TOP TEN COUNTRIES BY LIFE AND NONLIFE DIRECT PREMIUMS WRITTEN, 2013 (1)

(U.S. $ millions)

        Total premiums
Rank Country Life premiums Nonlife premiums (2) Amount Percent change from prior year Percent of total world premiums
1 United States (3), (4) $532,858 $726,397 $1,259,255 -1.1% 27.13%
2 Japan (5), (6) 422,733 108,773 531,506 -15.2 11.45
3 United Kingdom (6) 222,893 106,750 329,643 2.4 7.10
4 P.R. China (4) 152,121 125,844 277,965 13.3 5.99
5 France (7) 160,156 94,598 254,754 7.2 5.49
6 Germany (7) 114,349 132,813 247,162 6.3 5.33
7 Italy (4) 117,978 50,576       168,554 17.1 3.63
8 South Korea (5), (6) 91,204 54,223 145,427 -4.9 3.13
9 Canada (6), (8) 52,334 73,010 125,344 0.6 2.70
10 Netherlands (4) 26,005 75,135 101,140 5.5 2.18
(1) Before reinsurance transactions. (2) Includes accident and health insurance. (3) Nonlife premiums include state funds; life premiums include an estimate of group pension business. (4) Provisional. (5) April 1, 2013-March 31, 2014. (6) Estimated. (7) Life premiums are estimated; nonlife premiums are provisional. (8) Life premiums are net premiums. Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 3/2014.