Reinsurance in France, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2016

The report provides in depth market analysis, information and insights into the French reinsurance market, including:

• The French reinsurance market’s growth prospects by reinsurance categories
• The French reinsurance market’s growth prospects by reinsurance ceded from direct insurance segments
• The competitive landscape in the French reinsurance insurance market

The French reinsurance segment is the fourth largest in the world in terms of life insurance premium ceded and the fifth largest in the world in terms of non-life insurance premium ceded. The French reinsurance segment is expected to benefit from the growth in the rest of the insurance industry over the forecast period, as French insurance companies tend to cede a portion of their written premium to reinsurance companies in order to mitigate excessive risks. Furthermore, frequent incidents of natural calamities encouraged insurance companies to cede a higher portion of their premium to reinsurance companies in order to avoid incurring huge losses from natural disasters. The reinsurance segment is also expected to benefit from the proposed implementation of Solvency II regulation norms, which will force insurance companies to maintain higher capital reserves and could encourage insurance companies to seek the services of reinsurance companies to improve their risk management in accordance with the new regulations. The reinsurance segment is dominated by global reinsurers. Leading international reinsurance companies such as Munich Re and Swiss Re have strengthened their presence in the country and provide tough competition to local reinsurers.

Scope

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the reinsurance market in France:

• It provides historical values for the French reinsurance market for the review period (2007–2011) and forecast period (2012–2016)
• It offers a detailed analysis of the key sub-segments in the French reinsurance market, along with market forecasts until 2016
• It provides a detailed analysis of the reinsurance ceded from various direct insurance markets in France and its growth prospects
• It profiles the top reinsurance companies in France

Key Highlights

• The robust growth in the French non-life insurance segment benefitted the reinsurance segment during the review period, as insurers share a significant amount of written premium for their risk coverage with reinsurance companies.
• The proposed implementation of Solvency II norms will also set higher capital requirements and stricter risk mitigation standards for French insurance companies, which will encourage smaller insurance companies to seek more assistance from reinsurance companies. 
• Frequent occurrence of natural disasters in France increased the awareness among insurers about the advantages of sharing their risks with reinsurers. This increased the demand for reinsurance services in the country during the review period.
• The French reinsurance segment is dominated by global reinsurers including Munich Re and Swiss Re. The leading international reinsurance companies have strengthened their presence in the country and provide tough competition to the local reinsurers.

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• Assess the competitive dynamics in the reinsurance market
• Identify the growth opportunities and market dynamics within key product categories
• Gain insights into key regulations governing the French insurance market and its impact on companies and the market's future

Table Of contents

1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction
2.1 What is this Report About?
2.2 Definitions
2.3 Methodology

3 French Insurance Industry Attractiveness
3.1 Insurance Industry Market Size, 2007–2016
3.2 Reinsurance Growth Dynamics and Challenges
3.2.1 Reinsurance market size, 2007–2016
3.2.2 Reinsurance market size by insurance segment, 2007–2016

4 Key Industry Trends and Drivers
4.1 Fundamental Business Drivers
4.2 Life Insurance Segment Drivers
4.3 Non-Life Insurance Segment Drivers
4.4 Personal Accident and Health Insurance Segment Drivers
4.5 Recent Market Developments

5 Competitive Landscape and Strategic Insights
5.1 Overview
5.2 Leading Companies in the French Reinsurance Segment
5.3 Comparison of Top Five Insurers
5.3.1 Gross written premium
5.4 Munich Re – Company Overview
5.4.1 Munich Re – key facts
5.4.2 Munich Re – key financials
5.5 Swiss Re – Company Overview
5.5.1 Swiss Re – key facts
5.5.2 Swiss Re – key financials
5.6 RGA France – Company Overview
5.6.1 RGA France – key facts
5.6.2 RGA – key financials
5.7 Hannover Re – Company Overview
5.7.1 Hannover Re – key facts
5.7.2 Hannover Re – key financials
5.8 Lloyd’s France – Company Overview
5.8.1 Lloyd’s France – key facts
5.8.2 Lloyd’s – key financials
5.9 SCOR Reinsurance – Company Overview
5.9.1 SCOR Reinsurance – key facts
5.9.2 SCOR Reinsurance – Key Financials

6 Business Environment and Country Risk
6.1 Business Confidence
6.1.1 Business confidence indicator
6.1.2 Market capitalization trend – The Paris Stock Exchange in France
6.2 Economic Performance
6.2.1 GDP at constant prices (US dollar)
6.2.2 GDP per capita at constant prices (US dollar)
6.2.3 GDP at current prices (US dollar)
6.2.4 GDP per capita at current prices (US dollar)
6.2.5 GDP by key sectors
6.2.6 Agricultural net output at current prices (euro)
6.2.7 Agricultural net output at current prices (US dollar)
6.2.8 Agricultural net output at current prices as a percentage of GDP
6.2.9 Manufacturing net output at current prices (euro)
6.2.10 Manufacturing net output at current prices (US dollar)
6.2.11 Manufacturing net output at current prices as a percentage of GDP
6.2.12 Mining, manufacturing and utilities net output at current prices (euro)
6.2.13 Mining, manufacturing and utilities at current prices (US dollar)
6.2.14 Mining, manufacturing and utilities at current prices as a percentage of GDP
6.2.15 Construction net output at current prices (euro)
6.2.16 Construction net output at current prices (US dollar)
6.2.17 Construction net output at current prices as a percentage of GDP
6.2.18 Inflation rate
6.2.19 Current account balance as a percentage of GDP
6.2.20 Exports as a percentage of GDP
6.2.21 Imports as a percentage of GDP
6.2.22 Exports growth
6.2.23 Imports growth
6.2.24 Annual average exchange rate (US$–EUR)
6.2.25 End-of-period exchange rate (US$–EUR)
6.3 Infrastructure Quality and Availability
6.3.1 Total airports and sea ports
6.3.2 Railways and roadways
6.3.3 Passenger vehicle production volume
6.3.4 Commercial vehicle production volume
6.3.6 Automotive component exports trend
6.3.7 Automotive component imports trend
6.3.8 Passenger car penetration
6.3.9 Healthcare expenditure
6.3.10 Healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP
6.3.11 Healthcare expenditure per capita
6.3.12 Total internet subscribers
6.4 Labor Force
6.4.1 Labor force
6.4.2 Unemployment rate
6.5 Demographics
6.5.1 Annual disposable income
6.5.2 Annual per capita disposable income
6.5.3 Total population
6.5.4 Urban and rural population
6.5.5 Female population
6.5.6 Male population
6.5.7 Mean age of population
6.5.8 Median age of population
6.5.9 Population density
6.5.10 Age distribution of the total population
6.5.11 Age distribution of the male population
6.5.12 Age distribution of the female population
6.5.13 Number of households
6.6 Political and Social Risk
6.6.1 Political stability
6.6.2 Terrorism index
6.6.3 Transparency index

7 Appendix
7.1 Methodology
7.2 Contact Us
7.3 About Timetric
7.4 Disclaimer

List of Tables

Table 1: Insurance Industry Definitions
Table 2: French Insurance Overall Written Premium by Segment (EUR Billion), 2007–2011
Table 3: French Insurance Overall Written Premium by Segment (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Table 4: French Insurance Overall Written Premium by Segment (EUR Billion), 2011–2016
Table 5: French Insurance Overall Written Premium by Segment (US$ Billion), 2011–2016
Table 6: French Insurance Segmentation (% Share), 2007–2016
Table 7: French Reinsurance Market Size by Category (EUR Billion), 2007–2011
Table 8: French Reinsurance Market Size by Category (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Table 9: French Reinsurance Market Size by Category (EUR Billion), 2011–2016
Table 10: French Reinsurance Market Size by Category (US$ Billion), 2011–2016
Table 11: French Reinsurance Premium Ceded by Insurance Segment (EUR Billion), 2007–2011
Table 12: Premium Ceded to Reinsurance by Type of Insurance (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Table 13: French Reinsurance Premium Ceded by Insurance Segment (EUR Billion), 2011–2016
Table 14: French Reinsurance Premium Ceded by Insurance Segment (US$ Billion), 2011–2016
Table 15: Life Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2007–2011
Table 16: Life Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2011–2016
Table 17: Non-Life Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2007–2011
Table 18: Non-Life Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2011–2016
Table 19: Personal Accident and Health Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2007–2011
Table 20: Personal Accident and Health Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2011–2016
Table 21: French Reinsurance – Market Shares of Leading Companies (%), 2008 and 2011
Table 22: Munich Re, Key Facts
Table 23: Munich Re, Key Financials (EUR Thousands)
Table 24: Swiss Re, Key Facts
Table 25: Swiss Re, Key Financials (EUR Thousands)
Table 26: RGA France, Key Facts
Table 27: RGA, Key Financials (EUR Thousands)
Table 28: Hannover Re, Key Facts
Table 29: Hannover Re, Key Financials (EUR Thousands)
Table 30: Lloyd’s France, Key Facts
Table 31: Lloyd’s, Key Financials (EUR Thousands)
Table 32: SCOR Reinsurance, Key Facts
Table 33: SCOR Reinsurance, Key Financials (EUR Million)

List of Figures

Figure 1: French Insurance Overall Written Premium by Segment (EUR Billion), 2007–2016
Figure 2: French Insurance Market Dynamics by Segment, 2007–2016
Figure 3: French Reinsurance Market Size by Category (EUR Billion), 2007–2016
Figure 4: French Reinsurance Market Size by Category (% Share), 2011 and 2016
Figure 5: French Reinsurance Market Dynamics by Category, 2007–2016
Figure 6: French Reinsurance Premium Ceded by Insurance Segment (EUR Billion), 2007–2016
Figure 7: French Reinsurance Market Dynamics by Insurance Segment, 2007–2016
Figure 8: Life Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2007–2011
Figure 9: Life Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2011–2016
Figure 10: Non-Life Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2007–2011
Figure 11: Non-Life Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2011–2016
Figure 12: Personal Accident and Health Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2007–2011
Figure 13: Personal Accident and Health Insurance – Percentage of Reinsurance Ceded (%), 2011–2016
Figure 14: French Reinsurance – Market Shares of Leading Companies (%), 2008 and 2010
Figure 15: Top Five French Reinsurers – Gross Written Premium (EUR Billion), 2010
Figure 16: French Business Confidence Indicator, Q1 2008–Q1 2012
Figure 17: The Paris Stock Exchange Market Capitalization (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 18: French GDP at Constant Prices (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 19: French GDP Per Capita at Constant Prices (US$), 2007–2011
Figure 20: French GDP at Current Prices (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 21: French GDP Per Capita at Current Prices (US$), 2007–2011
Figure 22: French GDP by Key Sectors (% Share), 2009 and 2011
Figure 23: French Agricultural Net Output at Current Prices (EUR Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 24: French Agricultural Net Output at Current Prices (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 25: French Agricultural Net Output at Current Prices as a Percentage of GDP (%), 2007–2011
Figure 26: French Manufacturing Net Output at Current Prices (EUR Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 27: French Manufacturing Net Output at Current Prices (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 28: French Manufacturing Net Output at Current Prices as a Percentage of GDP (%), 2007–2011
Figure 29: French Mining, Manufacturing and Utilities Net Output at Current Prices (EUR Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 30: French Mining, Manufacturing and Utilities Net Output at Current Prices (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 31: French Mining, Manufacturing and Utilities Net Output at Current Prices as a Percentage of GDP (%), 2007–2011
Figure 32: French Construction Net Output at Current Prices (EUR Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 33: French Construction Net Output at Current Prices (US$ Billion), 2007– 2011
Figure 34: French Construction Output at Current Prices as a Percentage of GDP (%), 2007–2011
Figure 35: French Inflation Rate (%), 2007–2011
Figure 36: French Current Account Balance as a Percentage of GDP (%), 2007–2011
Figure 37: French Exports as a Percentage of GDP (%), 2007–2011
Figure 38: French Imports as a Percentage of GDP (%), 2007–2011
Figure 39: French Exports Growth (%), 2007–2011
Figure 40: French Imports Growth (%), 2007–2011
Figure 41: French Annual Average Exchange Rate (US$–EUR), 2007–2011
Figure 42: French End-of-Period Exchange Rate (US$–EUR), 2007–2011
Figure 43: French Number of Airports and Sea Ports, 2011
Figure 44: French Length of Railways and Roadways (Kilometers), 2011
Figure 45: French Passenger Vehicle Production, 2007–2011
Figure 46: French Commercial Vehicle Production, 2007–2011
Figure 47: French Automotive Component Exports (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 48: French Automotive Component Imports (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 49: French Passenger Car Penetration (per Thousand People), 2007–2011
Figure 50: French Healthcare Expenditure (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 51: French Healthcare Expenditure as a Percentage of GDP (%), 2007–2011
Figure 52: French Per Capita Healthcare Expenditure (US$), 2007–2011
Figure 53: French Number of Internet Subscribers (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 54: French Labor Force Size (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 55: French Unemployment Rate (%), 2007–2011
Figure 56: French Annual Disposable Income (US$ Billion), 2007–2011
Figure 57: French Annual Per Capita Disposable Income (US$), 2007–2011
Figure 58: French Total Population (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 59: French Urban and Rural Population (% Share), 2007–2011
Figure 60: French Female Population as a Percentage of the Total Population (%), 2007–2011
Figure 61: French Male Population as a Percentage of the Total Population (%), 2007–2011
Figure 62: French Mean Age of Population (Year), 2007–2011
Figure 63: French Median Age of Population (Year), 2007–2011
Figure 64: French Population Density (per Square Kilometer), 2007–2011
Figure 65: French Population Distribution by Age Group (% Share), 2007–2011
Figure 66: French Male Population Distribution by Age Group (% Share), 2007–2011
Figure 67: French Female Population Distribution by Age Group (% Share), 2007–2011
Figure 68: French Number of Households (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 69: Global Terrorism Heat Map, 2011
Figure 70: French Transparency Index, 2007–2011