Title:               Life Insurance Premium Volume to GDP for World (DISCONTINUED)
Series ID:           DDDI091WA156NWDB
Source:              World Bank
Release:             Global Financial Development (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Percent
Date Range:          1990-01-01 to 2015-01-01
Last Updated:        2017-08-30 8:05 AM CDT
Notes:               Ratio of life insurance premium volume to GDP. Premium volume is the
                     insurer's direct premiums earned (if Property/Casualty) or received
                     (if Life/Health) during the previous calendar year.
                     
                     Premium data is taken from various issues of Sigma reports (Swiss Re).
                     Data on GDP in US dollars is from the electronic version of the World
                     Development Indicators. (Swiss Re, Sigma Reports)
                     
                     Source Code: GFDD.DI.09

DATE        VALUE
1990-01-01  0.495
1991-01-01  0.570
1992-01-01  0.425
1993-01-01  0.485
1994-01-01  0.465
1995-01-01  0.400
1996-01-01  0.435
1997-01-01  0.440
1998-01-01  0.420
1999-01-01  0.460
2000-01-01  0.320
2001-01-01  0.460
2002-01-01  0.530
2003-01-01  0.425
2004-01-01  0.510
2005-01-01  0.560
2006-01-01  0.550
2007-01-01  0.520
2008-01-01  0.470
2009-01-01  0.470
2010-01-01  0.475
2011-01-01  0.470
2012-01-01  0.495
2013-01-01  0.515
2014-01-01  0.590
2015-01-01  0.890