Looking Into Insurance

• Recent Expansion
In the past two years, more than 78% of insurance in-plants have expanded.

Large expansion — 7.14%
Moderate expansion — 71.43%
No expansion — 14.29%
Somewhat smaller than two years ago — 7.14%

• Digital Color
Almost 68% say they have installed a high-speed digital color printer. Here are some of the models being used:

Xerox iGen3 (90, 110) — 47%
Xerox DocuColor (5000, 7000, 8000) — 21%
Canon imagePRESS C7000VP — 5%
HP Indigo press — 5%
Kodak NexPress — 5%

• Color vs. Black-and-White
Most of the pages coming off of offset presses contain color, but on the digital side, black-and-white dominates.

Percentage of annual offset-printed pages:
Four-color or more — 42.25%
Two- or three-color — 25.9%
Black-and-white — 31.85%

Percentage of annual digitally printed pages:
Four-color or more — 33.4%
Two- or three-color — 5.4%
Black-and-white — 61.2%