L.116 Life Insurance Companies (1)
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted

Description Series code 2016 2017 2018 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 2019 Q2 Line
Life insurance companies; total financial assets FL544090005 7247.5 7747.3 7566.4 7674.0 7693.8 7792.9 7566.4 7914.2 8148.7 1
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL543020005 73.5 91.1 90.7 85.5 93.0 81.4 90.7 91.9 101.2 2
Life insurance companies; money market fund shares; asset FL543034005 44.6 48.2 55.0 46.6 49.0 45.2 55.0 50.6 54.8 3
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL542051075 2.5 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.5 4
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset LM544022005 3407.3 3585.8 3502.6 3526.8 3486.3 3503.8 3502.6 3654.3 3803.0 5
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset LM543069105 46.6 38.1 33.1 35.4 33.4 34.2 33.1 34.8 37.1 6
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset LM543061105 219.3 228.3 203.7 226.9 225.9 226.1 203.7 201.1 202.1 7
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset LM543061705 372.8 386.6 364.9 384.8 375.8 373.7 364.9 371.2 377.4 8
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset LM543062005 185.2 197.8 190.0 198.3 196.5 194.4 190.0 193.7 195.5 9
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM543063005 2583.3 2735.0 2710.9 2681.4 2654.7 2675.3 2710.9 2853.5 2990.9 10
Life insurance companies; loans; asset FL544023005 629.9 675.7 737.2 689.5 705.5 721.9 737.2 750.2 757.8 11
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset FL543069005 164.4 169.0 169.1 168.7 169.2 168.9 169.1 169.9 169.5 12
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset FL543065005 465.5 506.7 568.1 520.8 536.4 552.9 568.1 580.3 588.3 13
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset LM543064105 554.8 622.8 537.8 604.3 604.2 613.6 537.8 585.7 595.8 14
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset LM543064205 1439.5 1572.3 1402.7 1540.1 1556.0 1595.1 1402.7 1527.3 1549.8 15
Life insurance companies; trade receivables from insurers; liability FL543070005 91.1 102.2 101.5 102.0 101.8 101.7 101.5 102.1 103.0 16
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543040005 252.4 286.6 250.4 277.5 268.3 259.5 250.4 252.0 254.2 17
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543050005 83.5 91.4 191.4 116.5 141.8 166.4 191.4 193.0 194.7 18
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad (market value); asset LM543092073 64.8 81.9 59.8 80.8 68.3 67.5 59.8 66.9 63.1 19
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets FL543090005 603.6 587.3 635.3 602.6 617.6 634.8 635.3 637.8 668.8 20
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset FL543092473 3.8 4.2 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 21
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset FL543077073 31.3 33.1 35.0 35.5 35.4 36.2 35.0 36.4 35.7 22
Life insurance companies; accident and health reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543095105 65.9 69.8 74.3 71.2 72.2 73.4 74.3 74.9 75.5 23
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL543093005 502.6 480.2 521.3 491.4 505.6 520.6 521.3 521.7 552.8 24
Life insurance companies; total liabilities FL544190005 6715.3 7132.7 7110.9 7156.8 7211.3 7310.3 7110.9 7335.2 7456.9 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability FL542151073 21.6 21.4 24.1 20.8 20.9 23.5 24.1 25.5 27.9 26
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability FL543169373 68.3 74.8 81.1 78.8 79.8 79.6 81.1 82.2 82.2 27
Life insurance companies; trade payables to insurers; liability FL543170005 133.7 171.2 186.3 175.0 178.8 182.6 186.3 187.6 189.2 28
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability FL543140005 1925.9 2008.8 2035.2 2018.4 2035.0 2054.2 2035.2 2071.3 2093.8 29
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, including reserve credit from reinsurers and excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability (2) FL543150005 3099.2 3333.0 3292.2 3335.0 3375.0 3438.7 3292.2 3437.1 3498.9 30
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total taxes payable; liability FL543178075 8.4 10.4 7.5 10.2 9.3 9.0 7.5 8.1 7.2 31
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S. (market value); liability LM543192073 126.4 153.6 128.9 152.4 155.1 164.7 128.9 147.5 148.8 32
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities FL543190005 1331.8 1359.5 1355.6 1366.3 1357.4 1357.9 1355.6 1375.8 1409.0 33
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability FL543194733 13.3 15.8 4.8 15.1 15.0 15.2 4.8 5.2 5.7 34
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset (3) FL673090543 70.7 82.7 85.7 85.4 86.8 87.6 85.7 89.1 88.6 35
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability (4) FL543195005 364.8 382.4 408.7 392.7 394.4 401.8 408.7 414.0 417.1 36
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset FL593095005 672.8 694.2 671.6 688.1 691.4 697.1 671.6 691.7 696.7 37
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities FL543193005 210.2 184.6 184.8 185.0 169.9 156.3 184.8 175.8 200.9 38
Life insurance companies, general accounts; securities lending; liability (5) FL543200073 47.8 49.0 42.6 52.9 46.3 47.0 42.6 45.2 45.2 39
Life insurance companies; direct reserve credit; liability FL543176015 5816.7 6165.0 6114.9 6173.7 6227.0 6311.8 6114.9 6320.4 6408.5 40
Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured to U.S. reinsurers; liability FL543176025 616.4 639.0 705.1 656.1 673.7 692.4 705.1 713.5 720.3 41
Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured to non-U.S. reinsurers; asset FL543076035 326.9 363.5 444.4 383.8 404.4 424.4 444.4 447.9 451.8 42
Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured from non-U.S. reinsurers; liability FL543176035 22.4 25.7 26.0 25.8 25.9 26.0 26.0 26.2 26.4 43


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 37.
  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.
  5. Liability for securities lending collateral, included in line 38.
Last Update: September 20, 2019