RJ and Makay

Private U. S property/casualty insurers’ net income (after taxes) rose to $34.7 billion in 2010, compared to $28.7 billion in 2009, with insurers’ rate of return on average policyholders’ surplus increasing from 5.9 percent to 6.5 percent.

Surplus came in at $556.9 billion, a rise of $45.5 billion, or 8.9 percent, compared to a 2009 surplus of 511.4 billion. Insurers’ net investment gains grew $13.8 billion to $52.9 billion in 2010 from $39.2 billion in 2009.