L.116.g Life Insurance Companies General Accounts
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, general accounts; total financial assets FL544090075 5048.7 5118.4 5714.3 5091.6 5118.4 5283.1 5460.7 5627.2 5714.3 1
Life insurance companies, general accounts; checkable deposits and currency, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL543020075 63.1 59.4 85.5 51.2 59.4 59.7 67.5 78.0 85.5 2
Life insurance companies, general accounts; money market fund shares, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL543034075 25.4 26.6 37.4 22.5 26.6 25.4 29.0 34.1 37.4 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, general accounts; debt securities; asset LM544022075 3170.0 3104.0 3485.5 3103.8 3104.0 3243.7 3373.9 3465.4 3485.5 5
Life insurance companies, general accounts; commercial paper, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL543069175 25.6 23.5 26.7 24.0 23.5 24.9 26.7 26.2 26.7 6
Life insurance companies, general accounts; Treasury securities, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543061175 174.6 154.8 152.5 176.5 154.8 150.8 149.5 153.3 152.5 7
Life insurance companies, general accounts; agency- and GSE-backed securities, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543061775 292.9 275.2 277.1 283.6 275.2 278.8 280.9 280.5 277.1 8
Life insurance companies, general accounts; municipal securities, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543062075 189.0 181.7 186.7 186.1 181.7 185.1 186.5 187.3 186.7 9
Life insurance companies, general accounts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM543063075 2487.9 2468.8 2842.5 2433.8 2468.8 2604.2 2730.4 2818.0 2842.5 10
Life insurance companies, general accounts; loans; asset FL544023075 645.9 701.7 743.3 688.0 701.7 713.7 719.6 735.2 743.3 11
Life insurance companies, general accounts; other loans and advances; asset FL543069075 164.2 164.4 167.2 164.3 164.4 165.1 164.5 167.6 167.2 12
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total mortgages, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL543065075 481.6 537.2 576.1 523.7 537.2 548.5 555.1 567.7 576.1 13
Life insurance companies, general accounts; corporate equities, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543064175 96.0 92.6 110.0 98.1 92.6 95.4 98.5 100.7 110.0 14
Life insurance companies, general accounts; mutual fund shares, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543064275 7.2 6.8 8.4 7.7 6.8 7.6 7.6 7.6 8.4 15
Life insurance companies, general accounts; trade receivables from insurers; liability FL543070075 102.2 101.4 106.2 101.6 101.4 102.1 103.0 104.4 106.2 16
Life insurance companies, general accounts; life insurance reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543040075 286.6 250.4 265.4 259.5 250.4 252.0 254.2 257.7 265.4 17
Life insurance companies, general accounts; pension entitlements reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543050075 91.3 188.5 188.8 164.1 188.5 190.0 191.6 194.5 188.8 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, general accounts; total miscellaneous assets FL543090075 477.0 525.2 613.5 525.4 525.2 524.5 545.9 579.3 613.5 20
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total liabilities FL544190075 4562.2 4766.2 5068.9 4745.2 4766.2 4824.2 4892.0 4998.5 5068.9 21
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 22
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 23
Life insurance companies, general accounts; trade payables to insurers; liability FL543170075 171.2 185.3 192.5 181.7 185.3 186.5 188.1 190.6 192.5 24
Life insurance companies, general accounts; life insurance reserves, including reserve credit from reinsurers; liability FL543140075 1656.7 1698.6 1770.7 1687.4 1698.6 1709.6 1724.1 1747.8 1770.7 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; pension entitlements, including reserve credit from reinsurers and excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability (1) FL543150075 1284.8 1431.1 1484.8 1378.7 1431.1 1431.2 1445.0 1469.7 1484.8 26
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 27
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 28
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total miscellaneous liabilities FL543190075 1189.4 1209.6 1335.4 1220.5 1209.6 1233.7 1266.3 1310.2 1335.4 29

NOTES

  1. Annuity reserves held by life insurance companies, excluding unallocated contracts held by private pension funds which are included in miscellaneous liabilities (line 29).
Last Update: March 12, 2020