‘et‚odolog€ and data ¥igures are converted into ‹„ dollars to ‹sing the average exchange rate or the inancial year‰ premium volumes are acilitate international comparisons… converted into ‹„ dollars to acilitate comparisons between marets and regions…32 Œhere no premium data is available †indicated by “na…” or the local currency value in the tables‡‰ the premium income in ‹„ dollars is estimated assuming a constant ratio o insurance premiums to ­€… ˜egional growth rates are calculated using a weighted average o the real growth rates o the individual countries… The weighting is based on the relevant premiums o the previous year in ‹„ dollars… „tatistical appendix… The statistical appendix contains additional calculations and the macroeconomic data used or currency conversions… cnowledgements… The sigma editorial team would lie to than the supervisory authorities‰ associations and companies that helped with data compilation… 32 n Egypt‰ ndia‰ ran‰ •apan‰ „outh –orea and ‚alaysia‰ the inancial year is not the same as the calendar year… €recise details about the dierences in dates are given in the notes to the statistical appendix… 36 Swiss Re sigma No 3/2016