PRIVATE PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE, 2004-2013

($000)

  Liability Collision/comprehensive
Year Net premiums written (1) Annual percent change Combined ratio (2) Annual point change (3) Net premiums written (1) Annual percent change Combined ratio (2) Annual point change (3)
2004 $92,936,566 4.1% 98.9 -4.2 pts. $64,697,069 4.3% 87.0 -5.1 pts.
2005 94,384,329 1.6 98.4 -0.4 64,882,303 0.3 90.7 3.7
2006 95,325,685 1.0 98.6 0.2 65,125,977 0.4 91.4 0.7
2007 94,974,640 -0.4 101.8 3.1 64,700,792 -0.7 93.4 2.0
2008 94,545,647 -0.5 103.5 1.7 64,054,581 -1.0 95.8 2.4
2009 94,990,682 0.5 106.2 2.7 62,630,693 -2.2 93.0 -2.8
2010 97,672,826 2.8 105.9 -0.3 62,595,851 -0.1 93.4 0.4
2011 100,369,441 2.8 103.8 -2.1 62,948,280 0.6 99.6 6.3
2012 103,429,677 3.0 103.2 -0.6 64,619,667 2.7 100.2 0.6
2013 107,446,382 3.9 103.6 0.4 67,451,645 4.4 98.7 -1.5
(1) After reinsurance transactions, excludes state funds. (2) After dividends to policyholders. A drop in the combined ratio represents an improvement; an increase represents a deterioration. (3) Calculated from unrounded numbers. Source: SNL Financial LC.