|
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. |