France motor insurance market: main highlights
Over the period 2010-2020, motor insurance premiums have increased by 26.15%. They are driven by the growth of the vehicle fleet which has increased from 38.3 to 55 million insured vehicles.
Over the last ten years, the French market has seen a clear improvement in road safety with a significant drop in road accidents. The number of road deaths and injuries has also been decreasing since 2010.
The evolution over time of the motor incurred losses is 12.2%. This increase is less important than the increase in premiums which amounts to 26.2%, during the same period.
France motor insurance market: main highlights (2010-2020)
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Car fleet and road safety | |||||||||||
Insured car fleet (in millions) | 38,3 | 42,8 | 43,2 | 43,5 | 50,4 | 51,2 | 52,1 | 52,9 | 54 | 54,8 | 55 |
Number of fatalities | 3992 | 3963 | 3653 | 3268 | 3 384 | 3 461 | 3 477 | 3 448 | 3 248 | 3 244 | ND |
Number of people injured | 84 461 | 81 251 | 75 851 | 70 607 | 73 048 | 70 802 | 72 645 | 73 384 | 69 887 | 70 490 | ND |
Premiums and incurred losses (in millions EUR) | |||||||||||
Third party liability | 6 728 | 6 822 | 6 977 | 7 133 | 7 308 | 7 414 | 7 494 | 7 695 | 7 958 | 8 280 | ND |
Damages | 11 583 | 12 099 | 12 499 | 12 557 | 12 757 | 13 010 | 13 268 | 13 690 | 14 165 | 14 527 | ND |
Total motor insurance | 18 311 | 18 921 | 19 476 | 19 690 | 20 065 | 20 424 | 20 762 | 21 385 | 22 123 | 22 807 | 23,1 |
Incurred losses | 15 500 | 15 500 | 15 800 | 16 200 | 17 100 | 17 000 | 17 800 | 17 500 | 17 600 | 18 700 | 17,4 |
Technical ratios (in%) | |||||||||||
Loss ratio | 84,7 | 82,2 | 81,1 | 82,4 | 85,5 | 83 | 85,9 | 81,8 | 79,3 | 81,9 | 75,3 |
Management expenses ratio | 20,7 | 20,5 | 20,3 | 19,9 | 19,4 | 19,5 | 19,8 | 19,8 | 19,7 | 19,7 | 20,8 |
Combined ratio | 105,4 | 102,7 | 101,4 | 102,3 | 104,9 | 102,5 | 105,7 | 101,6 | 99 | 101,6 | 96,1 |
NA: Not available
Source: FFA
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