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L.116 Life Insurance Companies 1

Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted


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Life insurance companies; total financial assets 4823.9 5167.8 5340.1 5614.7 5977.3 6227.1 6144.5 6227.1 6316.8 6301.8 6230.0 1
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset 50.7 51.7 53.7 56.4 47.2 50.8 52.9 50.8 50.3 43.2 54.1 2
Life insurance companies, general accounts; money market mutual fund shares; asset 33.7 21.0 28.8 27.5 21.6 27.7 22.6 27.7 26.6 24.7 29.1 3
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; asset 10.2 10.9 6.1 8.2 2.9 3.4 6.7 3.4 5.6 5.5 5.8 4
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset 2555.6 2716.0 2818.5 2879.1 2934.2 3004.3 3000.2 3004.3 3030.0 3046.2 3073.3 5
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset 49.8 40.9 29.7 43.6 46.7 42.2 40.3 42.2 43.2 41.8 45.5 6
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset 133.5 156.6 175.4 180.9 168.6 182.9 178.9 182.9 193.3 191.1 195.2 7
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset 371.9 376.0 374.4 360.9 354.1 339.1 344.5 339.1 338.6 342.4 341.9 8
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset 73.1 112.3 121.8 131.5 141.6 147.8 147.0 147.8 148.1 149.0 150.4 9
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset 1927.2 2030.2 2117.3 2162.2 2223.0 2292.3 2289.5 2292.3 2306.8 2321.9 2340.3 10
Life insurance companies; loans; asset 467.1 458.2 481.1 494.8 517.1 546.6 536.3 546.6 552.5 560.5 570.5 11
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset 140.9 140.7 148.6 150.4 153.9 161.9 159.9 161.9 162.8 161.3 162.0 12
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset 326.1 317.5 332.5 344.4 363.2 384.8 376.4 384.8 389.7 399.3 408.5 13
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset 1208.5 1371.6 1355.5 1502.7 1743.4 1798.4 1770.3 1798.4 1828.9 1819.4 1690.5 14
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset 140.8 186.7 184.8 201.7 235.8 246.4 242.5 246.4 248.7 249.4 233.8 15
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset 28.9 46.3 54.2 69.1 72.2 72.8 73.6 72.8 74.7 76.4 78.9 16
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets 328.7 305.6 357.4 375.2 403.0 476.6 439.4 476.6 499.4 476.4 494.1 17
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.4 18
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset 22.1 24.7 24.3 24.9 27.9 29.1 29.6 29.1 30.2 31.0 30.6 19
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets 303.7 278.0 331.0 348.1 371.9 444.0 406.3 444.0 465.5 441.4 459.1 20
Life insurance companies; total liabilities 4532.3 4844.3 5002.2 5248.8 5602.8 5828.1 5746.4 5828.1 5913.9 5903.6 5830.8 21
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability 12.4 10.3 12.1 14.4 20.9 21.9 22.5 21.9 22.1 22.4 22.4 22
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability 48.3 45.1 46.8 51.6 59.4 71.8 66.8 71.8 75.4 79.9 91.6 23
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability 1194.5 1229.9 1302.3 1309.0 1366.3 1426.1 1403.9 1426.1 1451.1 1460.7 1460.2 24
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability 1994.7 2205.8 2256.2 2442.9 2716.9 2809.8 2767.5 2809.8 2835.5 2833.8 2742.0 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; taxes payable (net); liability -31.4 -28.8 -23.6 -28.3 -30.5 -32.4 -30.4 -32.4 -29.9 -31.3 -33.5 26
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability 69.4 84.3 103.6 105.3 88.1 101.4 93.9 101.4 108.4 108.8 113.8 27
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities 1244.3 1297.8 1304.7 1353.9 1381.8 1429.6 1422.2 1429.6 1451.2 1429.4 1434.4 28
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability 40.5 62.7 72.0 17.2 10.7 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.8 11.8 12.1 29
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset 88.1 78.4 70.0 69.6 61.1 70.4 67.2 70.4 71.9 70.4 67.4 30
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability 273.6 290.7 305.5 303.7 304.2 310.0 311.5 310.0 313.5 314.0 319.0 31
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset 587.0 617.5 623.4 640.0 655.7 667.8 661.3 667.8 675.1 673.3 648.1 32
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities 255.1 248.4 233.8 323.4 350.1 370.0 370.7 370.0 378.9 359.8 387.8 33

NOTES

  1. Additional detail on the financial assets and liabilities held in life insurer's general and separate accounts is available on tables L.116.g and L.116.s.
  2. Annuity reserves held by life insurance companies, excluding unallocated contracts held by pension funds, which are shown on line 32.
  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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