Significant Events in Our History

1957	The companies that would eventually become Symetra Financial begin as life insurance and investments subsidiaries of a Seattle-based Fortune 500 insurance company.
1959	Enters the group insurance business.
1967	Total amount of insurance in force passes the $1 billion mark.
1976	Pioneers Medical Stop Loss insurance.
1982	Begins offering universal life insurance.
1983	Expands its Medical Stop Loss business with the acquisition of third-party administrator Employee Benefit Consultants Inc.
1984	Tops $1 billion in assets.
1986	Reaches $2 billion in assets.
1987	Enters the New York market with the establishment of the company now known as First Symetra National Life Insurance Company of New York
1989	Leads the way in automatic income distribution options.
1995	Reaches $10 billion in assets.
1997	Grows its individual life and fixed deferred annuity business with the acquisition of American States Life and WM Life.
1999	Acquires $120 million of group Medical Stop Loss from ING. Three years later, it acquires another $225 million from Swiss Re.
2004	Becomes an independent company when it’s purchased by an investor group led by White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., and Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
2007	Further strengthens its Medical Stop Loss business with the acquisition of Medical Risk Managers Inc. Celebrates its 50th anniversary.
2008	Surpasses $2 billion in total sales.
2010	Symetra begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange.