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SURETY BONDS, 1999-2008

($000)

Year Net premiums written (1)  Annual percent change Combined ratio (2) Annual point change (3)
1999 $3,273,926 7.2% 83.6 NA
2000 3,362,627 2.7 86.7 3.1 pts.
2001 3,039,761 -9.6 121.6 34.9
2002 3,260,415 7.3 110.3 -11.3
2003 3,382,615 3.7 119.9 9.6
2004 3,817,245 12.8 119.4 -0.5
2005 3,819,542 0.1 101.6 -17.9
2006 4,434,780 16.1 80.6 -21.0
2007 4,792,526 8.1 71.3 -9.3
2008 4,959,742 3.5 66.0 -5.3

(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.

NA=Data not available.

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