Federal Reserve Statistical Release, Z.1,
 Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States; title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page

Release Date: March 10, 2016
Release dates | Announcements | Coded tables | Historical data | Technical Q&As
Current release | Screen reader | PDF (450 KB) | Data Download Program (DDP)

F.116 Life Insurance Companies 1

Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates


Description
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2014
Q4
2015
Q1
2015
Q2
2015
Q3
2015
Q4

Line
Life insurance companies; gross saving including foreign earnings retained abroad 16.2 7.2 13.4 7.2 10.7 13.2 13.6 14.6 13.0 12.7 12.4 1
Life insurance companies; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products 11.5 12.3 14.0 15.4 16.5 17.1 16.8 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 2
Life insurance companies; total financial assets 181.5 229.0 127.0 102.7 213.4 197.9 239.5 275.6 14.8 312.5 188.8 3
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset 1.0 2.0 2.7 -9.2 3.6 -0.4 -8.5 -2.2 -28.0 43.2 -14.7 4
Life insurance companies, general accounts; money market mutual fund shares; asset -12.7 7.9 -1.4 -5.9 6.1 1.5 20.5 -4.5 -7.5 17.7 0.4 5
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; asset 0.7 -4.7 2.1 -5.3 0.4 4.1 -13.2 9.2 -0.5 1.1 6.7 6
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset 160.4 102.5 60.6 55.1 70.2 80.9 13.3 115.2 65.5 101.0 41.9 7
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset -8.9 -11.2 13.9 3.2 -4.6 0.4 4.1 16.7 -4.7 7.5 -18.0 8
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset 23.2 18.8 5.5 -12.2 14.3 13.7 16.2 41.5 -8.9 16.4 5.7 9
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset 4.0 -1.6 -13.5 -6.8 -15.0 -0.1 -21.5 -2.1 15.3 -1.9 -11.5 10
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset 39.2 9.4 9.7 10.1 6.2 4.1 3.3 1.3 3.5 5.5 6.2 11
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset 102.9 87.1 45.0 60.8 69.3 62.8 11.3 57.8 60.4 73.5 59.6 12
Life insurance companies; loans; asset -8.8 22.9 13.7 22.3 29.5 32.5 40.2 31.7 30.2 35.6 32.4 13
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset -0.2 7.9 1.8 3.5 8.0 1.8 7.9 3.8 -6.3 3.0 6.8 14
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset -8.6 15.0 11.9 18.8 21.6 30.6 32.3 27.9 36.5 32.6 25.5 15
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset 12.7 33.2 16.1 13.7 28.1 44.1 9.4 44.1 45.1 45.6 41.6 16
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset 33.9 5.6 0.4 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 17
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset 1.9 3.3 5.9 2.9 2.2 3.0 3.3 7.5 5.4 -3.1 2.0 18
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets -7.6 56.4 26.8 28.0 71.9 31.0 173.2 73.3 -96.9 70.1 77.3 19
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset -0.0 -0.7 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.5 0.6 -0.5 -0.3 20
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset 2.7 -0.4 0.6 3.0 1.2 2.2 -2.0 4.6 3.2 -1.6 2.6 21
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets -10.2 57.5 26.2 24.2 70.7 28.7 175.4 68.2 -100.7 72.3 75.0 22
Life insurance companies; total liabilities 145.0 203.7 90.4 87.1 174.4 195.6 180.8 232.6 43.3 313.2 193.3 23
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability -2.2 1.9 2.3 6.5 1.0 0.9 -2.6 1.0 1.2 -0.1 1.5 24
Life insurance companies, general accounts; corporate equities; liability -4.8 -11.5 -9.9 -9.2 -14.9 -9.9 -16.0 -22.5 -3.7 -7.5 -6.0 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability -2.1 1.5 3.2 2.0 1.8 5.9 2.1 8.6 7.4 4.2 3.5 26
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability 13.6 79.9 -12.2 29.8 55.5 66.0 73.1 89.1 49.0 72.2 53.5 27
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability 87.2 95.0 76.4 76.6 92.8 88.5 86.3 41.1 72.4 156.5 83.8 28
Life insurance companies, general accounts; taxes payable (net); liability 2.6 5.2 -4.6 -2.3 -1.9 -0.3 -8.3 10.0 -5.6 -8.9 3.3 29
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability 6.3 -5.4 2.4 0.9 5.8 5.5 -0.1 28.4 2.8 -0.5 -8.6 30
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities 44.4 37.2 32.9 -17.2 34.4 39.0 46.2 76.9 -80.3 97.3 62.3 31
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability 22.2 9.3 10.3 3.4 0.8 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.9 -0.2 32
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset -9.7 -8.5 -0.4 -8.4 9.2 1.6 12.6 6.2 -5.9 -12.2 18.3 33
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability 17.1 14.8 -1.8 0.4 5.8 8.9 -6.2 13.9 2.2 19.8 -0.2 34
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset 12.7 11.4 1.0 -11.4 -8.9 2.2 12.4 19.8 1.6 -44.2 31.6 35
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities 1.9 10.1 23.7 -1.1 27.5 25.8 27.3 35.9 -78.4 132.9 12.7 36
Life insurance companies; sector discrepancy -31.8 -30.3 -37.2 -23.8 -44.8 -6.3 -61.9 -45.3 24.4 -3.8 -0.4 37

NOTES

  1. Additional detail on the financial assets and liabilities held in life insurer's general and separate accounts is available on tables F.116.g and F.116.s.
  2. Annuity reserves held by life insurance companies, excluding unallocated contracts held by pension funds, which are shown on line 35.
  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.
Release dates | Announcements | Coded tables | Historical data | Technical Q&As
Current release | Screen reader | PDF (450 KB) | Data Download Program (DDP)

Statistical releases