Northwestern Mutual

, Usually called Northwestern Mutual Financial Network short Northwestern Mutual, is an American insurance company. The group is a mutual insurance company and the largest direct - life insurers in the United States. Founded as the insurance 1857, seat is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. CEO Edward J. Zore is. The Group has 5,500 employees (as of 2008) and in 2007 achieved sales of 21.4 billion U.S. dollars.