Insurance Companies by Ad Spending

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Insurance Companies by Ad Spending

Insurance Companies by Ad Spending
In 2006. Dollars in thousands
Published May 31, 2007
(Compare with 2005, 2004)
    Grand total TV Print Radio Internet Outdoor
1 Berkshire Hathaway Inc 232,156 165,775 4,503 34,294 9,649 17,935
2 White Mountain Insurance Group Ltd 102,897 99,577 104 2,835 382 0
3 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co 86,600 53,052 15,265 9,345 6,221 2,718
4 State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co 84,286 24,272 17,834 14,661 11,111 16,408
5 St. Paul Travelers Co Inc 64,608 57,595 6,800 54 137 23
6 Allstate Corp 62,154 3,392 14,827 29,901 4,325 9,710
7 AIG American International Group Inc 50,386 35,460 12,785 1,589 8 545
8 Safe Auto Group Inc 47,691 46,384 0 939 18 350
9 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co 37,498 29,311 1,969 3,473 2,450 295
10 Liberty Mutual Insurance Co 37,454 21,671 12,780 67 2,906 31
11 Zurich Financial Services Group 29,133 13,020 4,960 7,794 1,285 2,075
12 Progressive Corp 25,450 14,870 906 6,099 3,153 422
13 New York Life Insurance Co 19,450 17,324 1,389 565 1 169
14 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co 19,355 18,925 407 0 23 0
15 Principal Financial Group 16,946 16,272 674 0 0 0
16 Hartford Financial Services Group Inc 16,213 14,936 780 191 0 306
17 Pacific Life Insurance Co 14,776 14,561 166 42 7 0
18 Kaiser Permanente 14,521 0 0 14,456 48 17
19 American Family Mutual Insurance Co 12,493 2,711 3,917 543 787 4,533
20 Direct Insurance Systems Corp 12,296 12,183 15 98 0 0
21 Quotesmith Corp 12,289 40 9,153 3,097 0 0
22 Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association 11,936 25 11,848 15 0 50
23 Byron Udell & Associares 11,652 123 987 260 10,283 0
24 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co 11,360 6,945 4,415 0 0 0
25 Insweb Corp 10,987 0 29 0 10,959 0
  Grand Total 1,044,588 668,421 126,511 130,317 63,752 55,586


Notes: Spending reported under name of parent company.
Segments that were included: Insurance agencies & brokers; miscellaneous insurance products.
Segments that were excluded: Insurance products for life; medical & dental; auto; homeowner; and business
Source: TNS Media Intelligence
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