LIFE AND NONLIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS, 2012

(Direct premiums written, U.S. $ millions)

      Total premiums
Country Nonlife
premiums (1)
Life
premiums
Amount  Percent of total 
world premiums
Algeria $1,161 $89 $1,250 0.03%
Angola 1,083 57 1,140 0.02
Argentina 12,340 3,118 15,458 0.34
Australia 42,525 43,689 86,214 1.87
Austria 12,575 8,373 20,948 0.45
Bahrain 484 142 627 0.01
Belarus 495 25 520 0.01
Belgium 14,564 26,548 41,111 0.89
Brazil 37,483 44,784 82,267 1.78
Bulgaria 886 153 1,039 0.02
Canada 70,750 51,783 122,532 2.66
Chile 4,357 6,134 10,491 0.23
Colombia 6,126 2,754 8,879 0.19
Costa Rica 818 79 896 0.02
Croatia 1,124 421 1,545 0.03
Cyprus 580 441 1,021 0.02
Czech Republic 4,165 3,680 7,846 0.17
Denmark 10,771 20,774 31,544 0.68
Dominican Republic 632 114 746 0.02
Ecuador 1,230 255 1,485 0.03
Egypt 1,033 785 1,818 0.04
Finland 4,931 20,910 25,841 0.56
France 93,112 149,346 242,459 5.26
Germany 125,497 106,411 231,908 5.03
Greece 3,395 2,479 5,873 0.13
Guatemala 489 125 613 0.01
Hong Kong 3,738 28,979 32,717 0.71
Hungary 1,524 1,774 3,298 0.07
India 13,142 53,300 66,441 1.44
Indonesia 4,615 10,894 15,509 0.34
Iran 7,570 652 8,222 0.18
Ireland 8,230 42,625 50,855 1.10
Israel 5,355 6,201 11,555 0.25
Italy 50,945 93,273 144,218 3.13
Jamaica 442 259 701 0.02
Japan 129,740 524,372 654,112 14.18
Jordan 598 62 659 0.01
Kazakhstan 1,067 352 1,419 0.03
Kenya 855 436 1,290 0.03
Kuwait 789 181 970 0.02
Lebanon 918 377 1,295 0.03
Liechtenstein 853 3,519 4,373 0.09
Luxembourg 3,317 25,946 29,263 0.63
Macao 207 468 674 0.01
Malaysia 5,315 9,513 14,828 0.32
Malta 1,591 1,368 2,958 0.06
Mauritius 213 442 655 0.01
Mexico 13,138 10,844 23,982 0.52
Morocco 1,927 930 2,857 0.06
Namibia 306 674 980 0.02
Netherlands 71,005 29,338 100,342 2.18
New Zealand 8,811 1,672 10,483 0.23
Nigeria 1,354 474 1,828 0.04
Norway 9,942 14,183 24,124 0.52
Oman 637 126 762 0.02
Pakistan 608 951 1,559 0.03
Panama 884 255 1,139 0.02
Peru 1,604 1,394 2,997 0.06
Philippines 1,231 2,265 3,496 0.08
Poland 9,318 9,721 19,038 0.41
Portugal 5,155 8,400 13,556 0.29
PR China 104,302 141,208 245,511 5.32
Qatar 1,242 58 1,300 0.03
Romania 1,812 475 2,287 0.05
Russia 24,296 1,732 26,027 0.56
Saudi Arabia 5,220 235 5,455 0.12
Serbia 571 126 697 0.02
Singapore 9,823 12,257 22,080 0.48
Slovakia 1,385 1,215 2,600 0.06
Slovenia 1,873 700 2,573 0.06
South Africa 10,084 44,787 54,871 1.19
South Korea 60,376 78,920 139,296 3.02
Spain 38,229 33,762 71,991 1.56
Sri Lanka 385 313 698 0.02
Sweden 9,804 27,275 37,079 0.80
Switzerland 27,376 33,171 60,547 1.31
Taiwan 15,230 72,522 87,753 1.90
Thailand 7,567 10,789 18,355 0.40
Trinidad and Tobago 591 361 952 0.02
Tunisia 694 123 816 0.02
Turkey 9,140 1,742 10,882 0.24
Ukraine 2,798 249 3,047 0.07
United Arab Emirates 5,747 1,443 7,190 0.16
United Kingdom 105,500 205,918 311,418 6.75
United States 703,128 567,756 1,270,884 27.55
Uruguay 738 235 973 0.02
Venezuela 13,670 493 14,163 0.31
Vietnam 1,091 882 1,973 0.04
Other 9,428 2,428 11,870 0.28
World $1,991,650 $2,620,864 $4,612,514 100.00%

(1) Includes accident and health insurance.

Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 3/2013.