F.116 Life Insurance Companies (1)
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates

Description Series code 2016 2017 2018 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 Line
Life insurance companies; gross saving including foreign earnings retained abroad less net capital transfers paid (2) FA546000105 16.7 16.8 21.8 18.6 7.7 15.0 21.7 25.1 25.5 1
Life insurance companies; gross fixed investment, nonresidential structures, equipment, and intellectual property products FA545013005 19.1 20.7 22.5 20.9 21.0 21.7 22.3 22.7 23.3 2
Life insurance companies; total financial assets FA544090005 153.3 111.2 44.6 168.8 -40.7 100.2 10.5 38.2 29.4 3
Life insurance companies; checkable deposits and currency; asset FA543020005 -7.7 17.6 -10.2 1.7 31.7 -17.6 16.9 -42.2 1.8 4
Life insurance companies; money market fund shares; asset FA543034005 -13.4 3.6 5.5 7.0 -2.2 -14.3 23.7 -20.7 33.3 5
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FA542051075 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 -1.0 -0.9 -0.5 0.3 0.6 6
Life insurance companies; debt securities; asset FA544022005 135.7 77.0 78.8 100.7 47.9 82.5 35.1 108.1 89.7 7
Life insurance companies; commercial paper; asset FA543069105 2.2 -8.6 -4.5 -12.2 -9.7 -14.1 -5.5 -1.3 2.9 8
Life insurance companies; Treasury securities; asset FA543061105 20.5 -0.8 3.0 6.0 -18.0 2.0 -2.6 8.3 4.1 9
Life insurance companies; agency- and GSE-backed securities; asset FA543061705 11.3 6.7 7.0 8.8 5.4 13.6 1.4 8.7 4.4 10
Life insurance companies; municipal securities; asset FA543062005 8.8 6.1 5.3 7.7 5.3 7.7 3.3 6.6 3.7 11
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA543063005 92.8 73.6 68.0 90.4 64.8 73.3 38.4 85.9 74.5 12
Life insurance companies; loans; asset FA544023005 37.6 45.8 45.7 47.7 23.8 46.1 45.0 52.9 38.6 13
Life insurance companies; other loans and advances; asset FA543069005 2.8 4.6 -1.2 14.5 -1.0 -1.5 2.0 -0.8 -4.7 14
Life insurance companies; total mortgages; asset FA543065005 34.8 41.2 46.9 33.2 24.8 47.6 43.0 53.7 43.3 15
Life insurance companies; corporate equities; asset FA543064105 98.5 -45.5 -18.5 -46.2 -48.6 16.6 -13.3 -50.2 -26.8 16
Life insurance companies; mutual fund shares; asset FA543064205 -167.4 -36.3 -104.3 -27.6 -57.5 -83.0 -86.0 -106.5 -141.5 17
Life insurance companies; trade receivables from insurers; liability FA543070005 24.7 11.1 3.5 11.8 11.4 4.4 4.0 4.3 1.3 18
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FA543040005 43.8 34.2 9.5 36.3 35.2 12.2 11.2 12.0 2.5 19
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FA543050005 -3.1 7.8 3.8 8.3 8.0 4.3 4.8 3.5 2.6 20
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset FA543092073 -11.9 2.7 -10.3 -4.1 6.2 2.1 -43.0 5.5 -5.9 21
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous assets FA543090005 16.9 -6.4 41.2 33.5 -95.5 47.7 12.6 71.2 33.3 22
Life insurance companies, general accounts; equity in FHLB; asset FA543092473 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.3 -0.1 23
Life insurance companies, general accounts; deferred and unpaid life insurance premiums; asset FA543077073 -0.3 1.8 2.9 0.2 -0.3 9.8 -0.6 3.4 -1.1 24
Life insurance companies; accident and health reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FA543095105 -5.3 3.9 4.0 3.0 4.9 7.9 1.0 6.0 1.0 25
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous assets FA543093005 22.2 -12.5 33.9 30.2 -100.7 28.7 12.1 61.5 33.4 26
Life insurance companies; total liabilities FA544190005 160.7 107.4 28.1 66.5 106.0 93.4 2.0 21.3 -4.2 27
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability FA542151073 0.2 -0.3 -1.8 -2.3 -1.3 -8.9 -4.8 3.6 2.8 28
Life insurance companies, general accounts; corporate equities; liability FA543164173 -5.9 -19.9 -8.3 -17.2 -19.0 -18.1 1.0 -6.0 -10.0 29
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability FA543169373 10.1 6.7 6.4 3.5 10.9 16.2 4.0 -0.6 6.0 30
Life insurance companies; trade payables to insurers; liability FA543170005 19.6 37.5 4.0 39.9 38.6 7.3 6.7 7.2 -5.1 31
Life insurance companies; life insurance reserves; liability FA543140005 81.8 43.4 44.7 51.3 49.7 57.9 38.3 49.1 33.6 32
Life insurance companies; pension entitlements, including reserve credit from reinsurers and excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability (3) FA543150005 -2.8 -12.1 -51.2 -41.6 -4.8 -5.3 -43.6 -82.2 -73.7 33
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total taxes payable; liability FA543178075 1.0 2.0 -2.1 2.3 12.6 -0.8 -3.5 -1.1 -3.0 34
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability FA543192073 4.8 7.0 5.9 4.3 10.2 8.6 4.0 7.8 3.2 35
Life insurance companies; total miscellaneous liabilities FA543190005 51.7 43.1 30.5 26.4 9.2 36.6 0.1 43.5 42.0 36
Life insurance companies; net transactions due to holding companies; liability FA543194733 1.2 2.5 -11.0 1.5 4.6 -2.7 -0.6 0.8 -41.6 37
Issuers of asset-backed securities; funding agreements backing securities; asset (4) FA673090543 6.8 12.0 3.1 28.4 -5.3 10.8 5.7 3.2 -7.4 38
Life insurance companies; insurance reserves, excluding life insurance reserves and pension entitlements; liability (5) FA543195005 16.0 17.6 19.7 10.5 23.9 43.8 2.4 30.0 2.7 39
Pension funds; unallocated insurance contracts; asset FA593095005 22.1 22.3 7.5 22.9 39.4 -17.0 5.2 21.5 20.4 40
Life insurance companies; unidentified miscellaneous liabilities FA543193005 5.6 -11.3 11.2 -37.0 -53.3 1.6 -12.7 -12.0 67.8 41
Life insurance companies; sector discrepancy FA547005005 5.1 -7.6 -17.1 -104.6 133.4 -13.5 -9.1 -14.5 -31.4 42
Life insurance companies, general accounts; securities lending; liability (6) FA543200073 -1.6 1.2 -2.4 2.8 -10.0 15.6 -26.6 3.1 -1.7 43
Life insurance companies; direct reserve credit; liability FA543176015 100.0 60.5 11.5 41.3 90.3 75.8 -1.1 0.2 -28.8 44
Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured to U.S. reinsurers; liability FA543176025 38.5 18.0 26.3 17.5 19.5 29.5 20.7 25.5 29.5 45
Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured to non-U.S. reinsurers; asset FA543076035 17.4 36.2 13.7 38.8 36.9 17.4 15.0 15.2 7.0 46
Life insurance companies; reserve credit reinsured from non-U.S. reinsurers; liability FA543176035 12.2 3.4 0.8 3.6 3.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.1 47


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. Net capital transfers paid from table F.5, line 54.
  3. Annuity reserves held by life insurance companies, excluding unallocated contracts held by pension funds, which are shown on line 40.
  4. Equal to funding agreement-backed securities (FABS) issued by domestic issuers of asset-backed securities.
  5. Includes reserves for accident and health policies, policy dividend accumulation, and contract claims.
  6. Liability for securities lending collateral, included in line 41.
Last Update: March 7, 2019