Federal Reserve Statistical Release, Z.1,
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Release Date: December 10, 2015
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F.116 Life Insurance Companies 1

Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates


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Life insurance companies; gross saving including foreign earnings retained abroad 13.0 16.2 7.2 13.4 7.2 10.7 12.6 13.6 14.6 12.9 12.5 1
Life insurance companies; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products 13.5 11.5 12.3 14.0 15.4 16.5 16.7 16.8 17.0 17.1 17.3 2
Life insurance companies; total financial assets 116.4 181.5 229.0 127.0 102.7 213.4 143.6 239.5 275.6 14.9 312.5 3
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset -32.1 1.0 2.0 2.7 -9.2 3.6 15.1 -8.5 -2.2 -28.1 43.3 4
Life insurance companies, general accounts; money market mutual fund shares; asset -5.5 -12.7 7.9 -1.4 -5.9 6.1 6.4 20.5 -4.5 -7.5 17.7 5
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; asset 2.2 0.7 -4.7 2.1 -5.3 0.4 0.5 -13.2 9.2 -0.4 1.1 6
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset 168.7 160.4 102.5 60.6 55.1 70.2 56.9 13.3 115.2 65.5 101.1 7
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset 11.5 -8.9 -11.2 13.9 3.2 -4.6 -11.0 4.1 16.7 -4.7 7.5 8
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset 27.7 23.2 18.8 5.5 -12.2 14.3 13.6 16.2 41.5 -8.9 16.4 9
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset 5.8 4.0 -1.6 -13.5 -6.8 -15.0 -15.8 -21.5 -2.1 15.3 -1.9 10
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset 26.1 39.2 9.4 9.7 10.1 6.2 6.8 3.3 1.3 3.5 5.5 11
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset 97.6 102.9 87.1 45.0 60.8 69.3 63.2 11.3 57.8 60.3 73.6 12
Life insurance companies; loans; asset -28.9 -8.8 22.9 13.7 22.3 29.5 30.3 40.2 31.7 30.1 35.7 13
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset -12.6 -0.2 7.9 1.8 3.5 8.0 10.4 7.9 3.8 -6.3 3.0 14
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset -16.3 -8.6 15.0 11.9 18.8 21.6 19.9 32.3 27.9 36.3 32.8 15
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset 33.4 12.7 33.2 16.1 13.7 28.1 2.5 9.4 44.1 45.1 45.6 16
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset 0.0 33.9 5.6 0.4 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 17
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset 1.6 1.9 3.3 5.9 2.9 2.2 4.0 3.3 7.5 6.9 9.9 18
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets -23.1 -7.6 56.4 26.8 28.0 71.9 26.7 173.2 73.4 -98.0 56.9 19
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset -0.3 -0.0 -0.8 0.1 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.3 1.5 20
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset -4.9 2.7 -0.4 0.6 3.0 1.2 -2.6 -2.0 4.6 3.2 -1.6 21
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets -17.8 -10.2 57.6 26.1 24.1 70.4 29.0 175.1 68.0 -102.4 57.0 22
Life insurance companies; total liabilities 32.2 145.0 203.7 90.4 87.1 174.4 119.2 180.8 232.8 43.1 311.9 23
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability -0.5 -2.2 1.9 2.3 6.5 1.0 -2.6 -2.6 1.0 1.2 -0.1 24
Life insurance companies, general accounts; corporate equities; liability -0.9 -4.8 -11.5 -9.9 -9.2 -14.9 -17.6 -16.0 -22.5 -3.7 -7.5 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability -6.6 -3.2 1.8 4.8 7.8 12.4 13.7 20.3 14.4 17.9 46.7 26
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability 26.3 13.6 79.9 -12.2 29.8 55.5 55.0 73.1 89.1 49.0 72.2 27
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability -27.2 88.5 94.2 75.0 71.0 64.8 71.1 67.5 34.5 61.8 106.0 28
Life insurance companies, general accounts; taxes payable (net); liability -7.0 2.6 5.2 -4.6 -2.3 -1.9 -3.4 -8.3 10.0 -5.6 -8.9 29
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability 11.1 6.3 -5.4 2.4 0.9 5.8 15.8 -0.1 28.4 1.3 20.0 30
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities 37.1 44.2 37.7 32.7 -17.5 51.7 -12.8 46.9 77.8 -78.8 83.5 31
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability 9.3 22.2 9.3 10.3 3.4 0.8 -0.3 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.9 32
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset -33.3 -9.7 -8.5 -0.4 -8.4 9.2 20.4 12.6 6.2 -5.9 -12.1 33
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability 8.4 17.1 14.8 -1.8 0.4 5.8 1.7 -6.2 13.9 2.2 19.8 34
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset 111.9 12.6 12.0 0.8 -11.7 8.4 -12.7 13.1 20.5 1.4 -37.4 35
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities -59.2 1.9 10.1 23.7 -1.1 27.5 -22.0 27.3 36.1 -76.7 112.1 36
Life insurance companies; sector discrepancy -84.7 -31.8 -30.3 -37.2 -23.8 -44.8 -28.6 -61.9 -45.1 24.0 -5.3 37

NOTES

  1. Additional detail on the financial assets and liabilities held in life insurer's general and separate accounts is available on tables F.116.g and F.116.s.
  2. Annuity reserves held by life insurance companies, excluding unallocated contracts held by pension funds, which are shown on line 35.
  3. Equal to funding agreement-backed securities (FABS) issued by domestic issuers of asset-backed securities.
  4. Includes reserves for accident and health policies, policy dividend accumulation, and contract claims.
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