ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´

FIRE INSURANCE, 1999-2008

($000)

Year Net premiums written (1)  Annual percent change Combined ratio (2) Annual point change (3)
1999 $4,773,647 1.4% 104.0 NA
2000 4,740,558 -0.7 110.9 6.9 pts.
2001 5,097,592 7.5 117.5 6.6
2002 7,365,861 44.5 84.0 -33.5
2003 8,396,083 14.0 79.6 -4.4
2004 8,050,779 -4.1 73.1 -6.5
2005 7,937,316 -1.4 83.2 10.1
2006 9,364,840 18.0 77.9 -5.3
2007 9,765,290 4.3 86.1 8.2
2008 9,908,519 1.5 92.1 6.0

(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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