Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1
F.116 Life Insurance Companies (1)
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates| Description | Series code | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 Q1 | 2017 Q2 | 2017 Q3 | 2017 Q4 | 2018 Q1 | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life insurance companies; gross saving including foreign earnings retained abroad less net capital transfers paid (2) | FA546000105 | 23.5 | 18.4 | 22.3 | 19.8 | 22.8 | 23.1 | 22.2 | 11.2 | 20.6 | 1 |
| Life insurance companies; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products | FA545013005 | 16.1 | 18.9 | 20.4 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 21.5 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 22.6 | 2 |
| Life insurance companies; total financial assets | FA544090005 | 126.5 | 115.1 | 130.4 | 71.8 | 128.4 | 88.1 | 110.8 | -40.1 | 34.3 | 3 |
| Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FA543020005 | 5 | 8.8 | -7.5 | 16.8 | 3.6 | 31.7 | 0.9 | 30.8 | -11.2 | 4 |
| Life insurance companies; money market fund shares; asset | FA543034005 | 3.9 | 2.6 | -12.8 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 7 | -2.2 | -13.6 | 5 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; asset | FA542051073 | 0 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 0 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -1 | -0.8 | 6 |
| Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset | FA544022005 | 79.1 | 84.9 | 141.8 | 76.9 | 117.4 | 43.6 | 86 | 60.5 | 138.5 | 7 |
| Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset | FA543069105 | -8.1 | -7.5 | 1.9 | -8.7 | 5.9 | -2.1 | -16.3 | -22.5 | 0.8 | 8 |
| Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset | FA543061105 | 14 | 6.9 | 20.4 | 0 | -0.9 | -2.6 | -2.2 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 9 |
| Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | FA543061705 | -13.2 | -2.7 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 5.5 | 11.3 | 7 | 16.6 | 10 |
| Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset | FA543062005 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 5.1 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 11 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FA543063005 | 78.8 | 80.9 | 99.5 | 69.6 | 93.1 | 37.7 | 83.9 | 63.8 | 109.4 | 12 |
| Life insurance companies; loans; asset | FA544023005 | 29.5 | 41.3 | 37.4 | 46.4 | 62.2 | 64.1 | 46.3 | 13.1 | 67 | 13 |
| Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset | FA543069005 | 7.9 | -0.4 | 2.8 | 5.5 | -2 | 10.5 | 14.8 | -1.2 | 4.8 | 14 |
| Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset | FA543065005 | 21.6 | 41.8 | 34.5 | 40.9 | 64.2 | 53.7 | 31.5 | 14.3 | 62.3 | 15 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset | FA543064105 | -5 | 31.9 | 100.2 | -15.3 | -17.6 | -8.8 | -16.1 | -18.7 | 46.3 | 16 |
| Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset | FA543064205 | -53.6 | -34.6 | -167 | -77.5 | -78.7 | -68 | -62.3 | -101 | -80.5 | 17 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset | FA543092073 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 5 | -3.6 | 4.2 | -6.7 | 18 |
| Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets | FA543090005 | 67.4 | -18.8 | 37.3 | 18.9 | 31.2 | 17.6 | 52.9 | -25.9 | -104.8 | 19 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset | FA543092473 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 20 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset | FA543077073 | 1.2 | 1.7 | -0.3 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 9.8 | 21 |
| Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets | FA543093005 | 66 | -20.9 | 37.3 | 16.8 | 24.5 | 16.2 | 52.6 | -26.3 | -116 | 22 |
| Life insurance companies; total liabilities | FA544190005 | 96 | 112.8 | 117.5 | 75.3 | 89.2 | 108.2 | 34.4 | 69.2 | 17.3 | 23 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability | FA542151073 | 1 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | -2.3 | -1.3 | -8.9 | 24 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; corporate equities; liability | FA543164173 | -14.9 | -10 | -5.9 | -19.9 | -30.2 | -13.3 | -17.2 | -19 | -17.8 | 25 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability | FA543169373 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 11.8 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 10.9 | 16.2 | 26 |
| Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability | FA543140005 | 45.2 | 45.5 | 24.9 | 18.2 | 23.3 | 1.8 | 24.6 | 23.2 | 32.4 | 27 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability (3) | FA543150005 | 23.6 | 91.3 | 32.3 | -22.7 | -6.9 | -16.9 | -47.1 | -20 | -49.5 | 28 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; total taxes payable; liability | FA543178075 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 1 | 2.1 | -1.7 | -5.3 | 2.3 | 13.1 | -0.8 | 29 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability | FA543192073 | 1.4 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 8 | 0.5 | 15.8 | 5.5 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 30 |
| Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities | FA543190005 | 38.4 | -29.2 | 44.1 | 83.2 | 92.4 | 123.2 | 65.3 | 52 | 38 | 31 |
| Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability | FA543194733 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 4.6 | -2.7 | 32 |
| Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset (4) | FA673090543 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 6.9 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 15.3 | 25.1 | -3 | 9.9 | 33 |
| Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability (5) | FA543195005 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 22.9 | 15.6 | 25.7 | 6.6 | 9.4 | 20.6 | 36.9 | 34 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset | FA593095005 | -14.5 | -21.5 | 0.1 | 21.7 | 12 | 15.7 | 21.5 | 37.6 | -14.8 | 35 |
| Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities | FA543193005 | 37.1 | -13.3 | 13 | 31.2 | 42 | 83 | 7.6 | -7.7 | 8.6 | 36 |
| Life insurance companies; sector discrepancy | FA547005005 | -23.1 | -2.9 | -11 | 1.7 | -37.4 | 21.7 | -76 | 98.6 | -19.1 | 37 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; securities lending; liability (6) | FA543200073 | -2.4 | -4 | -2.2 | 1.1 | 12.8 | -1.3 | 2.7 | -9.8 | 16.2 | 38 |
NOTES
- 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.
- Net capital transfers paid from table F.5, line 53.
- Annuity reserves held by life insurance companies, excluding unallocated contracts held by pension funds, which are shown on line 35.
- Equal to funding agreement-backed securities (FABS) issued by domestic issuers of asset-backed securities.
- Includes reserves for accident and health policies, policy dividend accumulation, and contract claims.
- Liability for securities lending collateral, included in line 36.
Last Update: June 7, 2018