Dividends - we’re in this together
We are proud to be distributing an all-time high of $400 million in dividends and credited rate enhancements to our eligible clients in 2023.
What is a dividend?
What is a dividend?
Dividends are one way you share in our success. We’re a not-for-profit, membership-owned fraternal organization with no shareholders to answer to, so our dividends are paid to eligible clients–our owners–as a way for them to share in our success.
Learn what dividends are and how they work in this short video.
Learn what dividends are and how they work in this short video.
Thrivent dividends by the numbers
This year, we’re proud to be distributing $400 million to clients. That’s more money than we’ve ever distributed in a single year in our history, and it’s 37% higher than what we distributed in 2022.
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Dividends FAQ
What is a dividend?
A dividend is money that’s distributed when a company performs better than expected. You may be familiar with dividends that are paid out to stock company shareholders. But as a not-for-profit fraternal organization that’s owned by our membership, we don’t have shareholders. So, our dividends are paid out to eligible clients as a way to share in our success. When our actual results are better than what we expected they would be, we’re able to distribute some of our surplus to our clients—the owners—in the form of dividends.
Who is eligible to receive a dividend?
Owners of participating Thrivent products may be eligible to receive a dividend.
What can you do with a dividend?
Depending on the type of policy you have and the dividend option you’ve selected, you could be
able to:
- Reinvest your dividends to increase your policy’s death benefit and cash value
- Use the dividends to reduce your premiums
- Take a cash payout of your dividends
How are dividends calculated?
Every year, the Thrivent Board of Directors determines how much of our surplus to set aside for growth of the company and to protect the ability to meet ongoing and future claims and other obligations. The remainder is distributed as dividends to the policies that contributed to the surplus.
Once the total dividend is determined, the amount each insurance policy owner receives reflects how their product contributed to Thrivent’s surplus.
The allocation of dividends is not based on the ups and downs of the market, but rather on a long-term view of how Thrivent policies performed across several factors, including:
Once the total dividend is determined, the amount each insurance policy owner receives reflects how their product contributed to Thrivent’s surplus.
The allocation of dividends is not based on the ups and downs of the market, but rather on a long-term view of how Thrivent policies performed across several factors, including:
- How many insurance claims we paid compared to how many we expected to pay;
- Performance of our underlying investments; and
- How much it actually cost to do business versus what we anticipated.
At Thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goal.
We’re driven by a higher purpose at our core, and committed to providing financial advice, investments, insurance, banking and generosity programs to help people make the most of all they’ve been given.
Dividends are not guaranteed and do not apply to all products or clients.
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