Swiss Re said performance was down for the world insurance market in 2008, as the global financial crisis cut into premiums in industrialized countries, particularly in the life insurance sector.
According to Swiss Re's annual sigma study, "World Insurance in 2008," a gap has emerged between the industrialized economies and their emerging counterparts, each showing a different picture in life insurance as they're at different points in the recessionary cycle.
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