Symetra Financial seeks a symmetrical balance of work, retirement, and life insurance products. The holding company's subsidiaries offer life insurance, annuities, retirement plans, and employee benefit plans to some 3 million customers throughout the US. Its workplace products include such goodies as medical stop-loss insurance, disability insurance and group annuities. These products are distributed by brokers, independent agents, and third-party administrators. For individual consumers, Symetra offers annuities, individual retirement accounts, and life insurance sold through banks.