Symetra Named to 2025 PEOPLE® Companies That Care™ List

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 20, 2025--

Symetra Life Insurance Company, a national provider of life, retirement and employee benefits insurance products, announced that it has been named to the 2025 PEOPLE ® Companies That Care List ™, coming in at No. 71 among the top 100 organizations recognized. Compiled by Great Place To Work ® and PEOPLE magazine, the annual list honors companies that “go the extra mile to honor their customers, empower their employees, and make the world a better place.”

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“Witnessing the innovative spirit with which these companies invest in their employees, communities, and the world is truly invigorating," says Charlotte Triggs, PEOPLE GM and editor-in-chief. “Their commitment reflects our mission, to feature what happens when ordinary people do extraordinary work.”

The Companies That Care List is based on over 1.3 million employee survey responses and data from Great Place To Work Certified™ companies representing the experience of more than 8.4 million employees. More than a million surveys came from employees at companies eligible for this year’s list, and these rankings are based on that feedback. When surveyed, 92 percent of Symetra’s employees said the company is a great place to work, and 95 percent of those surveyed said they felt good about the ways Symetra contributed to the community.

“Symetra is incredibly proud to be recognized by PEOPLE and Great Place to Work and included among the organizations whose culture reflects a commitment to community,” said Margaret Meister, president and CEO, Symetra Financial Corp. “Serving our customers, supporting our employees, and innovating for the future are critically important to our long-term success, but equally vital is our work to support and give back to our communities. Through our corporate social responsibility program, Symetra Social Impact, we aim to be intentional and transparent about the goals we’ve set and the progress we’re making to create positive impact for people and for the planet alongside our community partners.”

“Businesses are vital pillars in the communities where they operate,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. “Caring for your people and your community isn’t something you do after you build a successful business; it’s how to make your business successful.”

The Companies That Care ranking is among multiple recognitions Symetra has recently earned. In May, the company was named to the Puget Sound Business Journal’s Corporate Philanthropists list in the large company category for the fifth consecutive year. In 2024, Symetra was again recognized as a Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™ and a Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance™ and also earned Fortune Best Workplaces for Parents™ and Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials™ honors.

To learn more about Symetra Social Impact and how we support our employees’ volunteerism and giving efforts, visit https://www.symetra.com/about-us/about-symetra/social-impact/.

About Symetra

Symetra Life Insurance Company is a subsidiary of Symetra Financial Corporation, a diversified financial services company based in Bellevue, Washington. In business since 1957, Symetra provides employee benefits, annuities and life insurance through a national network of benefit consultants, financial institutions, and independent financial professionals and insurance producers. For more information, visit www.symetra.com.

About Great Place To Work

As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary platform and Great Place To Work Model™ help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified and receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.

About the PEOPLE Companies That Care List

Great Place To Work selected the 2025 PEOPLE Companies That Care List by gathering and analyzing over 1.3 million confidential survey responses from companies representing more than 8.4 million U.S. employees at Great Place To Work Certified organizations. Of those, more than a million responses came from employees at companies eligible for the list and these rankings are based on that feedback. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place To Work Trust Index™ Survey.

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Symetra, a national provider of life, retirement and employee benefits insurance products, was named to the 2025 PEOPLE® Companies That Care list (https://people.com/100-companies-that-care-list-2025-11784812).

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections, despite a lower court's ruling that the redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against Black people.

The state's Republican leadership filed an emergency appeal with the justices a day after a three-judge court refused to let the state use a map it adopted three years ago that has a majority Black population in just one of its seven congressional districts.

The judges instead required Alabama to continue using a court-ordered map that was put in place for the 2024 elections that includes two districts where Black residents comprise a majority or close to it.

Attorney General Steve Marshall told the court that the state did not intentionally discriminate against Black residents and should be allowed to hold elections this year under a map chosen by lawmakers, not judges.

The appeal is the latest development in the fallout from last month's Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana and weakened the federal Voting Rights Act. That ruling has led Republicans in several Southern states, including Alabama, to take steps to reshape voting districts with large minority populations that have elected Democrats.

The redistricting frenzy is part of a broader push by President Donald Trump to try to hold on to Republicans’ slim House majority in the November elections.

The Alabama cases stretches back several years. The three-judge panel in 2023 ruled that a map drawn by Republican state lawmakers intentionally diluted the voting power of Black citizens. The court said the state, which is about 27% Black, should have two districts where Black voters are the majority or close to it. The court-selected map was used in 2024.

After the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the Louisiana case, Alabama officials moved to implement the 2023 state-drawn map. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority agreed to lift the injunction that had blocked the map’s use and sent the case back to the three-judge panel for reconsideration in light of the Louisiana ruling.

In the meantime, voters cast ballots in Alabama’s May 19 primaries, and Republican Gov. Kay Ivey set new special primaries for Aug. 11 in four congressional districts affected by the map switch.

Upon further review, the judicial panel said it was standing behind its initial finding that there was “undisputed evidence” of intentional racial discrimination, a holding that was independent of and unaffected by the Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

It said the special congressional primaries should instead proceed under the previous court-approved districts.

The use of the court-ordered map led to the 2024 election of U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, a Black Democrat. State Republicans are seeking to use a map that would give the GOP an opportunity to reclaim the south Alabama seat.

The state is asking for Supreme Court action by Monday as it makes preparations for the special vote in August.

This story has been corrected to show the Alabama primaries were May 19, not May 11.

Associated Press writer Kim Chandler contributed to this report from Montgomery, Ala.

Follow the AP’s coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court at https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court.

FILE - Shomari Figures, who is running for Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, speaks during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A statue titled the "Authority of Law" sits in front of the Supreme Court on Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)