| Year |
Net premiums written (1) |
Annual percent change |
Combined ratio (2) |
Annual point change (3) |
| 2001 |
$4,875,888 |
5.0% |
118.9 |
5.2 pts. |
| 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 |
10,099,681 |
2.0 |
78.5 |
-13.9 |
| 2010 |
10,216,570 |
1.2 |
80.1 |
1.5 |
(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. |