Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1
L.116 Life Insurance Companies (1)
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted| Description | Series code | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 Q1 | 2017 Q2 | 2017 Q3 | 2017 Q4 | 2018 Q1 | 2018 Q2 | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life insurance companies; total financial assets | FL544090005 | 6895.5 | 7247.7 | 7742.1 | 7388.6 | 7508 | 7638.1 | 7742.1 | 7643 | 7663.6 | 1 |
| Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset | FL543020005 | 70.3 | 73.5 | 91 | 74.6 | 82.7 | 83.1 | 91 | 87.2 | 91.5 | 2 |
| Life insurance companies; money market fund shares; asset | FL543034005 | 58.1 | 44.6 | 48.2 | 46.3 | 47.1 | 48.8 | 48.2 | 44.7 | 50.7 | 3 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset | FL542051075 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 4 |
| Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset | LM544022005 | 3228 | 3407.3 | 3581 | 3452.2 | 3497.9 | 3538.7 | 3581 | 3520.3 | 3495.4 | 5 |
| Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset | LM543069105 | 44.4 | 46.6 | 38 | 45.7 | 43.3 | 41.8 | 38 | 35.8 | 34.2 | 6 |
| Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset | LM543061105 | 206 | 219.3 | 228.9 | 220.7 | 222.5 | 222.5 | 228.9 | 226.8 | 226.3 | 7 |
| Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset | LM543061705 | 371.2 | 372.8 | 389 | 377.3 | 381.8 | 385.7 | 389 | 387.9 | 388.2 | 8 |
| Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset | LM543062005 | 177.3 | 185.2 | 199 | 189 | 192.5 | 196 | 199 | 200.2 | 201.8 | 9 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | LM543063005 | 2429.1 | 2583.3 | 2726.1 | 2619.5 | 2657.8 | 2692.6 | 2726.1 | 2669.7 | 2644.9 | 10 |
| Life insurance companies; loans; asset | FL544023005 | 592.2 | 629.9 | 675.6 | 640.4 | 655.7 | 666.9 | 675.6 | 685.3 | 697.4 | 11 |
| Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset | FL543069005 | 161.5 | 164.4 | 169 | 163.9 | 165.6 | 169.3 | 169 | 168.7 | 169.3 | 12 |
| Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset | FL543065005 | 430.7 | 465.5 | 506.5 | 476.5 | 490.1 | 497.6 | 506.5 | 516.6 | 528.2 | 13 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset | LM543064105 | 335.4 | 457.1 | 497.9 | 469.1 | 478 | 490.6 | 497.9 | 501.1 | 504.4 | 14 |
| Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset | LM543064205 | 1609.4 | 1539.1 | 1684.9 | 1586.4 | 1611.3 | 1647.9 | 1684.9 | 1651.5 | 1668.1 | 15 |
| Life insurance companies; trade receivables from insurers; liability | FL543070005 | 66.4 | 91.1 | 102.2 | 94 | 96.4 | 99.4 | 102.2 | 103.3 | 104.3 | 16 |
| Life insurance companies; life insurance reserve credit from reinsurers; asset | FL543040005 | 208.6 | 252.4 | 286.6 | 261.1 | 268.7 | 277.8 | 286.6 | 289.6 | 292.4 | 17 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements reserve credit from reinsurers; asset | FL543050005 | 86.7 | 83.5 | 91.4 | 85.6 | 87.3 | 89.4 | 91.4 | 92.4 | 93.6 | 18 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset | LM543092073 | 66.6 | 63 | 70.2 | 64.1 | 65.2 | 64.1 | 70.2 | 70.7 | 68.5 | 19 |
| Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets | FL543090005 | 571 | 603.8 | 611.2 | 612.5 | 615.4 | 629.3 | 611.2 | 595 | 595.5 | 20 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset | FL543092473 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 21 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset | FL543077073 | 31.6 | 31.3 | 33.1 | 32.7 | 33.1 | 33.2 | 33.1 | 35.5 | 35.4 | 22 |
| Life insurance companies; accident and health reserve credit from reinsurers; asset | FL543095105 | 71.2 | 65.9 | 69.8 | 67 | 67.9 | 68.6 | 69.8 | 71.8 | 72.1 | 23 |
| Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets | FL543093005 | 464.7 | 502.8 | 504.1 | 508.8 | 510.4 | 523.5 | 504.1 | 483.1 | 483.5 | 24 |
| Life insurance companies; total liabilities | FL544190005 | 6402.4 | 6715.3 | 7132.7 | 6841.4 | 6934.1 | 7027.1 | 7132.7 | 7130.9 | 7184.1 | 25 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability | FL542151073 | 21.4 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 19.1 | 17.9 | 26 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability | FL543169373 | 58.1 | 68.3 | 74.9 | 71.2 | 71.3 | 72.2 | 74.9 | 79 | 79.9 | 27 |
| Life insurance companies; trade payables to insurers; liability | FL543170005 | 114.1 | 133.7 | 171.2 | 143.3 | 151.6 | 161.5 | 171.2 | 173 | 174.7 | 28 |
| Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability | FL543140005 | 1828.7 | 1925.9 | 2008.8 | 1950.4 | 1963.9 | 1986.5 | 2008.8 | 2019.3 | 2037.2 | 29 |
| Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, including reserve credit from reinsurers and excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability (2) | FL543150005 | 3002.3 | 3103.6 | 3316.9 | 3172.4 | 3212.9 | 3258.5 | 3316.9 | 3293.9 | 3322.2 | 30 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; total taxes payable; liability | FL543178075 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 8 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 31 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability | LM543192073 | 77.6 | 83.2 | 90.6 | 83.3 | 86.6 | 87.7 | 90.6 | 92.7 | 94 | 32 |
| Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities | FL543190005 | 1292.9 | 1370.6 | 1438.5 | 1391.3 | 1418.9 | 1431.8 | 1438.5 | 1443.7 | 1448.9 | 33 |
| Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability | FL543194733 | 12 | 13.3 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 15 | 34 |
| Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset (3) | FL673090543 | 63.8 | 70.7 | 82.9 | 73.5 | 77.4 | 83.6 | 82.9 | 83.6 | 85.7 | 35 |
| Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability (4) | FL543195005 | 348.8 | 364.8 | 382.4 | 371.8 | 373.8 | 376.4 | 382.4 | 393.3 | 393.9 | 36 |
| Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset | FL593095005 | 650.9 | 683.6 | 728.6 | 694.1 | 703.1 | 715.4 | 728.6 | 722.9 | 727.5 | 37 |
| Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities | FL543193005 | 217.4 | 238.2 | 228.9 | 238.2 | 250.4 | 241.7 | 228.9 | 228.8 | 226.8 | 38 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; securities lending; liability (5) | FL543200073 | 49.4 | 47.8 | 49 | 51.1 | 50.9 | 51.5 | 49 | 52.9 | 46.3 | 39 |
| Life insurance companies; direct reserve credit; liability | FL543176015 | 5586.6 | 5816.7 | 6165 | 5924 | 5987 | 6068.9 | 6165 | 6154.7 | 6206 | 40 |
| Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured to U.S. reinsurers; liability | FL543176025 | 575.6 | 616.4 | 639 | 622.5 | 627.4 | 632.9 | 639 | 645.9 | 651.9 | 41 |
| Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured to non-U.S. reinsurers; asset | FL543076035 | 309.4 | 326.9 | 363.5 | 336.3 | 344.3 | 354.1 | 363.5 | 367.8 | 371.6 | 42 |
| Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured from non-U.S. reinsurers; liability | FL543176035 | 10.1 | 22.4 | 25.7 | 23.2 | 24 | 24.9 | 25.7 | 26 | 26.3 | 43 |
NOTES
- 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.
- Annuity reserves held by life insurance companies, excluding unallocated contracts held by pension funds, which are shown on line 37.
- 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 38.
Last Update: September 20, 2018