Jackson National Life Insurance Company, headquartered in Lansing,Michigan, is one of America\'s largest life insurance companies, with more than $131 billion of life insurance in force and more than $47 billion in assets (GAAP), with $39.9 billion in policy liabilities set aside to pay primarily future policyowner benefits. It is also one of America\'s leading annuity writers, with more than $4.8 billion of fixed and variable annuity sales in 2000. Jackson National(R) is wholly owned by the United Kingdom\'s Prudential plc, a leading financial services group with operations in Europe, Asia, and the United States (not affiliated with Prudential Financial).