L.116 Life Insurance Companies (1)
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
Description Series code 2017 2018 2019 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 Line
Life insurance companies; total financial assets FL544090005 7747.3 7566.4 8573.3 7792.9 7566.4 7914.2 8148.7 8317.7 8573.3 1
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL543020005 91.1 90.7 121.7 81.4 90.7 91.9 101.2 113.2 121.7 2
Life insurance companies; money market fund shares; asset FL543034005 48.2 55.0 62.6 45.2 55.0 50.6 54.8 59.7 62.6 3
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL542051075 2.0 2.2 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 4
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset LM544022005 3585.8 3502.6 3940.6 3503.8 3502.6 3654.3 3803.0 3913.5 3940.6 5
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset FL543069105 38.1 33.1 38.0 34.2 33.1 34.8 37.1 37.1 38.0 6
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset LM543061105 228.3 203.7 207.4 226.1 203.7 201.1 202.1 208.2 207.4 7
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset LM543061705 386.6 364.9 380.0 373.7 364.9 371.2 377.4 381.3 380.0 8
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset LM543062005 197.8 190.0 196.4 194.4 190.0 193.7 195.5 196.7 196.4 9
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM543063005 2735.0 2710.9 3118.8 2675.3 2710.9 2853.5 2990.9 3090.1 3118.8 10
Life insurance companies; loans; asset FL544023005 675.7 737.2 784.5 721.9 737.2 750.2 757.8 775.1 784.5 11
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset FL543069005 169.0 169.1 172.8 168.9 169.1 169.9 169.5 172.8 172.8 12
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset FL543065005 506.7 568.1 611.8 552.9 568.1 580.3 588.3 602.4 611.8 13
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset LM543064105 622.8 537.8 619.2 613.6 537.8 585.7 595.0 591.5 619.2 14
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset LM543064205 1572.3 1402.7 1599.7 1595.1 1402.7 1527.3 1550.6 1532.9 1599.7 15
Life insurance companies; trade receivables from insurers; liability FL543070005 102.2 101.5 106.2 101.7 101.5 102.1 103.0 104.4 106.2 16
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543040005 286.6 250.4 265.4 259.5 250.4 252.0 254.2 257.7 265.4 17
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543050005 91.4 191.4 191.6 166.4 191.4 193.0 194.7 197.6 191.6 18
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad (market value); asset LM543092073 81.9 59.8 67.5 67.5 59.8 66.8 67.4 67.7 67.5 19
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets FL543090005 587.3 635.3 811.5 634.8 635.3 637.9 664.5 702.0 811.5 20
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset FL543092473 4.2 4.7 5.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.5 21
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset FL543077073 33.1 35.0 36.7 36.2 35.0 36.4 35.7 36.6 36.7 22
Life insurance companies; accident and health reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543095105 69.8 74.3 76.7 73.4 74.3 74.9 75.5 76.2 76.7 23
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL543093005 480.2 521.3 692.6 520.6 521.3 521.8 548.6 584.1 692.6 24
Life insurance companies; total liabilities FL544190005 7272.4 7228.8 7945.8 7462.0 7228.8 7471.1 7596.6 7706.2 7945.8 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability FL542151073 21.4 24.1 28.6 23.5 24.1 25.5 27.9 28.0 28.6 26
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability FL543169373 74.8 81.1 88.7 79.6 81.1 82.2 82.2 86.1 88.7 27
Life insurance companies; trade payables to insurers; liability FL543170005 171.2 186.3 193.6 182.6 186.3 187.6 189.2 191.8 193.6 28
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability FL543140005 2008.8 2035.2 2162.5 2054.2 2035.2 2071.3 2093.8 2117.9 2162.5 29
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, including reserve credit from reinsurers and excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability (2) FL543150005 3328.8 3277.4 3656.0 3417.5 3277.4 3415.8 3479.5 3509.6 3656.0 30
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total taxes payable; liability FL543178075 10.4 7.5 6.5 9.0 7.5 8.1 7.2 7.0 6.5 31
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S. (market value); liability LM543192073 153.6 128.9 161.8 164.7 128.9 147.4 151.2 158.9 161.8 32
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities FL543190005 1503.4 1488.3 1648.2 1530.9 1488.3 1533.1 1565.6 1606.9 1648.2 33
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability FL543194733 15.8 4.8 0.0 15.2 4.8 5.2 5.7 5.9 0.0 34
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset (3) FL673090543 82.7 85.7 90.8 87.6 85.7 89.1 87.7 88.7 90.8 35
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability (4) FL543195005 382.4 408.7 420.8 401.8 408.7 414.0 417.1 420.0 420.8 36
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset FL593095005 698.4 686.4 736.1 718.3 686.4 713.0 717.0 716.3 736.1 37
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities FL543193005 324.3 302.7 400.5 308.0 302.7 311.9 338.2 375.9 400.5 38
Life insurance companies, general accounts; securities lending; liability (5) FL543200073 49.0 42.6 45.5 47.0 42.6 45.2 45.2 45.4 45.5 39
Life insurance companies; direct reserve credit; liability FL543176015 6165.0 6114.9 6679.6 6311.8 6114.9 6320.4 6408.5 6464.7 6679.6 40
Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured to U.S. reinsurers; liability FL543176025 639.0 705.1 733.5 692.4 705.1 713.5 720.3 729.3 733.5 41
Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured to non-U.S. reinsurers; asset FL543076035 363.5 444.4 458.1 424.4 444.4 447.9 451.8 458.1 458.1 42
Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured from non-U.S. reinsurers; liability FL543176035 25.7 26.0 27.3 26.0 26.0 26.2 26.4 26.8 27.3 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: March 12, 2020