| Year |
Net premiums written (1) |
Annual percent change |
Combined ratio (2) |
Annual point change (3) |
| 2000 |
$6,425,102 |
6.4% |
92.6 |
-8.9 pts. |
| 2001 |
6,594,976 |
2.6 |
99.9 |
7.4 |
| 2002 |
7,066,256 |
7.1 |
83.8 |
-16.2 |
| 2003 |
7,707,912 |
9.1 |
80.5 |
-3.3 |
| 2004 |
7,853,448 |
1.9 |
82.7 |
2.2 |
| 2005 |
8,382,722 |
6.7 |
89.3 |
6.7 |
| 2006 |
9,232,384 |
10.1 |
77.5 |
-11.8 |
| 2007 |
9,740,686 |
5.5 |
79.8 |
2.3 |
| 2008 |
9,367,602 |
-3.8 |
93.3 |
13.6 |
| 2009 |
8,647,965 |
-7.7 |
89.1 |
-4.3 |
(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. |