INSURANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS, 2009

($ millions)

  Direct premiums written, 2009 Percent change from 2008 (1) Share of world market Premiums as percent of GDP Premiums per capita
Total industry          
Industrialized countries $3,532,716 -1.8% 86.9% 8.6% $3,404.9
Emerging markets 533,379 3.5 13.1 2.9 91.5
World 4,066,095 -1.1 100.0 7.0 595.1
Life          
Industrialized countries 2,046,957 -2.8 87.8 5.0 1,979.9
Emerging markets 284,609 4.2 12.2 1.5 48.8
World 2,331,566 -2.0 100.0 4.0 341.1
Nonlife          
Industrialized countries 1,485,759 -0.6 85.7 3.6 1,424.9
Emerging markets 248,770 2.9 14.2 1.4 42.7
World 1,734,529 -0.1 100.0 3.0 253.9

(1) Inflation-adjusted.

Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 2/2010.