insurance founded bellevue washington 2004 headquarters bellevue washington united states key people randall talbot founder tom marra ceo margaret meister cfo products retirement plans employee benefits annuities life insurance revenue us 2.1 billion 2012 net income us 205.4 million 2012 total assets us 29.5 billion 2012 number of employees 1 250 website www.symetra.com symetra is a united states based family of companies providing retirement plans employee benefits annuities and life insurance through independent distributors nationwide . the main headquarters of the company is located in bellevue washington . started in 1957 symetra financial began as a subsidiary of safeco . in 1967 the total amount of insurance in force for symetra surpassed the 1 billion mark . by 1995 the total assets had grown to 10 billion . in 2004 safeco sold its life insurance business to an investor group led by white mountains insurance group and berkshire hathaway . 1 symetra financial was eventually acquired by japanese insurer sumitomo life for 3.8 billion . the japanese insurer was looking to expand its foothold on insurance especially with an aging japanese market . 2 references edit safeco s former investment unit renamed symetra http www.nytimes.com 2015 08 12 business dealbook sumitomo life insurance symetra financial deal.html r 0 this united states corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title symetra & oldid 731103383 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangeinsurance companies of the united statescompanies based in washington state united states company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 23 july 2016 at 00 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view