## Figure 1.9.  Life Insurance Companies’ Profitability and Capital

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### 1. Life Insurers: Return on Assets (Asset-weighted indices, averages; Percent)
- Years/periods reported: "2005-2007", "2008", "2009-2016".
- United States:
  - 2005-2007: 1.80
  - 2008: -3.05
  - 2009-2016: 1.16
- Europe:
  - 2005-2007: 0.83
  - 2008: -0.07
  - 2009-2016: 0.64

### 2. Life Insurers: Shareholder Equity Ratio (Percent)
- Years reported individually: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
- Europe:
  - 2005: 5.12
  - 2006: 6.12
  - 2007: 5.74
  - 2008: 4.80
  - 2009: 6.52
  - 2010: 6.99
  - 2011: 7.04
  - 2012: 7.40
  - 2013: 7.57
  - 2014: 8.21
  - 2015: 8.38
  - 2016: 8.25
- Japan:
  - 2005: 
  - 2006: 
  - 2007: 3.33
  - 2008: 2.71
  - 2009: 4.49
  - 2010: 4.02
  - 2011: 4.10
  - 2012: 5.31
  - 2013: 5.91
  - 2014: 7.65
  - 2015: 7.00
  - 2016: 6.95

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