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Second-Highest Premium Per Category

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the second-highest premium policy within each reinsurance category at Munich Reinsurance America. Return only categories with at least two distinct non-null premium values. If multiple policies share the second-highest premium, return all tied policies.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying policy, with reinsurance_category, policy_id, policy_number, and premium
  2. Exclude categories without a second-highest premium
  3. Order by reinsurance_category, then policy_id

Schema

reinsurance_categories
ColumnTypeDescription
category_idPKINTUnique reinsurance category identifier
category_nameVARCHAR(100)Name of the reinsurance category
policies
ColumnTypeDescription
policy_idPKINTUnique policy identifier
policy_numberVARCHAR(30)Business policy number
category_idINTRelated reinsurance category
premiumNUMERIC(14,2)Policy premium amount
Tablespoliciesreinsurance_categories
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