TOP TEN WRITERS OF EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE BY DIRECT PREMIUMS WRITTEN, 2013

($000)

Rank	Group/company	Direct premiums written (1)	Market share (2)
1	California Earthquake Authority	$573,960	20.0%
2	State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance	228,898	8.0
3	Zurich Insurance Group (3)	217,978	7.6
4	American International Group	150,861	5.3
5	Travelers Companies Inc.	143,022	5.0
6	GeoVera Insurance Holdings Ltd.	118,128	4.1
7	Liberty Mutual	100,496	3.5
8	ACE Ltd.	86,556	3.0
9	Swiss Re Ltd.	84,249	2.9
10	Chubb Corp.	58,990	2.1

(1) Before reinsurance transactions, includes state funds.
(2) Based on U.S. total, includes territories.
(3) Data for Farmers Insurance Group of Companies and Zurich Financial Group (which owns Farmers' management company) are reported separately by SNL Financial.

Source: SNL Financial LC.

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