| Year |
Net premiums written (1) |
Annual percent change |
Combined ratio (2) |
Annual point change (3) |
| 2001 |
$575,214 |
-2.3% |
90.7 |
11.4 pts. |
| 2002 |
703,038 |
22.2 |
104.6 |
13.8 |
| 2003 |
568,502 |
-19.1 |
98.6 |
-6.0 |
| 2004 |
806,372 |
41.8 |
96.4 |
-2.2 |
| 2005 |
936,101 |
16.1 |
82.2 |
-14.2 |
| 2006 |
1,090,144 |
16.5 |
86.2 |
4.0 |
| 2007 |
1,405,439 |
28.9 |
129.2 |
43.0 |
| 2008 |
1,413,313 |
0.6 |
170.6 |
41.4 |
| 2009 |
1,224,472 |
-13.4 |
140.8 |
-29.8 |
| 2010 |
1,344,776 |
9.8 |
127.2 |
-13.6 |
(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. |