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Top 10 Largest World Commercial Liability Markets, 2014

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		Direct premiums written			Liability as a percentage of
Rank	Country	Liability	Total nonlife	GDP (1)	Total nonlife	GDP (1)
1	United States	$86.6	$539.3	$16,805.4	16.1%	0.52%
2	United Kingdom	10.6	101.0	2,713.9	10.5	0.39
3	Germany	8.6	92.9	3,751.9	9.2	0.23
4	France	6.7	83.3	2,812.5	8.1	0.24
5	Japan	6.3	85.5	4,913.0	7.3	0.13
6	Canada	5.0	50.6	1,831.0	9.9	0.27
7	Italy	5.0	46.3	2,133.5	10.8	0.23
8	Australia	4.9	32.7	1,501.0	14.9	0.33
9	China	4.2	105.5	9,603.2	3.9	0.04
10	Spain	2.1	31.2	1,369.5	6.9	0.16
	Total, countries shown	$140.0	$1,170.0	$47,400.0	12.0%	0.30%
	Total, all countries	$165.0	$1,600.0	$77,400.0	10.3%	0.21%

(1) Gross domestic product.

Source: Swiss Re.

Top 10 Largest Commercial Liability Markets, 2013

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		Direct premiums written, 2013			Liability as a percentage of
Rank	Country	Liability	Total nonlife	GDP (1)	Total nonlife	GDP (1)
1	U.S.	$84.0	$531.2	$16,802	15.8%	0.50%
2	U.K.	9.9	99.2	2,521	10.0	0.39
3	Germany	7.8	90.4	3,713	8.6	0.21
4	France	6.8	83.1	2,750	8.2	0.25
5	Japan	6.0	81.0	4,964	7.4	0.12
6	Canada	5.2	50.5	1,823	10.3	0.29
7	Italy	5.0	47.6	2,073	10.5	0.24
8	Australia	4.8	32.7	1,506	14.7	0.32
9	China	3.5	105.5	9,345	3.3	0.04
10	Spain	2.2	31.0	1,361	7.1	0.16
	World	$160.0	$1,550.0	$61,709	10.3%	0.26%

(1) Gross Domestic Product.

Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 4/2014.