The figures say it all....

TOP TEN GLOBAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
BY REVENUES, 2006 (1)

($ millions)

Rank	Company	Revenues (2)	Country	Industry
1	ING Group	$158,274	Netherlands	Life/health
2	AXA	139,738	France	Life/health
3	Allianz	125,346	Germany	Property/casualty
4	American International Group	113,194	U.S.	Property/casualty
5	Assicurazioni Generali	101,811	Italy	Life/health
6	Berkshire Hathaway	98,539	U.S.	Property/casualty
7	Aviva	83,487	U.K.	Life/health
8	Prudential	66,134	U.K.	Life/health
9	Zurich Financial Services	65,000	Switzerland	Property/casualty
10	State Farm Insurance Cos.	60,528	U.S.	Property/casualty
(1) Based on an analysis of companies in the Global Fortune 500. Includes stock and mutual companies. (2) Revenues include premium and annuity income, investment income and capital gains or losses, but exclude deposits; includes consolidated subsidiaries, excludes excise taxes. Source: Fortune.

TOP TEN GLOBAL INSURANCE BROKERS BY REVENUES, 2005

($ millions)

Rank	Company	Brokerage revenues (1)	Country
1	Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.	$10,000.0	U.S.
2	Aon Corp.	6,522.0	U.S.
3	Willis Group Holdings Ltd.	2,194.0	U.K.
4	Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.	1,350.6	U.S.
5	Wells Fargo & Co. (2)	959.4	U.S.
6	Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc	881.8	U.K.
7	Brown & Brown Inc.	775.5	U.S.
8	BB&T Insurance Services Inc.	757.4	U.S.
9	Alexander Forbes Ltd. (3)	682.4	South Africa
10	Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co.	658.0	U.S.
(1) Gross revenues generated by insurance brokerage, consulting and related services. (2) Includes Acordia Inc. and Wells Fargo (3) Fiscal year ending 3/31. Insurance Inc. Source: Business Insurance, July 17, 2006.