In 2024, premiums written worldwide in the property and casualty (P&C) insurance segment were higher than those in life and health (L&H) insurance. The P&C segment overtook the L&H segment for the first time in at least a decade in 2018, accounting for about **** percent of global direct insurance premiums written as of 2024. Prior to this, L&H insurance premiums accounted for between **** and ** percent of premiums written worldwide since 2008.
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Insurance Information Institute. (July 8, 2025). Distribution of life and health, and property and casualty insurance direct premiums written globally from 2008 to 2024 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/1192942/world-share-life-and-nonlife-insurance-premiums-written/
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