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Best Life Insurance Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top life insurance stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best life insurance stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best life insurance stocks to buy right now are:

Aegon (NYSE:AEG) is the #1 top life insurance stock out of 14 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Aegon (NYSE:AEG) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Aegon (NYSE:AEG) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is -2 points lower than the life insurance industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AEG as a "B".

AEG passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Aegon has seen its stock return 12.01% over the past year, underperforming other life insurance stocks by -7 percentage points.

Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) is the #2 top life insurance stock out of 14 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 4 points higher than the life insurance industry average of 32.

ORI passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Old Republic International has seen its stock return 23.98% over the past year, overperforming other life insurance stocks by 5 percentage points.

Old Republic International has an average 1 year price target of $43.00, an upside of 17.1% from Old Republic International's current stock price of $36.72.

Old Republic International stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Old Republic International, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) is the #3 top life insurance stock out of 14 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: D, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 3 points higher than the life insurance industry average of 32.

WDH passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Waterdrop has seen its stock lose -0.72% over the past year, underperforming other life insurance stocks by -19 percentage points.

Out of 7 life insurance stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 life insurance stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) has an annual dividend yield of 8.47%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the life insurance industry average of 3.46%. Old Republic International's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Old Republic International's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Old Republic International's dividend payout ratio of 98.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) has an annual dividend yield of 5.59%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the life insurance industry average of 3.46%.

Arch Capital Group's dividend payout ratio of 50.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

International General Insurance Holdings (NASDAQ:IGIC) has an annual dividend yield of 4.08%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the life insurance industry average of 3.46%. International General Insurance Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. International General Insurance Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

International General Insurance Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 34.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Life insurance stocks were down -0.27% in the last day, and down -1.05% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued life insurance stocks right now are:

International General Insurance Holdings (NASDAQ:IGIC) is the most undervalued life insurance stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

International General Insurance Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the life insurance industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

International General Insurance Holdings's stock has gained 63.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the life insurance industry by 45 percentage points.

Equitable Holdings (NYSE:EQH) is the second most undervalued life insurance stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Equitable Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the life insurance industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Equitable Holdings's stock has gained 29.02% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the life insurance industry by 11 percentage points.

Fidelis Insurance Holdings (NYSE:FIHL) is the third most undervalued life insurance stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Fidelis Insurance Holdings has a valuation score of 14, which is -18 points higher than the life insurance industry average of 32. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates FIHL a Valuation Rating of "B".

Fidelis Insurance Holdings's stock has gained 4.41% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the life insurance industry by -14 percentage points.

60% of life insurance stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect life insurance stocks to rise by 17.94% over the next year.

0% of life insurance stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.38% of life insurance stocks are rated B (Buy), 76.92% are rated C (Hold), 7.69% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).