IBD Unveils List of Most Trusted Financial Companies of 2021

Investors Business Daily (IBD), a leading financial news and research organization, today announced the results of its second annual Most Trusted Financial Companies survey.

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  • Investors Business Daily (IBD), a leading financial news and research organization, today announced the results of its second annual Most Trusted Financial Companies survey.
  • Investors turn to IBD because the Top 25 Most Trusted Financial Companies list is not a competition judged by a panel; winners are not chosen by editors subjectively.
  • Life insurance and ETF/mutual fund companies were added to the Most Trusted Financial Companies survey this year.
  • The Most Trusted Companies list was developed based on subscriber interest in IBDs unbiased insights into which financial companies had earned high levels of customer trust.


Investor’s Business Daily (IBD), a leading financial news and research organization, today announced the results of its second annual Most Trusted Financial Companies survey. Conducted in collaboration with TechnoMetrica, IBD’s polling partner, the survey measured customers’ trust in financial companies, ranking organizations objectively to help consumers make informed decisions based on the factors that matter to them. This year’s list is based on input from more than 6,000 respondents who rated companies of which they are clients.

“When it comes to choosing a financial services company, trust is a crucial component today,” said Susan Warfel, managing editor of IBD. “In our survey, 98.4% of respondents said trust is important to their relationship with financial companies, including almost 90% who said it was very important. Investors turn to IBD because the Top 25 Most Trusted Financial Companies list is not a competition judged by a panel; winners are not chosen by editors subjectively. The companies on this list actually earned the trust of their customers.”

The Most Trusted Financial Companies research included companies in eight lines of business: auto insurance, banks, credit card issuers, ETF/mutual fund companies, home insurance, life insurance, online brokers and wealth management. Life insurance and ETF/mutual fund companies were added to the Most Trusted Financial Companies survey this year. Rankings were based on five trust components that consumers indicated were most important to them in a Phase 1 survey: a company’s commitment to protecting the privacy and security of personal data, quality of products and services, ethical business practices and values, fair prices/fees for products and services and customer service.

This year, IBD ranked 74 companies that passed its minimum inclusion criterion. The top 25 were chosen from across the business lines and represent the companies with the highest overall trust ratings. IBD also spotlighted the top three companies with the highest trust ratings in each of the eight business categories. According to the data, online brokers and ETF/mutual fund companies are most trusted by consumers, while banks and life insurance companies are the least trusted.

The Most Trusted Companies list was developed based on subscriber interest in IBD’s unbiased insights into which financial companies had earned high levels of customer trust. When polled, 89% of respondents indicated IBD’s seal of approval would increase their likelihood of trusting a company, with 83.5% indicating that IBD’s data would boost the likelihood of them purchasing a particular company’s products or services.

Top 25 Most Trusted Financial Companies

The following companies received the highest ratings overall. Some companies earned high rankings in multiple businesses:

  1. USAA: Auto Insurance
  2. USAA: Home Insurance
  3. Vanguard Brokerage: Online Brokers
  4. Charles Schwab: Online Brokers
  5. Vanguard: ETF/Fund Companies
  6. Fidelity: ETF/Fund Companies
  7. T. Rowe Price: ETF/Fund Companies
  8. Discover: Credit Cards
  9. Fidelity: Online Brokers
  10. Ameriprise Financial: Wealth Managers
  11. TD Wealth: Wealth Managers
  12. TD Ameritrade: Online Brokers
  13. USAA: ETF/Fund Companies
  14. Fidelity: Wealth Managers
  15. Charles Schwab: ETF/Fund Companies
  16. Erie Insurance: Home Insurance
  17. Schwab Private Client: Wealth Managers
  18. American Express: Credit Cards
  19. Auto Club Exchange (AAA insurance): Auto Insurance
  20. Ally Invest: Online Brokers
  21. T. Rowe Price: Wealth Managers
  22. American Funds/Capital Group: ETF/Fund Companies
  23. Merrill Edge: Online Brokers
  24. ARK Invest: ETF/Fund Companies
  25. Northwestern Mutual: Life Insurance

Most Trusted Companies by Line of Business

Breaking down the top vote-getters across the eight specific lines of business, the winners were:

Auto Insurance:

  • USAA
  • Auto Club Exchange (AAA insurance)
  • State Farm

Banks:

  • TD Bank
  • Citi
  • PNC Bank

Credit Cards:

  • Discover
  • American Express
  • Citi

ETF/Mutual Fund Companies:

  • Vanguard
  • Fidelity
  • T. Rowe Price

Home Insurance:

  • USAA
  • Erie Insurance
  • State Farm

Life Insurance:

  • Northwest Mutual
  • Prudential
  • MetLife

Online Brokers:

  • Vanguard Brokerage
  • Charles Schwab
  • Fidelity

Wealth Management:

  • Ameriprise
  • TD Wealth
  • Fidelity

To find out more about this year’s winners and read analysis of the respective categories, please visit www.investors.com/MostTrusted.

The 2021 IBD Most Trusted Financial Companies logo and accolades are available for licensing through Investor's Business Daily's partner, The YGS Group. For more information and ordering, please contact [email protected] or call 800-290-5460.

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