Worldwide non-life insurance direct premiums written 2006-2021
The total direct premiums written in the global non-life insurance industry increased year-on-year from 2006 to 2021, except in 2009 when there was a brief decline due to the Great Recession of 2008. In 2021, total direct premiums in the non-life insurance industry amounted to approximately 3.9 trillion U.S. dollars, an increase of about 30 billion U.S. dollars from the previous year. Overall, total direct premiums written in the global life insurance industry increased by around 45 percent between 2006 and 2021.