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Total premiums |
| Rank |
Country |
Life premiums |
Nonlife premiums (2) |
Amount |
Percent change
from prior year |
Percent of total
world premiums |
| 1 |
United States (3), (4) |
$506,228 |
$659,915 |
$1,166,142 |
1.4% |
26.88% |
| 2 |
Japan (4), (5) |
440,950 |
116,489 |
557,439 |
6.8 |
12.85 |
| 3 |
United Kingdom (6) |
213,831 |
96,191 |
310,022 |
-0.7 |
7.15 |
| 4 |
France (6) |
192,428 |
87,654 |
280,082 |
-1.4 |
6.46 |
| 5 |
Germany (6) |
114,868 |
124,949 |
239,817 |
-0.1 |
5.53 |
| 6 |
China (4) |
142,999 |
71,628 |
214,626 |
31.6 |
4.95 |
| 7 |
Italy (6) |
122,063 |
52,285 |
174,347 |
2.9 |
4.02 |
| 8 |
Canada (6), (7) |
51,574 |
63,947 |
115,521 |
16.1 |
2.66 |
| 9 |
South Korea (4), (5) |
71,131 |
43,291 |
114,422 |
16.3 |
2.64 |
| 10 |
Netherlands (6) |
25,102 |
71,954 |
97,057 |
-6.1 |
2.24 |
(1) Before reinsurance transactions.
(2) Includes accident and health insurance. Does not correspond to grouping of U.S. data shown elsewhere in this book.
(3) Life premiums include an estimate of group pension business; nonlife premiums include state funds.
(4) Provisional.
(5) April 1, 2010-March 31, 2011.
(6) Estimated.
(7) Life premiums are net premiums.
Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 2/2011. |