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INSURANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS, 2009

($ millions)

  Direct premiums written, 2009 Percent change from 2008 (1) Share of world market Premiums as percent of GDP Premiums per capita
Total industry          
Industrialized countries $3,567,597 -0.9% 86.98% 8.68% $3,431.1
Emerging markets 534,062 3.9 13.02 8.85 91.7
World 4,101,658 -0.3 100.00 7.01 600.3
Life          
Industrialized countries 2,075,290 -1.4 87.96 5.07 2,003.8
Emerging markets 284,057 4.6 12.04 1.52 48.7
World 2,359,346 -0.8 100.00 4.03 345.3
Nonlife          
Industrialized countries 1,492,307 -0.1 85.65 3.10 1,427.3
Emerging markets 250,006 3.3 14.35 1.33 42.9
World 1,742,312 0.4 100.00 2.98 255.0

(1) Inflation-adjusted.

Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 2/2010, update December 2010.