The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 13 US Life Insurance Companies had their average stock prices drop by a massive 71% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 13 US Life Insurance Companies have increased by a very impressive 577% through January 29, 2014, led by Genworth Financial's stock price increasing by more than 16 times and Protective Life's stock price advancing by more than 14 times.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 13 US Life Insurance Companies must be very pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state caused by the 2008 US financial meltdown.
Below here are the market prices of each of these 13 US Life Insurance Companies on January 29, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 29, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Life Insurance Companies | HQs | 1-29-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-29-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Genworth Financial | Richmond | VA | 14.87 | 0.84 | 25.45 | 1670% | -97% |
| Protective Life | Birmingham | AL | 48.60 | 3.20 | 41.02 | 1419% | -92% |
| Lincoln National | Radnor | PA | 46.87 | 5.40 | 58.22 | 768% | -91% |
| The Phoenix Companies | Hartford | CT | 45.10 | 5.80 | 237.40 | 678% | -98% |
| Prudential Financial | Newark | NJ | 83.82 | 11.38 | 93.04 | 637% | -88% |
| American Equity Investment Life | West Des Moines | IA | 21.95 | 3.19 | 8.29 | 588% | -62% |
| Torchmark | McKinney | TX | 74.07 | 11.37 | 40.35 | 551% | -72% |
| MetLife | New York | NY | 48.85 | 12.22 | 61.62 | 300% | -80% |
| National Western Life Insurance | Austin | TX | 219.31 | 65.05 | 207.37 | 237% | -69% |
| Independence Holding | Stamford | CT | 11.85 | 3.59 | 11.50 | 230% | -69% |
| Reinsurance Group America | Chesterfield | MO | 73.23 | 22.40 | 52.48 | 227% | -57% |
| Kansas City Life Insurance | Kansas City | MO | 47.39 | 16.18 | 43.59 | 193% | -63% |
| Citizens Inc | Austin | TX | 6.91 | 6.60 | 5.53 | 5% | 19% |
| Average % Change all 13 | 577% | -71% |
