Mission To secure and strengthen the financial futures of Americans and their loved ones through our industry leading combination of trusted advisors, personalized planning, and risk and wealth solutions.
Description Northwestern Mutual has been helping people and businesses achieve financial security for more than 165 years. Through a comprehensive planning approach, Northwestern Mutual combines the expertise of our financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to help our clients plan for what's most important.
With nearly $780 billion of total assets1 being managed across our institutional portfolio as well as retail investment client portfolios, more than $40 billion in revenues, and $2.5 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than five million people with life, disability income and long-term care insurance, annuities, and brokerage and advisory services. Northwestern Mutual ranked 109 on the 2025 FORTUNE 500 and was recognized by FORTUNE® as one of the "World's Most Admired" life insurance companies in 2025.
1 Includes investments and separate account assets of Northwestern Mutual as well as retail investment assets held or managed for clients.
Northwestern Mutual has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 8,209 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northwestern Mutual employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 68% of employees would recommend working at Northwestern Mutual to a friend. This is based on 8,217 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
57% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Northwestern Mutual as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Northwestern Mutual.