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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) |
$501,675 |
$648,083 |
$1,149,758 |
-7.3 |
28.03% |
| 2 |
Japan (4) |
410,309 |
107,762 |
518,070 |
7.2 |
12.63 |
| 3 |
United Kingdom |
216,719 |
95,446 |
312,165 |
-21.1 |
7.61 |
| 4 |
France |
194,077 |
88,993 |
283,070 |
2.6 |
6.90 |
| 5 |
Germany |
111,996 |
127,945 |
239,941 |
-0.2 |
5.85 |
| 6 |
Italy |
115,290 |
54,070 |
169,360 |
20.4 |
4.13 |
| 7 |
China (5) |
109,175 |
53,871 |
163,046 |
15.8 |
3.98 |
| 8 |
Netherlands (6) |
33,758 |
74,385 |
108,144 |
-5.6 |
2.64 |
| 9 |
Canada (7) |
45,154 |
54,342 |
98,496 |
-4.7 |
2.43 |
| 10 |
South Korea |
62,461 |
34,216 |
96,676 |
6.7 |
2.36 |
(1) Before reinsurance transactions.
(2) Includes accident and health insurance.
(3) Nonlife premiums include state funds; life premiums include an estimate of group pension business.
(4) April 1, 2009-March 31, 2010.
(5) Provisional.
(6) Estimated.
(7) Life premiums are net premiums.
Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 2/2010, update December, 2010. |