Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

Corporate Distinctions

• We are the only life insurance company among the Top 50 All-Stars in FORTUNE® magazine’s 2009 World’s Most Admired Survey.¹
   
• Northwestern Mutual has a persistency rate of 96% for life insurance in-force, a key indicator of customer satisfaction.
   
• We have earned the best possible insurance financial strength ratings in the life insurance industry from the four major rating agencies.²
   
• We are the nation's largest direct provider of individual life insurance.³
   
• We have paid more in total individual life insurance dividends to policyowners than any other company in the industry for the last 13 years.⁴
   
• We are ranked among the Top 10 independent broker-dealers, as measured by total revenues, by the leading investment industry publications:
   
  • Investment News, April 2008
     
  • Financial Advisor magazine,  June 2008
     
  • Financial Planning magazine, June 2008
     
  • Investment Advisor magazine, June 2008.
     
• We lead the industry in customer satisfaction.⁵

¹ Fortune Magazine, March 16, 2009
² Northwestern Mutual's ratings: Moody's Aaa, 4/2009; Standard & Poor's AAA, 6/2009; Fitch Ratings AAA, 6/2009; and A.M. Best Company A++, 6/2009. Third party ratings are subject to change.
³ A.M Best Company, 2008, an insurance information source.
⁴ The policy dividend is reviewed annually by the Company's Board of Trustees. Dividends are not guaranteed beyond 2009 and are subject to change.
⁵ American Customer Satisfaction Index, February 16, 2010.

In the News

• Industry-leading Dividend Payout in 2009
  This announcement of our $4.6 billion dividend payout illustrates our long-term value.
   
• #1 in U.S. Direct Life Insurance Market-Share
  The financial security company significantly outpaced the industry year-over-year performance.
   
• #1 in Customer Satisfaction
  Northwestern Mutual leads the industry with the highest customer satisfaction score among U.S. life insurers.

Top Careers

• Northwestern Mutual Named a Best Internship for 2009
  Bloomberg BusinessWeek's list of the Best Internships ranks Northwestern Mutual’s financial representative internship program 1st in the insurance industry and 23rd overall.
   
• BusinessWeek: 50 Best Places to Launch a Career
  Northwestern Mutual was named as one of the 50 best places to launch a career in 2009. BusinessWeek highlighted the Network in its September 2009 feature issue.
   
• Glassdoor: Best Place to Work in America
  Northwestern Mutual is the “Best Place to Work” in the insurance industry in 2010 and is the 11th-best place to work in America overall, according to survey results from Glassdoor.com.
   
• Northwestern Mutual Named One of the Best Places to Work in IT
  The financial security company ranks 39th overall and first in Wisconsin.
   
• CNNMoney.com: Five Best Internships for Real Work
  The Northwestern Mutual Financial Network was named one of the five best internships for students to get real work experience. The July 2006 feature story also named Microsoft, Deloitte & Touche, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to the list.
   
• Vault, Inc.: Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Named “Top Ten Internship in America”
  The financial representative internship program has been recognized as a “Top Ten Internship in America” for the 13th consecutive year. Vault, Inc. created a video profile on Northwestern Mutual’s financial representative internship program on YouTube