INSURANCE
Total Donated
$11,967,484
Contributions
34,691
Unique Donors
1,006
Top Employer
INSURANCE
Contributors who listed INSURANCE on federal itemized receipts account for $11,967,484, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 34,691 contributions from 1,006 donors. INSURANCE is a one-word self-reported sector label stored in the employer grouping, not a NAICS 524 carrier-and-agency total, and not the same row as INSURANCE AGENT. The 1,006 unique donors and 34,691 lines describe the one-word sector cluster only; unitemized gifts stay outside the $11,967,484.
Key figures
- INSURANCE as FEC employer text totals $11,967,484 from 1,006 donors.
- 34,691 contribution lines sit under that one-word sector string.
- INSURANCE AGENT is a separate FEC key.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS 524 industry.
A sector word, not a premium-volume census
FEC forms store INSURANCE when that is what the filer typed. They do not apply NAICS 524. The $11,967,484 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the one word. It is not written-premium totals, not a carrier PAC, and not every employee who typed a company legal name such as a national carrier instead. Those 1,006 people and 34,691 lines are the INSURANCE grouping only. Those 1,006 people and 34,691 lines are the INSURANCE grouping only.
People who typed INSURANCE AGENT, a carrier name, SELF-EMPLOYED, or BROKER sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into INSURANCE. Those 1,006 donors remain unique contributors in this string only.
1,006 donors and 34,691 lines
1,006 unique donors produced 34,691 INSURANCE contribution lines totaling $11,967,484. Receipts per donor run near 34 — a repeat-heavy pattern. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a split among life, P&C, health, and reinsurance.
Party share is not on the industry headline. Unitemized gifts never appear. Independent expenditures that lack this individual-employer string are outside the $11,967,484.
Full analysis: INSURANCE as FEC employer text: $12.0 million →
Questions
- How much have INSURANCE-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $11,967,484 to the INSURANCE employer string, from 34,691 contributions and 1,006 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS 524 total and not a carrier PAC. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
- Is INSURANCE the same as INSURANCE AGENT?
- No. INSURANCE AGENT is a separate two-word job-title string with its own page. A receipt stamped INSURANCE is counted only in the $11,967,484 here. LobbyVault does not merge the sector word into the agent title. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
- Does this include every insurance-company employee?
- No. Only receipts whose grouped employer text is INSURANCE are in the total. People who wrote a carrier legal name or INSURANCE AGENT are elsewhere. The 1,006 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not an industry employment census.
- Why are there 34,691 contributions from 1,006 donors?
- Each itemized gift is a line. Repeat donations from the same 1,006 people produce the 34,691 receipt count. Recurring itemized programs raise that ratio. The FEC field is transactional, not a once-per-person census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.
Cycle-over-Cycle Trend
| Cycle | Total | Contributions | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $89,508 | 151 | 98 |
| 1982 | $39,000 | 47 | 21 |
| 1984 | $117,241 | 88 | 24 |
| 1986 | $48,250 | 52 | 24 |
| 1988 | $68,827 | 59 | 28 |
| 1990 | $54,900 | 85 | 33 |
| 1992 | $79,426 | 105 | 32 |
| 1994 | $61,270 | 92 | 26 |
| 1996 | $104,232 | 123 | 27 |
| 1998 | $34,520 | 66 | 24 |
| 2000 | $102,005 | 119 | 30 |
| 2002 | $35,516 | 55 | 19 |
| 2004 | $96,856 | 98 | 24 |
| 2006 | $72,249 | 92 | 17 |
| 2008 | $108,804 | 115 | 29 |
| 2010 | $70,560 | 75 | 18 |
| 2012 | $87,190 | 87 | 16 |
| 2014 | $40,330 | 39 | 12 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HELLMUTH, C T | $6,500 | 3 | POTOMAC, MD | — | 1980 |
| 2 | BOWDEN, JOHN C | $5,790 | 9 | WACO, TX | — | 1980 |
| 3 | ARBURY, N S MR | $4,500 | 5 | MIDLAND, MI | — | 1980 |
| 4 | HERMELIN, DAVID | $2,634 | 5 | BIRMINGHAM, MI | — | 1980 |
| 5 | BROWN, CARL G JR | $2,550 | 5 | SAN MATEO, CA | — | 1980 |
| 6 | METCALF, LAWRENCE V | $2,000 | 4 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — | 1980 |
| 7 | DULWORTH, JACK T MR | $2,000 | 2 | HOUSTON, TX | — | 1980 |
| 8 | JONES, JAMIE E | $2,000 | 2 | SHREVPORT, LA | — | 1980 |
| 9 | CREE, JOE MR | $2,000 | 1 | PAMPA, TX | — | 1980 |
| 10 | GEMMILL, JOHN F MR | $1,750 | 4 | EDMONDS, WA | — | 1980 |
| 11 | ARBURY, NED MR | $1,500 | 2 | MIDLAND, MI | — | 1980 |
| 12 | LAWRENZ, DONALD R | $1,500 | 3 | CORONA DEL MAR, CA | — | 1980 |
| 13 | MADDEN, HAROLD F | $1,500 | 2 | GARDEN CITY, NY | — | 1980 |
| 14 | LEE, JOHN RIDINGS | $1,470 | 2 | DALLAS, TX | — | 1980 |
| 15 | CRAVENS, MALCOLM MR | $1,250 | 2 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — | 1980 |
| 16 | GEMMILL, JOHN F | $1,250 | 3 | EDMONDS, WA | — | 1980 |
| 17 | HARTSON, MAURICE J JR | $1,000 | 1 | NEW ORLEANS, LA | — | 1980 |
| 18 | BOWERS, DARILYN | $1,000 | 1 | DETROIT, MI | — | 1980 |
| 19 | DINNER, RICHARD S | $1,000 | 2 | SANTA ROSA, CA | — | 1980 |
| 20 | MANN, ROBERT H JR | $1,000 | 1 | KANSAS CITY, MO | — | 1980 |
| 21 | EUSTIS, HAROLD | $1,000 | 1 | GREENVILLE, MS | — | 1980 |
| 22 | BRYANT, DONALD JR | $1,000 | 1 | ST LOUIS, MO | — | 1980 |
| 23 | JAMES, BILL MR | $1,000 | 1 | DELRAY BEACH, FL | — | 1980 |
| 24 | EARTON, SYDNEY MR | $1,000 | 1 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — | 1980 |
| 25 | DUKE, BRIAN L | $1,000 | 1 | ALEXANDRIA, LA | — | 1980 |
| 26 | LYNN, CHRISTINE MRS | $1,000 | 1 | BOCA RATON, FL | — | 1980 |
| 27 | CHILDS, R L MR | $1,000 | 2 | CHICAGO, IL | — | 1980 |
| 28 | COOKSEY, J P | $1,000 | 1 | JACKSON, MS | — | 1980 |
| 29 | GUNN, L C MR | $1,000 | 1 | VAN BUEN, AR | — | 1980 |
| 30 | JOHNSON, LEROY I | $1,000 | 1 | WEST HARTFORD, CT | — | 1980 |
| 31 | DOUGLAS, KEITH | $1,000 | 1 | SEATTLE, WA | — | 1980 |
| 32 | ANDERSON, ARTHUR W | $1,000 | 2 | LOVES PARK, IL | — | 1980 |
| 33 | LYNN, GENE M | $1,000 | 1 | BOCA RATON, FL | — | 1980 |
| 34 | ATKINS, JAMES H | $1,000 | 1 | LITTLE ROCK, AR | — | 1980 |
| 35 | JOYNER, M H | $1,000 | 1 | GREENVILLE, NC | — | 1980 |
| 36 | BAILEY, PRYOR III | $1,000 | 1 | STARKVILLE, MS | — | 1980 |
| 37 | LEAVITT, MICHAEL O | $1,000 | 1 | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | — | 1980 |
| 38 | BALMER, BARRY MR | $1,000 | 1 | HONEY BROOK, PA | — | 1980 |
| 39 | DILLINGHAM, TOM B | $1,000 | 2 | ENID, OK | — | 1980 |
| 40 | GREENBERG, MAURICE A | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — | 1980 |
| 41 | MARTIN, GEORGE E | $1,000 | 2 | NEW ORLEANS, LA | — | 1980 |
| 42 | BATZER, STEVEN J MR | $1,000 | 1 | MT LAUREL, NJ | — | 1980 |
| 43 | KILPATRICK, TEX R | $1,000 | 1 | MONROE, LA | — | 1980 |
| 44 | LUCAS, KEN R | $800 | 1 | FLORENCE, KY | — | 1980 |
| 45 | LYONS, KEITH M | $775 | 1 | SULPHUR, LA | — | 1980 |
| 46 | HOWARD, WARREN F | $750 | 3 | OMAHA, NE | — | 1980 |
| 47 | COUCH, JESSE | $750 | 1 | HOUSTON, TX | — | 1980 |
| 48 | CANAVAN, GENE | $750 | 2 | SAN ANTONIO, TX | — | 1980 |
| 49 | DETHLOFF, GLENN A | $750 | 1 | LAMESA, CA | — | 1980 |
| 50 | BERLINER, FRANK | $750 | 1 | DALLAS, TX | — | 1980 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376 | $69,300 | 21 |
| 2 | ACTBLUEC00401224 | $60,214 | 15 |
| 3 | WINREDC00694323 | $57,666 | 10 |
| 4 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418 | $48,512 | 32 |
| 5 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603 | $31,913 | 15 |
| 6 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *C00091009 | $26,950 | 25 |
| 7 | NRSCC00027466 | $25,699 | 14 |
| 8 | DSCCC00042366 | $24,975 | 12 |
| 9 | VICTORY '96 NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUALC60000759 | $24,000 | 5 |
| 10 | MISSOURI REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE-FEDERALC00008664 | $21,000 | 1 |
| 11 | OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445 | $19,594 | 10 |
| 12 | TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEC00618371 | $17,004 | 7 |
| 13 | NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEEC00164418 | $15,500 | 1 |
| 14 | LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUNDC00252940 | $15,000 | 2 |
| 15 | OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740 | $13,750 | 5 |
| 16 | BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE, INC.C00411587 | $13,400 | 1 |
| 17 | LOBIONDO FOR CONGRESSC00269340 | $13,100 | 1 |
| 18 | SESTAK FOR CONGRESSC00419291 | $12,800 | 2 |
| 19 | HASTERT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00208090 | $12,400 | 1 |
| 20 | DCCCC00000935 | $11,975 | 5 |
| 21 | BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INCC00386987 | $11,750 | 7 |
| 22 | ASSOCIATED LIFE INSURANCE GROUP NATIONAL POLICYHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ALIGN)C00171322 | $11,750 | 5 |
| 23 | JUDY BIGGERT FOR CONGRESSC00330241 | $11,450 | 1 |
| 24 | SUSAN WILD FOR CONGRESSC00658567 | $11,400 | 2 |
| 25 | PATRICK MURPHY FOR CONGRESSC00411991 | $11,250 | 2 |