Earthquake Insurance, 2015-2024
| Year | Net premiums written (1) |
Annual percent change |
Combined ratio (2) |
Annual point change (3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $1,642,730 | 0.6% | 28.5 | -5.9 pts. |
| 2016 | 1,526,914 | -7.1 | 34.5 | 6.1 |
| 2017 | 1,429,548 | -6.4 | 44.6 | 10.0 |
| 2018 | 1,775,279 | 24.2 | 45.4 | 0.8 |
| 2019 | 1,955,713 | 10.2 | 29.4 | -15.9 |
| 2020 | 2,349,315 | 20.1 | 38.8 | 9.4 |
| 2021 | 2,894,251 | 23.2 | 36.9 | -2.0 |
| 2022 | 3,059,133 | 5.7 | 31.4 | -5.4 |
| 2023 | 3,705,470 | 21.1 | 30.1 | -1.3 |
| 2024 | 3,734,779 | 0.8 | 32.7 | 2.6 |
(1) After reinsurance transactions, excludes state funds, such as the California Earthquake Authority, a not-for-profit, privately funded, publicly managed organization that provides coverage in California.
(2) After dividends to policyholders. A drop in the combined ratio represents an improvement; an increase represents a deterioration.
(3) Calculated from unrounded data.
Source: NAIC data, sourced from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Insurance Information Institute.