Annual Report 2008

Financial Highlights

(expressed in millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data)

For the years ended December
31,
2005
2006 2007 2008 2009
$3,616 $3,689 $3,757 $3,989 $3,949 Net premiums written
4,206 4,187 4,211 3,980 5,418 Total revenues
(51) 749 718 47 1,573 Net (loss) income
(252) 656 822 469 932 Operating (loss) earnings available to common shareholders
(Loss) Earnings per common share:
$(4.59) $11.36 $14.29 $8.43 $14.59 Diluted operating (loss) earnings per share
(1.56) 12.37 11.87 0.22 23.51 Diluted net (loss) income per share
(8.9)% 25.5% 25.2% 12.3% 22.3% Operating return on beginning common shareholder's equity
(3.0)% 27.8% 20.9% 0.3% 37.5% Return on beginning common shareholders’ equity calculated with net (loss) income available to common shareholders
Non-life ratios:
87.3% 54.8% 50.8% 63.9% 52.7% Loss ratio
23.0 23.1 22.9 23.3 21.9 Acquisition ratio
6.0 6.5 6.7 6.9 7.2 Other operating expense ratio
116.3% 84.4% 80.4% 94.1% 81.8% Combined ratio
At December 31,
2005
2006 2007 2008 2009
$13,783 $15,034 $16,149 $16,279 $23,733 Total assets
3,093 3,786 4,322 4,199 7,646 Total shareholder's equity
44.57 56.07 67.96 63.95 84.51 Diluted book value per common and common share equivalents
3,725 4,054 4,477 4,023 6,165 Market capitalization