6. Notes on the individual items of the statement of income
6.1 Gross written premium
The following table shows the breakdown of the gross written premium according to regional origin.
Gross written premium1 in EUR thousand | 31.12.2011 | 31.12.2010 |
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1 After elimination of internal transactions within the Group across segments |
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Regional origin | ||
Germany | 1,172,044 | 1,163,854 |
United Kingdom | 2,415,505 | 2,434,328 |
France | 524,153 | 496,836 |
Other | 1,574,466 | 1,329,042 |
Europe | 5,686,168 | 5,424,060 |
USA | 2,725,705 | 2,957,878 |
Other | 444,492 | 415,623 |
North America | 3,170,197 | 3,373,501 |
Asia | 1,327,159 | 965,463 |
Australia | 620,901 | 488,212 |
Australasia | 1,948,060 | 1,453,675 |
Africa | 472,423 | 465,062 |
Other | 819,265 | 712,419 |
Total | 12,096,113 | 11,428,717 |