Based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, AEGON is the US presence of a very large Netherlands based insurance company. Their appetite for real estate mortgages is very large. In any given year AEGON will lend between $1 billion and $5 billion. Largely a real estate lender focusing on the location and occupancy of the project rather than the credit quality of the rent roll, AEGON is very good at loan structuring, often times trading amortization for loan dollars. As a lender, they will look at loan amount per square foot/loan amount per unit parameters. On an acquisition with real equity going into the project they are able to get more aggressive on loan dollars. Pricing is competitive but not the best in the market.

In 2004 GE Capital spun off their insurance company arm and took them public. The result, Genworth Financial is now a publicly traded conglomerate of smaller life insurance companies. Genworth is based in Stamford, Connecticut where they originate loans from $3 million to $25 million. They are focused on real estate fundamentals in evaluating loan opportunities. This is a lender looking for investment opportunities that create solid yields for the insurance company.

Assurity Life is based in Lincoln, Nebraska. They make loans ranging from $500,000 to $4.5 million. Assurity is a flexible lender that has the ability to make loans on a wide variety of assets.  Their rates are competitive and they offer amortizations ranging from 15 to 25 years.

Ohio National Financial Services is the marketplace name for the affiliated companies of The Ohio National Life Insurance Company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally founded as a stock company in 1909, Ohio National converted to mutual company status in 1959. In 1998, Ohio National reorganized as a mutual insurance holding company. The mutual insurance holding company is Ohio National Mutual Holdings, Inc.; the intermediate holding company is Ohio National Financial Services, Inc.

One America is a small life insurance company designed to produce between $100 million and $200 million of commercial real estate loans per year. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, they are predominately a credit driven lender who focuses on the credit quality of the tenants on the leases. Relative to other alternatives, One America offers aggressive interest rate pricing. Amortizations will be set close to lease expirations.

Protective Life is based in Birmingham, Alabama. They are a credit-oriented lender who finances assets that are anchored by strong credit tenants on long term leases. Protective primarily provides long term, fixed-rate loans ranging from $3MM to $50MM in size. They have the ability to lock rate for up to 12 months forward. Protective also has a participating debt program where they will lend 90%-100% of project costs in exchange for a participating interest in the after-debt-service cash flow and asset appreciation of the project.

In 2003 Prudential Insurance “de-mutualized” the company and sold stock to the public. Today they are one of the largest insurance and financial companies in the world. Shortly before going public Prudential bought Washington Mortgage, a large FNMA and FHA lender. Through the insurance companies and the FNMA and FHA programs, Prudential will lend approximately $3 billion per year. Prudential also has a CMBS lender arm. They will lend money from 5 to 20 year terms with amortizations up to 25 years in the insurance company. In the FNMA and FHA programs they can lend on terms and amortizations up to 40 years. They are a very aggressive lender on spreads, particularly with low leveraged deals. Based in Newark, New Jersey Prudential has full service satellite offices from which they will originate loans. These satellite offices are located regionally throughout the country.

StanCorp was established as a holding company in 1998 to facilitate the demutualization of Standard Insurance Company. On April 16, 1999, StanCorp issued its first publicly traded shares on the New York Stock Exchange, under the stock symbol “SFG.”StanCorp places a large volume of small loans ($500,000 to $3,000,000). StanCorp is known for its expertise in unanchored retail. StanCorp will look at all property types though and usually includes recourse in their deals.

The merger of Summit Investment Partners and Ameritas Investment Advisors in 2006 united seasoned teams of investment professionals from each of the advisers into one team under the Ameritas Investment Partners name. Ameritas Investment Partners is comprised of three entities: Ameritas Investment Advisors, Inc.; Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.; and Union Central Mortgage Funding. Ameritas Investment Advisors, Inc. and Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. are registered investment advisors managing more than $9.5 billion in assets for insurance companies, public and private pension funds, endowments, foundations, mutual funds and high net worth individuals.

With roots dating back to 1957, Symetra Financial has grown to become a family of companies that together serve more than two million customers in all 50 states. Originally a part of a Seattle-based Fortune 500 insurance company, on Aug. 2, 2004, the life insurance and investments subsidiaries were purchased by an investor group led by White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Together, these companies became the privately held corporation known today as Symetra Financial.

Securian has over 40 years of experience in commercial mortgage lending. This service allows clients to further diversify their portfolio and broaden their investment exposure in real estate. $1,115 loans originated since 2000 ranging between $3 and $25 million.  These loans are originated in the local market, diversified by geography and property type and carefully evaluated, selected, and closed. Securian Asset Management, Inc. originates for affiliated life companies Minnesota Life Insurance Company and Securian Life Insurance Company.

In 2019, TH Real Estate renamed and rebranded as Nuveen Real Estate, in order to consolidate under the investment umbrella brand of ‘Nuveen’. Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, is one of the largest investment managers in the world with $930 billion in assets under management.