Overview:

Global Top 10 Global Insurance Companies report profiles the leading players in the insurance market worldwide. This sector consists of companies operating in life, health, and property and casualty insurance markets. Values in this report refer to the direct premiums written by Insurance companies. The market share value is based on companies' direct premiums from life, health, property and casualty insurances.

The report analyzes the sector in terms of market value, market share, market segmentation, key drivers and resistors, trends and competitive positioning. It includes details of the top 10 companies in the industry along with five-year financial analysis and in-depth SWOT profiles.

Key features of this report

Market dynamics in the insurance sector during the period 2009–14
The market's key drivers and resistors
Trends in the insurance sector
Identification and analysis of the top 10 insurance players globally
Details of the performance of the top 10 companies during 2005–09

Scope of this report

Analyze the global top 10 insurance companies and the sector overall using key industry metrics, including market value, market shares, market segmentation and growth forecasts
Assess the intensity of the competition in the industry using the five forces model, covering the degree of rivalry, the danger posed by substitutes, the risk represented by new entrants, buyer power and supplier power
Investigate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and access five-year financial analysis for the top 10 players in the sector
Peruse descriptive profiles of the leading players, including details of the strategic initiatives undertaken in the last 12 months
Understand the major issues affecting the global insurance sector
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Key issues examined

An examination of the performance of the global insurance sector on the basis of sales and their respective growth patterns over the past five years
In-depth analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the top 10 insurance companies along with business overviews and financial summaries
Benchmarking of the financial performance of each of the top 10 insurance companies players for the past five years, including comparisons of revenues, profitability analysis and industry-specific ratios

Highlights

The global insurance market has been showing significant growth during 2006-09, despite a slowdown in 2009. Growth will accelerate into the forecast period (2009–14).
The global insurance market size is estimated at $3,671.8 billion in 2009, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7% for the period spanning 2005–09. The industry growth is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 6.7% for the five-year period 2009–14, to reach $5,082.7 billion by the end of 2014.

Key questions answered in this report

What was the market size of the global insurance sector by value in 2009?
What will the market size be during 2009–14?
What are the trends in the global insurance sector?
Who are the top 10 players in the industry?
What are the strengths of the top 10 companies in the global insurance sector?
What are the weaknesses of the top 10 players?
What are the growth opportunities for the top 10 firms?
What are the threats faced by global insurance companies?

Table of Contents 2
Executive Summary 7
Industry analysis 7
Industry definition 7
Research highlights 7
Market Value 8
Market forecast 9
Market Share – top 10 10
Market Segementation—Geography 12
Five Forces Analysis 13
Summary 13
Buyer power 14
Supplier power 15
New entrants 16
Substitutes 17
Rivalry 18
Rivalry 18
Top 10 Companies Landscape 19
Financial performance analysis 23
Company Reports 28
Allianz Group 28
AXA 35
Assicurazioni Generali 40
American International Group, Inc. 45
Aviva Plc 50
Munich Re 55
Zurich Financial Services 59
CNP Assurances SA 64
ING Group 69
Prudential plc 74
Financial Analysis 80
Allianz 80
AXA 83
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. 86
American International Group 89
Aviva plc 92
Munich Re Group 95
Zurich Financial Services 98
CNP Assurances SA 101
ING Group 104
Prudential plc 107
APPENDIX 110

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Global insurance market, $bn, 2005–09 8
Figure 2: Global insurance market forecast, $bn, 2009–14 9
Figure 3: Global top 10 insurance companies market share by net earned premium: 2009 11
Figure 4: Global insurance market segmentation: geography, % share, by value, 2009 12
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the global insurance market 13
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the global insurance market 14
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the global insurance market 15
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global insurance market 16
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global insurance market 17
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global insurance market 18
Figure 11: Net earned premium of global top 10 insurance companies, $m, FY2009 20
Figure 12: Revenue growth of global top 10 insurance companies, 2007–09 23
Figure 13: Operating performance analysis, FY2009 24
Figure 14: Net profit analysis, FY2009 25

TABLES
Table 1: Global insurance market, $bn, 2005–09 8
Table 2: Global insurance market forecast, $bn, 2009–14 9
Table 3: Global top 10 insurance companies market share by net earned premium: 2009 10
Table 4: Global insurance market segmentation: geography, % share, by value, 2009 12
Table 5: Net earned premium of global top 10 insurance companies, $m, FY2009 19
Table 6: Revenue growth of global top 10 insurance companies ($m)*, 2007–09 22
Table 7: Key financials of global top 10 insurance companies, FY2009 23
Table 8: Key industry-specific ratios 26
Table 9: Allianz: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m) 80
Table 10: Allianz: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 82
Table 11: AXA: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m) 83
Table 12: AXA: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 85
Table 13: Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m) 86
Table 14: Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 88
Table 15: American International Group: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m) 89
Table 16: American International Group: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 91
Table 17: Aviva plc: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m) 92
Table 18: Aviva plc: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 94
Table 19: Munich Re Group: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m) 95
Table 20: Munich Re Group: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 97
Table 21: Zurich Financial Services: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m) 98
Table 22: Zurich Financial Services: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 100
Table 23: CNP Assurances SA: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m) 101
Table 24: CNP Assurances SA: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 103
Table 25: ING Group: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m)* 104
Table 26: ING Group: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 106
Table 27: Prudential plc: financial and operational highlights, 2005–09 ($m) 107
Table 28: Prudential pl: key industry-specific ratios, 2005–09 109