MILWAUKEE, July 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern Mutual announced
today that the company earned its sixth consecutive top-score on
the Disability Equality Index®. The recognition is a comprehensive
benchmarking tool designed to recognize companies that are
advancing inclusion practices and building a roadmap of measurable,
tangible actions to achieve disability inclusion and equality.
"We're thrilled to receive a top-score on the Disability
Equality Index for the sixth consecutive year because everyone
deserves a workplace where they can show up, feel like they belong,
and perform at their highest level," said Amy Hanneman, vice president of diversity and
inclusion, Northwestern Mutual. "We're committed to growing an
inclusive workplace and investing in a culture where all people can
fully contribute and flourish."
The Disability Equality Index is administered by the American
Association of People with Disabilities and Disability:IN, and is a
national benchmark to measure corporate disability inclusion
practices and identify opportunities for continued improvement.
Northwestern Mutual's designation is the latest in a series of
awards the company has earned in recent years for nurturing an
inclusive workplace. Those awards include:
- Military Friendly® Employer (2020-2024)
- Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes
(2018-2023)
- America's Best Large Employers, Forbes
(2023)
- America's Best Employers for Women (2023)
- Top 50 "Best-of-the-Best" Corporations for Inclusion,
National Business Inclusion (2022-2023)
- Best Companies for Diversity, Black Enterprise
(2023)
- Nine consecutive top scores on the National Human Rights
Campaign's Corporate Equality Index (2015-2023)
About Northwestern Mutual
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 its financial professionals with a
personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to
help its clients plan for what's most important. With
over $627 billion of total assets1 being
managed across the company's institutional portfolio as well as
retail investment client portfolios, more than $36
billion in revenues, and $2.3 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 110 on
the 2024 FORTUNE 500 and was recognized
by FORTUNE® as one of the "World's Most Admired" life
insurance companies in 2024.
Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company (NM), Milwaukee, WI (life
and disability insurance, annuities, and life insurance with
long-term care benefits) and its subsidiaries. Subsidiaries
include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC
(NMIS) (investment brokerage services), broker-dealer,
registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company® (NMWMC) (investment
advisory and services), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long
Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC) (long-term care insurance).
Not all Northwestern Mutual representatives are advisors. Only
those representatives with "Advisor" in their title or who
otherwise disclose their status as an advisor of NMWMC are
credentialed as NMWMC representatives to provide investment
advisory services.
1 Includes investments and separate account assets of
Northwestern Mutual as well as retail investment client assets held
or managed by Northwestern Mutual.
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