INSURANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS, 2008
  Direct
premiums
written
(U.S. $ millions)
Percent
change
from
2007 (1)
Share of
world
market
Premiums
as percent
of GDP
Premiums
per capita
Total industry          
Industrialized countries $3,756,939 -3.4% 88.0% 8.8% $3,655.4
Emerging markets 512,799 11.1 12.0 2.7 89.4
World 4,269,737 -2.0 100.0 7.1 633.9
Life           
Industrialized countries 2,218,523 -5.3 89.1 5.2 2,174.4
Emerging markets 271,898 14.6 10.9 1.4 47.4
World 2,490,421 -3.5 100.0 4.1 369.7
Nonlife          
Industrialized countries 1,538,290 -1.9 86.5 3.6 1,481.0
Emerging markets 240,901 7.1 13.5 1.3 42.0
World 1,779,316 -0.8 100.0 3.0 264.2

(1) Inflation-adjusted.

Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 3/2008.