FIRE INSURANCE, 2000-2009

($000)

Year Net premiums written (1) Annual percent change Combined ratio (2) Annual point change (3)
2000 $4,644,164 -3.3% 113.7 9.7 pts.
2001 4,875,888 5.0 118.9 5.2
2002 7,214,559 48.0 87.1 -31.7
2003 8,383,939 16.2 79.3 -7.8
2004 8,043,670 -4.1 74.4 -5.0
2005 7,882,717 -2.0 81.6 7.2
2006 9,337,982 18.5 76.5 -5.1
2007 9,765,414 4.6 86.3 9.9
2008 9,904,948 1.4 92.5 6.1
2009 10,099,906 2.0 78.5 -14.0

(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.

Source: SNL Financial LC.