8-K 1 d8k.htm NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Nationwide Life Insurance Company Form 8-K Current Report

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report: December 18, 2003

(Date of Earliest Event Reported: December 17, 2003)

   Commission File No. 2-64559

 

 

NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

OHIO   31-4156830
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

One Nationwide Plaza

Columbus, Ohio 43215

(614) 249-7111

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Item 5. Other Events.

 

On December 17, 2003, Fitch Ratings issued a press release announcing that they had assigned an insurer financial strength rating of ‘AA-’ with a stable outlook to Nationwide Life Insurance Company.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

       

NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

     
       

(Registrant)

         

Date: December 18, 2003

      

/s/    Mark R. Thresher

     
           

Mark R. Thresher

Senior Vice President—Chief Financial Officer