Genworth's founding companies go back more than a century to 1871 when the Life Insurance Company of Virginia wrote its first policy. Over the years these companies grew together under the GE Financial umbrella until beginning a new future in May 2004 as Genworth Financial.

Strength and stability

Genworth is a global company with more than $103 billion in assets 1, employing more than 6,000 people in 22 countries and serving the needs of 15 million customers worldwide. Our companies have earned some of the highest company ratings in the industry and are established leaders in the United States in a number of essential product categories:

• No. 1 Individual Long Term Care Insurance 2 Underwritten by General Electric Capital Assurance Company and in New York by GE Capital Life Assurance Company of New York.
• No. 1 Variable Income Annuities 3 issued by GE Life and Annuity Assurance Company and in New York by GE Capital Life Assurance Company of New York.
• No. 2 Fixed Income Annuities 4 Underwritten by General Electric Capital Assurance Company and in New York by GE Capital Life Assurance Company of New York.
• No. 4 U.S. Mortgage Insurance 5 Underwritten by Genworth Mortgage Insurance Corporation.
• No. 7 Term Life Insurance 6 Underwritten by First Colony Life Insurance Company, General Electric Capital Assurance Company and in New York by American Mayflower Life Insurance Company of New York.