Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

L.116 Life Insurance Companies

2016:Q3 Release Date: December 8, 2016

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


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Life insurance companies; total financial assets FL544090005 6520.0 6449.8 6575.2 6528.9 6423.9 6449.8 6623.6 6839.7 6941.3 1
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL543020005 50.8 58.1 49.2 41.8 52.1 58.1 55.2 75.6 70.4 2
Life insurance companies; money market mutual fund shares; asset FL543034005 53.3 56.1 51.5 50.5 61.6 56.1 58.4 54.7 54.0 3
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; asset FL542051073 3.1 2.7 3.0 2.7 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 4
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset LM544022005 3240.5 3196.6 3231.5 3214.0 3208.8 3196.6 3348.4 3480.3 3526.4 5
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset LM543069105 47.5 41.1 45.3 42.5 45.1 41.1 42.5 42.5 43.0 6
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset LM543061105 199.0 210.8 206.9 207.0 210.9 210.8 222.3 230.2 231.5 7
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset LM543061705 366.5 346.5 362.2 357.1 350.4 346.5 359.1 368.1 371.8 8
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset LM543062005 164.4 171.7 165.5 167.2 169.5 171.7 180.0 186.6 188.4 9
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM543063005 2463.0 2426.5 2451.6 2440.2 2432.8 2426.5 2544.4 2653.0 2691.7 10
Life insurance companies; loans; asset FL544023005 546.8 586.3 552.6 560.8 570.7 586.3 595.2 603.1 612.2 11
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset FL543069005 162.0 161.5 162.9 161.4 162.1 161.5 165.4 164.2 165.5 12
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset FL543065005 384.8 424.7 389.7 399.5 408.6 424.7 429.8 438.9 446.7 13
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset LM543064105 317.9 308.6 321.7 322.0 298.8 308.6 310.2 314.9 322.7 14
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset LM543064205 1701.9 1633.5 1730.4 1714.6 1590.9 1633.5 1621.5 1638.0 1684.5 15
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset FL543092073 68.9 60.0 70.8 70.7 69.4 60.0 60.7 61.8 64.3 16
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets FL543090005 536.9 547.8 564.4 551.7 568.5 547.8 571.2 608.4 603.8 17
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset FL543092473 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 18
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset FL543077073 29.9 31.6 31.0 31.9 31.7 31.6 32.8 33.6 32.7 19
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL543093005 504.0 512.8 530.3 516.4 533.4 512.8 535.0 571.2 567.4 20
Life insurance companies; total liabilities FL544190005 5828.1 5886.3 5913.9 5903.6 5830.8 5886.3 5977.8 6115.2 6206.8 21
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability FL542151073 21.9 22.8 22.1 22.4 22.4 22.8 22.9 22.6 22.7 22
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability FL543169373 51.9 58.1 54.1 56.2 57.2 58.1 60.6 65.4 67.5 23
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability FL543140005 1426.1 1464.6 1446.2 1452.9 1450.0 1464.6 1472.5 1499.1 1517.8 24
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability FL543150005 2825.0 2847.0 2846.5 2857.9 2786.7 2847.0 2877.7 2924.6 2977.4 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; taxes payable (net); liability FL543178073 3.9 3.9 5.7 5.1 3.7 3.9 4.6 4.7 3.4 26
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability FL543192073 97.0 91.8 105.1 105.4 105.2 91.8 100.6 100.9 109.1 27
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities FL543190005 1402.3 1398.1 1434.1 1403.6 1405.6 1398.1 1438.9 1498.0 1508.8 28
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability FL543194733 11.5 12.0 11.8 11.8 12.1 12.0 12.9 13.7 14.0 29
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset FL673090543 70.4 71.9 71.9 70.4 67.4 71.9 71.0 73.0 73.4 30
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability FL543195005 310.0 313.1 312.3 311.1 314.6 313.1 320.8 328.2 332.1 31
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset FL593095005 672.3 665.9 681.3 678.2 656.9 665.9 667.8 673.3 687.1 32
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities FL543193005 338.2 335.1 356.8 332.0 354.6 335.1 366.4 409.8 402.1 33

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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.
Last update: December 8, 2016