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World's largest reinsurers 2009

August 28, 2009 Reprints

World's largest reinsurers 2009

Ranked by 2008 net premiums written

Rank	Company name	2008 net premiums written
1	Munich Re Group	$30,379,738,000¹
2	Swiss Re Group	$23,724,311,400³
3	Berkshire Hathaway/Gen Re Group⁴	$11,441,000,000
4	Hannover Re Group	$10,653,226,680¹
5	Lloyd's of London	$8,588,189,500⁵
6	SCOR	$8,551,388,000¹
7	Transatlantic Holdings Inc.	$4,108,100,000
8	PartnerRe Ltd.	$3,989,435,000
9	ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd.⁶	$3,960,981,000
10	Everest Re Group Ltd.	$3,505,213,000

1 Euro=$1.4726 Fiscal year ending Dec. 31.

3 Swiss franc=$0.9246 Fiscal year ending Dec. 31.

4 Combined figures of Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group and General Re Group.

5 British pound=$1.8545.

6 Includes all reinsurance business performed by subsidiaries of ACE Ltd.

Source: BI survey

Researched by Kevin Edison

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World's largest reinsurers 2009

World's largest reinsurers 2009

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