OECD insurance statistics 2015 / OECD.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insurance--Statistics.

Insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

This annual publication provides major official insurance statistics. The reader will find information on the diverse activities of this industry and on international insurance market trends. The data, which are standardised as far as possible, are broken down under numerous sub-headings, and a series of indicators makes the characteristics of the national markets more readily comprehensible.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Table of contents

Conventional signs and abbreviations

ISO country codes and abbreviations for currency

Executive summary

Key findings on recent trends

Common definitions and notes

Notes on data sources

General notes

Insurance market trends

Notes on country data

Notes on indicators

Part I

Part II

Underwriting performance

Annual real gross premium growth: Life insurance

Figure 1. Annual real gross premium growth in 2014: Life sector (direct insurers) (%)

Annual real gross premiumg rowth: Non-life insurance

Figure 2. Annual real gross premium growth in 2014: Non-life sector (direct insurers)

Claims development: Life sector

Claims development: Non-life sector

Figure 3. Nominal growth in gross claims payments in 2014: Life sector (direct insurers) (%)

Figure 4. Real growth in gross claim payment in 2014: Non-life sector (direct insurers) (%)

Combined ratio: Non-lifes ector

Investment allocation and performance

Figure 5. Combined ratio for non-life direct insurers (2013 and 2014) (%)

Figure 6. Investment portfolio allocation in 2014: Non-life insurers (direct insurers)

Portfolio allocation: Life insurers

Figure 7. Portfolio allocation to public and private sector bonds in 2014: Domestic life insurers (direct insurers)

Portfolio allocation: Non-life insurers

Portfolio allocation: Composite insurers

Figure 8. Investment portfolio allocation in 2014: Domestic non-life insurers (direct insurers)

Figure 9. Portfolio allocation to public and private sector bonds in 2014: Domestic non-life insurers (direct insurers)

Figure 10. Investment portfolio allocation in 2014: Domestic composite insurers (direct insurers).

Figure 11. Portfolio allocation to public and private-sector bonds in 2014: Domestic composite insurers (direct insurers) (2014)

Table 1. Insurers' portfolio allocation in bonds and shares by type of domestic insurer (direct insurers), 2013-14

Investment returns

Table 2. Average real net investment return by type of insurer, 2013-14

Profitability: Return on equity

Figure 12. Average real net investment return by type of domestic insurer in 2014 (direct insurers)

Figure 13. Return on equity, 2014: Domestic life insurers (direct insurers)

Change in equity position

Figure 14. Return on equity, 2014: Domestic non-life insurers (direct insurers)

Figure 15. Return on equity, 2014: Domestic composite insurers (direct insurers)

Table 3. Return on equity by type of insurer (2013-14)

Figure 16. Change in equity position, 2014: Domestic life insurers (direct insurers)

Figure 17. Change in equity position, 2014: Domestic non-life insurers (direct insurers)

Table 4. Change in equity position by type of direct insurer (2013-14)

Figure 18. Change in equity position, 2014: Domestic composite insurers (direct insurers)

Notes

Table 5. Currency exchange rates and consumer price index (CPI)

Part I. International comparisons

Figure I.1. Market share in OECD, 2014

Figure I.2. Life and non-life insurance, 2014

Figure I.3. Penetration, 2014

Figure I.4. Density, 2014

Table 1. Balance sheet and income, direct insurance (All insurance companies)

Table 2. Balance sheet and income, direct insurance (Life insurance companies)

Table 3. Balance sheet and income, direct insurance (Non-life insurance companies)

Table 4. Portfolio allocation, direct insurance (All insurance companies)

Table 5. Portfolio allocation, direct insurance (Life insurance companies).

Table 6. Portfolio allocation, direct insurance (Non-life insurance companies)

Table 7. Total gross premiums (Life and Non-life)

Table 8. Total gross premiums (Life)

Table 9. Total gross premiums (Non-life)

Table 10. Market share in OECD (Life and Non-life)

Table 11. Market share in OECD (Life)

Table 12. Market share in OECD (Non-life)

Table 13. Density (Life and Non-life)

Table 14. Density (Life)

Table 15. Density (Non-life)

Table 16. Penetration (Life and Non-life)

Table 17. Penetration (Life)

Table 18. Penetration (Non-life)

Table 19. Life insurance share

Table 20. Direct total gross premiums per insurance company employee

Table 21. Retention ratio (Life and Non-life)

Table 22. Retention ratio (Life)

Table 23. Retention ratio (Non-life)

Table 24. Ratio of reinsurance accepted (Life and Non-life)

Table 25. Ratio of reinsurance accepted (Life)

Table 26. Ratio of reinsurance accepted (Non-life)

Table 27. Market share of foreign companies in the domestic market (Life)

Table 28. Market share of foreign undertakings in total domestic business (Life)

Table 29. Market share of foreign companies in the domestic market (Non-life)

Table 30. Market share of foreign undertakings in total domestic business (Non-life)

Part II. Country tables

Australia

Table 1. Selected aggregates

Table 2. Number of companies and employees

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Chile

Czech Republic

Denmark.

Table 1. Selected aggregates

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Korea

Luxembourg

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Slovak Republic

Slovenia.

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

Annex A Business written abroad by EE/EEA insurers through branches and agencies

Table A1. Life insurance, 2014

Table A2. Non-life insurance, 2014

Annex B Definitions of classes of non-life insurance

Annex C Composite sector in OECD and selected non-OECD economies

Annex D List of administrative sources.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789264257047

9264257047

OCLC:

1024258970