INLAND MARINE INSURANCE, 1999-2008

($000)

Year Net premiums written (1) Annual percent change Combined ratio (2) Annual point change (3)
1999 $6,063,160 2.8% 101.2 NA
2000 6,577,227 8.5 92.0 -9.2 pts.
2001 6,686,003 1.7 98.7 6.7
2002 6,987,446 4.5 85.7 -13.0
2003 7,786,214 11.4 80.1 -5.6
2004 7,940,003 2.0 84.1 4.0
2005 8,251,519 3.9 90.3 6.1
2006 9,216,454 11.7 72.6 -17.7
2007 9,795,573 6.3 79.2 6.6
2008 9,407,901 -4.0 92.6 13.4

(1) After reinsurance transactions, excluding 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 data.

NA=Data not available.

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