Top Ten Global Reinsurance Companies
Reinsurance companies are essentially insurance companies that insure consumer insurance companies. Below is a list of the top reinsurance companies from 2006.
Due to the ever-changing financial industry, it is difficult to say what the largest reinsurers are currently. For example, in early February 2009, shares in the world's second largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, dropped 28% (the most in 19 years) after appealing to Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway for more than $2.5 billion to help restore capital as a result of record losses since the financial crisis began.
| Rank | Company | Net Premiums
($ billions) |
| 1 | Munich Re | 24,218 |
| 2 | Swiss Re | 23,202 |
| 3 | Berkshire Hathaway Re | 11,577 |
| 4 | Hannover Re | 8,907 |
| 5 | Lloyd's of London | 7,950 |
| 6 | SCOR | 6,948 |
| 7 | Everest Re Group | 3,875 |
| 8 | PartnerRe | 3,689 |
| 9 | Transatlantic Holdings | 3,633 |
| 10 | ACE Tempest Reinsurance | 3,405 |
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