Northwestern Mutual

As achieving financial security becomes more complex for people, a few simple truths are becoming even more powerful. Relationships are built on trust. Our lives and businesses matter. And we’re much stronger together than we are apart. These beliefs launched our company more than 165 years ago. Today they’re ingrained into our culture and are just some of the reasons why people turn to Northwestern Mutual to help secure their financial lives. Why are we so passionate about helping people achieve financial security? To start with, it’s not about profits. As a mutual company, people are our DNA. We don't have shareholders, so instead of reporting to Wall Street, we answer to our policyowners. And since our company belongs to them, our profits go to them in the form of dividends.2 Not only is Northwestern Mutual's dividend payout larger than our two closest competitors combined,3 we've paid them every year since 18721. So, when we do well, you do well too.

1 Expected 2026 total dividend payout.

2 Decisions with respect to the determination and allocation of divisible surplus are left to the discretion and sound business judgment of the company's Board of Trustees. There is no guaranteed specific method or formula for the determination or allocation of divisible surplus. Accordingly, the company's approach is subject to change. Neither the existence nor the amount of a dividend is guaranteed on any policy in any given policy year.

3 Based on historical total dividend payouts of major life insurers, 2012–2020.