a company was positive, neutral or negative. In total, over 307,000 mentions were gathered. Additionally, all companies that were involved in any recent scandals or lawsuits relevant to trust were excluded from the analysis.
The overall score was composed of, 80% from the survey results, and 20% from social listening analysis. The 700 companies with the highest score have been awarded in the Newsweek /Statista survey as Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2026. The final list is categorized by industries.
I then broke out the insurers that include structured settlement annuity issuers.
Structured Settlement Consumers Should View a Variety of Sources
The Newsweek/Statista survey, which was first published in 2021, is one of several surveys and evaluations that consumers can use to help evaluate insurers prior to making decisons about structured settlements, or insurance purchases Some of the more long standing surveys, which may poll consumers, professionals and executives include:
- Rating Agencies such as A.M. Best, Moodys, Standard & Poors, Weiss Ratings. Fitch and other Tier One rating agencies such as Egan Jones. Consider multiple rating agencies.
- Ethisphere, which annually lists the World’s Most Ethical Companies. and has been running for 20 years. Typically published in March.
- Wards Top 50 Life & Health Insurers
- Fortune Magazine Annual Corporate Reputation survey: Life & Health Insurers section, generally published in January.
- Comdex ratings. The Comdex is a composite score that ranks insurance companies by comparing their ratings from major rating agencies. Its primary purpose, like that of ratings in general, is to evaluate the financial strength of an insurance company.
Some insurers appear in multiple surveys, while other highly reputable insurers appear in only one or two. Some insurance companies that appear in the Newsweek/Statista survey do not issue structured settlement annuities.
Pacific Life is not ranked in Newsweek/Statista for 2026 yet Pacific Life is a 9 time and present honoree by Ethisphere’s Worlds Morst Ethical companies, including the 2026 edition, published March 18, 2026
Prudential is also a 12 time honoree in Ethisphere’s annual
Last updated May 20, 2026
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