| Rank |
Company |
Country of parent company |
Gross premiums written |
| 1 |
Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation |
Switzerland |
$4,365,550 |
| 2 |
National Indemnity Company (Berkshire Hathaway) (1) |
U.S. |
4,352,429 |
| 3 |
Transatlantic/Putnam Reinsurance Company |
U.S. |
3,675,627 |
| 4 |
Munich Reinsurance America Corp. (2) |
Germany |
3,620,278 |
| 5 |
Everest Reinsurance Company |
Bermuda |
3,379,194 |
| 6 |
XL Reinsurance America (3) |
Bermuda |
2,696,627 |
| 7 |
QBE Reinsurance Group, New York (4) |
Australia |
2,093,449 |
| 8 |
Odyssey America Re./Odyssey Reinsurance Corp. (5) |
Canada |
1,988,836 |
| 9 |
Berkley Insurance Company |
U.S. |
1,455,576 |
| 10 |
General Re Group (6) |
U.S. |
1,320,844 |
| |
Total, top ten reinsurers |
|
$28,948,410 |
| |
Total, all reinsurers |
|
$34,507,904 |
(1) Excludes assumptions from affiliated General Re Group.
(2) Includes Munich Re America, American Alternative Insurance Corporation and The Princeton Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Co.
(3) Includes the net pooled share of the combined underwriting results of the XL America Group Pool.
(4) Includes the QBE Reinsurance Corporation, QBE Insurance Corporation and QBE Specialty Insurance Company.
(5) Includes Odyssey America Re, Clearwater Insurance, Clearwater Select, Hudson Insurance and Hudson Specialty Insurance Companies.
(6) North American Property/Casualty underwritten segment of General Re; excludes certain intercompany transactions and cessions to certain affiliates of Berkshire Hathaway.
Source: Reinsurance Association of America. |