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)

L.116 Life Insurance Companies 1

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


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

Line
Life insurance companies; total financial assets 5167.8 5340.1 5614.7 5977.3 6227.1 6350.0 6227.1 6316.8 6301.9 6230.0 6350.0 1
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset 51.7 53.7 56.4 47.2 50.8 50.4 50.8 50.3 43.3 54.1 50.4 2
Life insurance companies, general accounts; money market mutual fund shares; asset 21.0 28.8 27.5 21.6 27.7 29.2 27.7 26.6 24.7 29.1 29.2 3
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; asset 10.9 6.1 8.2 2.9 3.4 7.5 3.4 5.7 5.5 5.8 7.5 4
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset 2716.0 2818.5 2879.1 2934.2 3004.3 3085.2 3004.3 3030.0 3046.2 3073.3 3085.2 5
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset 40.9 29.7 43.6 46.7 42.2 42.5 42.2 43.2 41.8 45.5 42.5 6
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset 156.6 175.4 180.9 168.6 182.9 196.6 182.9 193.3 191.1 195.2 196.6 7
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset 376.0 374.4 360.9 354.1 339.1 339.1 339.1 338.6 342.4 341.9 339.1 8
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset 112.3 121.8 131.5 141.6 147.8 151.9 147.8 148.1 149.0 150.4 151.9 9
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset 2030.2 2117.3 2162.2 2223.0 2292.3 2355.2 2292.3 2306.8 2321.9 2340.3 2355.2 10
Life insurance companies; loans; asset 458.2 481.1 494.8 517.1 546.6 579.1 546.6 552.5 560.5 570.5 579.1 11
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset 140.7 148.6 150.4 153.9 161.9 163.7 161.9 162.8 161.2 162.0 163.7 12
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset 317.5 332.5 344.4 363.2 384.8 415.4 384.8 389.7 399.3 408.5 415.4 13
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset 1371.6 1355.5 1502.7 1743.4 1798.4 1773.0 1798.4 1828.9 1819.5 1690.5 1773.0 14
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset 186.7 184.8 201.7 235.8 246.4 242.2 246.4 248.7 249.4 233.8 242.2 15
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset 46.3 54.2 69.1 72.2 72.8 75.8 72.8 74.7 76.0 75.3 75.8 16
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets 305.6 357.4 375.2 403.0 476.6 507.6 476.6 499.4 476.7 497.7 507.6 17
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset 2.7 2.0 2.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 18
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset 24.7 24.3 24.9 27.9 29.1 31.2 29.1 30.2 31.0 30.6 31.2 19
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets 278.1 331.1 348.2 372.2 444.5 473.3 444.5 466.1 442.5 464.0 473.3 20
Life insurance companies; total liabilities 4844.3 5002.2 5248.8 5602.8 5828.1 5958.5 5828.1 5913.9 5903.6 5830.8 5958.5 21
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability 10.3 12.1 14.4 20.9 21.9 22.8 21.9 22.1 22.4 22.4 22.8 22
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability 43.4 44.9 48.2 50.1 51.9 57.9 51.9 54.1 55.9 57.0 57.9 23
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability 1229.9 1302.3 1309.0 1366.3 1426.1 1484.6 1426.1 1451.1 1460.7 1460.2 1484.6 24
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability 2207.5 2258.6 2446.8 2726.5 2847.4 2874.6 2847.4 2874.8 2875.7 2794.9 2874.6 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; taxes payable (net); liability -28.8 -23.6 -28.3 -30.5 -32.4 -32.7 -32.4 -29.9 -31.3 -33.5 -32.7 26
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability 84.3 103.6 105.3 88.1 101.4 106.9 101.4 108.4 109.2 109.0 106.9 27
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities 1297.8 1304.3 1353.4 1381.5 1411.9 1444.4 1411.9 1433.3 1411.1 1420.9 1444.4 28
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability 62.7 72.0 17.2 10.7 11.5 12.0 11.5 11.8 11.8 12.1 12.0 29
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset 78.4 70.0 69.6 61.1 70.4 72.0 70.4 71.9 70.4 67.4 72.0 30
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability 290.7 305.5 303.7 304.2 310.0 318.9 310.0 313.5 314.0 319.0 318.9 31
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset 617.5 623.0 639.5 655.4 650.1 645.9 650.1 657.2 655.5 629.9 645.9 32
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities 248.4 233.8 323.4 350.1 370.0 395.7 370.0 378.9 359.3 392.6 395.7 33

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.
Release dates | Announcements | Coded tables | Historical data | Technical Q&As
Current release | Screen reader | PDF (450 KB) | Data Download Program (DDP)

Statistical releases