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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE, 1999-2008

($000)

Year Net premiums written (1) Annual percent change Combined ratio (2) Annual point change (3)
1999 $5,181,729 3.1% 128.6 NA
2000 5,726,696 10.5 127.9 -0.7 pts.
2001 6,256,399 9.2 150.4 22.5
2002 7,440,970 18.9 138.0 -12.4
2003 8,753,854 17.6 138.8 0.8
2004 9,124,240 4.2 108.6 -30.2
2005 9,734,772 6.7 100.1 -8.6
2006 10,378,325 6.6 89.5 -10.6
2007 9,958,513 -4.0 81.9 -7.6
2008 9,521,129 -4.4 76.8 -5.1

(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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