Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

F.116 Life Insurance Companies (1)

2016:Q4 Release Date: March 9, 2017

Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates


Description		 Series code 2014
2015
2016
2015
Q3		 2015
Q4		 2016
Q1		 2016
Q2		 2016
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Life insurance companies; gross saving including foreign earnings retained abroad FA546000105 18.3 16.3 32.1 15.7 16.9 27.3 31.4 36.4 33.3 1
Life insurance companies; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products FA545013005 15.4 16.6 16.9 16.7 16.7 16.8 16.9 17.0 17.1 2
Life insurance companies; total financial assets FA544090005 134.2 110.4 166.8 206.6 67.5 272.0 242.1 62.5 90.4 3
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset FA543020005 5.0 9.1 4.4 43.1 27.6 -9.2 41.4 -25.2 10.5 4
Life insurance companies; money market mutual fund shares; asset FA543034005 3.9 2.6 -0.3 44.3 -22.4 9.0 -14.4 3.3 0.9 5
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; asset FA542051073 0.0 -0.5 0.3 1.7 -1.9 0.7 -0.2 0.1 0.4 6
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset FA544022005 58.6 81.8 145.4 94.8 58.8 227.4 173.1 139.5 41.6 7
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset FA543069105 -8.1 -7.2 4.5 2.2 -22.9 18.7 5.7 -3.1 -3.4 8
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset FA543061105 14.0 16.3 14.2 20.6 2.5 17.2 9.6 11.0 19.0 9
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FA543061705 -29.2 -8.9 17.5 -16.4 -5.1 26.0 16.7 16.2 11.2 10
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset FA543062005 7.7 9.7 8.1 11.4 10.3 10.9 8.4 7.6 5.4 11
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA543063005 74.3 71.9 101.1 77.0 74.1 154.6 132.6 107.8 9.5 12
Life insurance companies; loans; asset FA544023005 29.5 39.5 31.2 34.5 57.7 46.4 31.4 31.9 15.0 13
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset FA543069005 7.9 -0.4 2.5 3.0 -2.2 15.3 -4.8 5.2 -5.8 14
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset FA543065005 21.6 40.0 28.7 31.6 59.9 31.1 36.2 26.7 20.9 15
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset FA543064105 -5.0 -2.7 -5.8 -9.3 -3.1 -7.6 -4.9 -5.6 -5.1 16
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset FA543064205 -33.0 -29.4 -54.9 -38.0 -19.5 -57.1 -60.6 -39.2 -62.6 17
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset FA543092073 1.4 -0.4 3.6 -5.3 -3.9 2.8 2.9 4.0 4.5 18
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets FA543090005 73.8 10.4 42.9 40.6 -25.8 59.6 73.3 -46.3 85.1 19
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset FA543092473 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 -0.0 20
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset FA543077073 1.2 1.7 0.5 -0.9 -0.2 4.8 3.3 -3.9 -2.2 21
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets FA543093005 72.4 8.2 42.1 41.4 -25.4 54.6 69.7 -43.2 87.4 22
Life insurance companies; total liabilities FA544190005 86.2 116.3 173.6 229.7 59.4 297.2 241.2 91.6 64.2 23
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability FA542151073 1.0 0.9 -0.4 -0.1 1.5 0.3 -1.3 0.6 -1.3 24
Life insurance companies, general accounts; corporate equities; liability FA543164173 -14.9 -10.0 -4.7 -7.5 -6.3 -7.3 -5.9 -2.9 -2.6 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability FA543169373 1.8 6.2 9.6 4.1 3.5 10.0 18.4 9.1 1.0 26
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability FA543140005 45.3 46.3 49.2 59.2 30.1 23.1 83.0 38.7 52.0 27
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability(2) FA543150005 23.6 64.8 7.7 125.1 81.2 17.3 -24.6 8.4 29.8 28
Life insurance companies, general accounts; taxes payable (net); liability FA543178073 -0.8 0.1 -1.8 -5.4 0.8 2.7 0.4 -5.0 -5.4 29
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability FA543192073 5.8 7.8 8.5 -0.8 -1.5 35.3 5.1 -1.7 -4.7 30
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities FA543190005 24.5 0.3 105.4 55.3 -49.9 215.8 166.1 44.5 -4.6 31
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability FA543194733 0.8 0.5 1.3 0.9 -0.2 3.5 3.0 1.5 -3.1 32
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset(3) FA673090543 9.2 1.6 6.7 -12.2 18.2 -3.9 8.0 4.5 18.3 33
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability(4) FA543195005 5.8 3.1 26.6 13.7 -5.8 30.7 29.7 15.7 30.4 34
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset FA593095005 -14.5 -1.9 23.3 -37.6 15.9 60.1 13.1 19.1 1.0 35
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities FA543193005 23.1 -3.0 47.5 90.4 -78.0 125.4 112.2 3.6 -51.3 36
Life insurance companies; sector discrepancy FA547005005 -45.2 5.6 22.0 22.1 -7.9 35.8 13.5 48.5 -10.0 37
Life insurance companies, general accounts; securities lending; liability(5) FA543170673 -2.8 -4.1 6.7 0.1 -3.6 7.1 8.1 7.2 4.4 38

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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.
  5. Liability for securities lending collateral, included in line 36.
Last update: March 9, 2017