Lexus, last year's highest-ranked Premium brand, dropped to fourth.
By contrast, the Porsche 911 was the top-ranked premium sports car, and the company led the most recent long-term dependability survey.
By the end of the decade, Lexus ranked as the fourth-largest premium car make in the world by volume, and was the number-one-selling premium car marque in the U.S. for ten consecutive years.
Consumer Reports ranked them No. 1 among "premium alkaline batteries".
In 1999, Lexus recorded its one-millionth vehicle sold in the U.S. market, and was ranked as the top-selling premium car maker in the U.S. overall.
By the end of 2007, Lexus annual worldwide sales had surpassed 500,000 vehicles, and the marque ranked as the top-selling premium import in China for the first time.
Lower utilization was more likely in male subjects, in those aged 65 years and above, insured dependents and those with a top-ranked premium-based salary, catastrophic illness/injury, chronic diseases of the genitourinary system, and severe or very severe disabilities.
Space is at a premium in Singapore, which is ranked by World Bank as one of the world's most densely populated countries.
Per acre subsidies and certified product premiums were the next highest ranked in providing economic incentive, followed by production tax credits and cost-share programs.
Texas ranked as the state with most expensive insurance premiums, thanks to wind, rain, hail, tornados and hurricanes.
One of the biggest reasons the state ranked so highly is its residents pay the lowest premiums in the country -- $158, on average.
