L.116 Life Insurance Companies (1)
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
Description Series code 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2017 Q1 Line
Life insurance companies; total financial assets FL544090005 6159.7 6520.0 6445.0 6764.3 6611.1 6832.1 6934.2 6764.3 6892.8 1
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset FL543020005 52.1 57.1 65.9 69.4 65.4 87.4 82.0 69.4 70.1 2
Life insurance companies; money market mutual fund shares; asset FL543034005 49.8 53.7 56.3 43.5 55.9 49.6 47.8 43.5 43.2 3
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; asset FL542051073 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.4 4
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset LM544022005 3063.4 3265.4 3223.8 3407.7 3365.2 3503.4 3552.0 3407.7 3457.4 5
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset LM543069105 58.6 50.5 43.0 44.9 45.3 45.8 47.4 44.9 46.2 6
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset LM543061105 172.0 200.0 203.6 216.9 209.1 220.4 224.9 216.9 220.8 7
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset LM543061705 364.5 382.5 364.4 366.1 374.3 381.8 383.1 366.1 372.1 8
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset LM543062005 146.0 164.4 171.2 179.0 179.6 186.9 189.0 179.0 182.1 9
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM543063005 2322.3 2467.9 2441.6 2600.8 2556.8 2668.5 2707.5 2600.8 2636.2 10
Life insurance companies; loans; asset FL544023005 517.2 546.8 588.1 625.4 597.1 604.8 613.7 625.4 636.2 11
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset FL543069005 154.0 162.0 161.5 164.4 165.2 163.8 165.0 164.4 164.0 12
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset FL543065005 363.2 384.8 426.5 461.0 431.9 441.0 448.7 461.0 472.2 13
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset LM543064105 302.1 317.9 336.9 460.3 361.9 392.5 430.6 460.3 472.3 14
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset LM543064205 1651.5 1680.9 1608.4 1538.0 1572.0 1560.9 1574.7 1538.0 1584.5 15
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset LM543092073 68.4 68.9 60.0 79.8 60.7 61.4 61.4 79.8 79.2 16
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets FL543090005 452.0 526.2 502.9 537.9 530.2 569.3 569.3 537.9 547.4 17
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset FL543092473 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 4.0 18
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset FL543077073 28.7 29.9 31.6 31.3 32.8 33.6 32.7 31.3 32.7 19
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets FL543093005 420.4 493.4 467.8 502.9 494.0 532.1 532.9 502.9 510.7 20
Life insurance companies; total liabilities FL544190005 5602.8 5828.1 5886.9 6157.5 5977.8 6115.2 6206.8 6157.5 6275.0 21
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability FL542151073 20.9 21.9 21.4 21.6 21.5 21.5 21.6 21.6 22.5 22
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability FL543169373 50.1 51.9 58.1 67.8 60.6 65.2 67.5 67.8 70.7 23
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability FL543140005 1366.3 1426.1 1463.1 1503.5 1473.7 1495.9 1509.7 1503.5 1525.4 24
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability (2) FL543150005 2713.6 2833.1 2862.8 2981.6 2884.5 2933.9 2992.9 2981.6 3040.1 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; taxes payable (net); liability FL543178073 4.7 3.9 3.6 5.0 4.6 4.7 3.4 5.0 3.8 26
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability LM543192073 88.1 97.0 91.8 108.4 100.6 101.9 101.5 108.4 108.6 27
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities FL543190005 1359.1 1394.1 1386.1 1469.5 1432.3 1492.1 1510.1 1469.5 1503.9 28
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability FL543194733 10.7 11.5 12.0 13.3 12.9 13.7 14.0 13.3 13.6 29
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset (3) FL673090543 53.1 62.3 63.8 70.6 62.9 64.9 66.0 70.6 72.5 30
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability (4) FL543195005 304.2 310.0 313.4 336.2 320.7 328.3 332.2 336.2 342.5 31
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset FL593095005 676.2 672.3 660.6 690.4 668.2 675.1 686.0 690.4 702.3 32
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities FL543193005 315.0 338.1 336.2 359.0 367.6 410.2 411.8 359.0 373.0 33
Life insurance companies, general accounts; securities lending; liability (5) FL543200073 55.8 53.9 49.4 47.8 51.4 53.8 55.0 47.8 51.1 34

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.
  5. Liability for securities lending collateral, included in line 33.
Last Update: June 8, 2017