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| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway | 11 | 118,245.0 | 20.0 | 13,213.0 | 20.0 |
| 2 | American International Group | 13 | 110,064.0 | -2.8 | 6,200.0 | -55.9 |
| 3 | Allstate | 64 | 36,769.0 | 2.7 | 4,636.0 | -7.2 |
| 4 | Travelers Cos. | 93 | 26,017.0 | 3.7 | 4,601.0 | 9.3 |
| 5 | Liberty Mutual Insurance Group | 94 | 25,961.0 | 10.4 | 1,518.0 | -6.6 |
| 6 | Hartford Financial Services | 95 | 25,916.0 | -2.2 | 2,949.0 | 7.4 |
| 7 | Nationwide | 108 | 22,962.0 | 3.2 | 1,994.0 | -5.6 |
| 8 | Loews | 139 | 17,920.0 | 4.0 | 2,489.0 | -0.1 |
| 9 | Progressive | 175 | 14,686.8 | -0.7 | 1,182.5 | -28.2 |
| 10 | United Services Automobile Assn. | 176 | 14,417.9 | 7.5 | 1,855.5 | -20.4 |
| 11 | Chubb | 180 | 14,107.0 | 0.7 | 2,807.0 | 11.0 |
| 12 | Assurant | 309 | 8,453.5 | 4.7 | 653.7 | -8.9 |
| 13 | First American Corp. | 312 | 8,195.6 | -3.6 | -3.1 | -101.1 |
| 14 | American Family Insurance Group | 352 | 6,969.4 | 1.1 | 82.4 | 237.2 |
| 15 | Safeco | 388 | 6,208.8 | -1.3 | 707.8 | -19.6 |
| 16 | W.R. Berkley | 433 | 5,553.6 | 2.9 | 743.6 | 6.3 |
| 17 | Fidelity National Financial | 435 | 5,524.0 | -41.5 | 129.8 | -70.4 |
| 18 | Erie Insurance Group | 488 | 4,736.5 | -1.0 | 212.9 | 4.4 |
| 19 | American Financial Group | 515 | 4,404.7 | 3.5 | 383.2 | -15.5 |
| 20 | Cincinnati Financial | 530 | 4,259.3 | -6.4 | 855.5 | -8.0 |
| 21 | Old Republic International | 545 | 4,091.0 | 7.8 | 272.4 | -41.4 |
| 22 | LandAmerica Financial Group | 582 | 3,705.8 | -7.7 | -54.1 | -154.8 |
| 23 | FM Global | 583 | 3,692.2 | 6.3 | 927.8 | 25.9 |
| 24 | Mercury General | 644 | 3,178.8 | 0.3 | 237.8 | 10.7 |
| 25 | Unitrin | 656 | 3,116.6 | 1.3 | 217.8 | -23.1 |
| 26 | Hanover Insurance Group | 712 | 2,786.8 | 5.4 | 253.1 | 48.6 |
| 27 | Markel | 780 | 2,483.3 | -1.4 | 405.7 | 3.4 |
| 28 | HCC Insurance Holdings | 794 | 2,388.4 | 15.1 | 395.4 | 15.5 |
| 29 | Stewart Information Services | 867 | 2,106.7 | -14.8 | -40.2 | -193.0 |
| 30 | Commerce Group | 902 | 1,982.4 | 1.7 | 190.9 | -21.0 |
| 31 | Selective Insurance Group | 929 | 1,846.2 | 2.1 | 146.5 | -10.4 |
| 32 | MGIC Investment | 974 | 1,693.2 | 15.2 | -1,670.0 | -395.7 |
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway | 18.7 | 11.9 | 28.7 | 232,781 | 7.0 |
| 2 | American International Group | 3.6 | 4.7 | -17.7 | 116,000 | 9.4 |
| 3 | Allstate | 8.1 | 3.6 | -17.8 | 38,500 | 3.1 |
| 4 | Travelers Cos. | 6.0 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 33,300 | 1.5 |
| 5 | Liberty Mutual Insurance Group | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40,000 | 2.6 |
| 6 | Hartford Financial Services | 5.2 | 8.4 | -4.6 | 31,000 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Nationwide | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36,023 | 0.4 |
| 8 | Loews | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21,700 | 0.5 |
| 9 | Progressive | 14.1 | 8.0 | -12.7 | 26,851 | -3.3 |
| 10 | United Services Automobile Assn. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22,562 | 1.1 |
| 11 | Chubb | 12.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 10,600 | -1.9 |
| 12 | Assurant | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.1 | 14,000 | 4.5 |
| 13 | First American Corp. | 0.0 | 9.3 | -14.5 | 37,354 | -5.8 |
| 14 | American Family Insurance Group | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8,452 | 2.6 |
| 15 | Safeco | 7.7 | 4.3 | -8.9 | 7,057 | -2.1 |
| 16 | W.R. Berkley | 20.3 | 14.4 | -13.1 | 5,494 | 1.2 |
| 17 | Fidelity National Financial | 0.0 | 0.0 | -34.9 | 15,500 | -12.9 |
| 18 | Erie Insurance Group | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4,100 | -4.7 |
| 19 | American Financial Group | 21.9 | 3.2 | -18.6 | 7,100 | 2.9 |
| 20 | Cincinnati Financial | 12.0 | 1.7 | -10.0 | 4,087 | 1.0 |
| 21 | Old Republic International | 0.4 | 4.7 | -31.5 | 5,696 | -10.6 |
| 22 | LandAmerica Financial Group | 0.0 | 1.6 | -45.7 | 11,050 | -20.4 |
| 23 | FM Global | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4,713 | 3.7 |
| 24 | Mercury General | 4.4 | 1.9 | -1.8 | 5,200 | 2.0 |
| 25 | Unitrin | 7.8 | 9.3 | -0.4 | 7,400 | -8.0 |
| 26 | Hanover Insurance Group | 2.4 | -0.5 | -5.3 | 3,900 | -2.5 |
| 27 | Markel | 16.4 | 12.1 | 2.3 | 2,000 | 5.4 |
| 28 | HCC Insurance Holdings | 16.8 | 8.4 | -9.5 | 1,682 | 1.3 |
| 29 | Stewart Information Services | 0.0 | 7.1 | -38.1 | 8,500 | -14.1 |
| 30 | Commerce Group | 8.3 | 12.0 | 25.5 | 2,373 | 8.5 |
| 31 | Selective Insurance Group | 8.6 | 8.0 | -18.1 | 2,200 | 4.8 |
| 32 | MGIC Investment | 0.0 | -9.8 | -63.5 | 1,250 | 6.4 |
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