BUSINESS MEMO: NAME TO 'FORTUNE 500'

Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) has been listed on the 1998 "Fortune 500" list of the nation's largest companies for a fifth consecutive year.

Fortune Magazine's annual ranking, which was released in late April, listed AAL at 461. Fortune listed AAL's total 1998 sales at $3.2 billion.

AAL, headquartered in Appleton, Wis, offers life, long-term care and disability income insurance and fixed annuities to Lutherans and their families nationwide.