11.   Insurance companies and local governments, for example, were said to favor low speed limits because speeding tickets boosted both auto insurance premium income and municipal revenues.

12.   Life insurers have seen their premium income eroded by lack of consumer confidence.

13.   Nelson said premium income appears to be leveling out with some degree of pickup in life business evident.

14.   Nelson said premium income appears to be leveling out with some pickup in life business evident.

15.   Nippon Life Insurance was the only life insurer to report premium income up for the period.

16.   Nippon Life Insurance was the only life insurer to report a rise in premium income for the period.

17.   Reinsurance companies assume risk from insurers in exchange for portions of their premium income.

18.   Still, analysts cautioned that premium income could fall further in the year ahead as European competition increases in the west and spreads even faster to the east.

19.   Strategic Income Fund was designed to be a safe investment generating premium income from conservative stock option trades.

20.   Sun has a high exposure to this market with half of its general insurance premium income coming from the U.K.