L.116.g Life Insurance Companies General Accounts
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted

Description Series code 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 Line
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total financial assets FL544090075 4502.6 4776.8 5048.7 5118.5 5017.8 5035.1 5091.6 5118.5 5283.0 1
Life insurance companies, general accounts; checkable deposits and currency, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL543020075 56.9 56.1 63.1 59.2 56.3 63.5 51.2 59.2 59.5 2
Life insurance companies, general accounts; money market fund shares, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL543034075 30.5 19.6 25.4 26.5 23.4 26.8 22.5 26.5 25.4 3
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL542051075 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.3 4
Life insurance companies, general accounts; debt securities; asset LM544022075 2841.6 3006.4 3170.0 3104.2 3109.8 3080.2 3103.8 3104.2 3243.9 5
Life insurance companies, general accounts; commercial paper, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543069175 24.9 29.5 25.6 23.4 23.5 22.4 24.0 23.4 24.8 6
Life insurance companies, general accounts; Treasury securities, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543061175 158.0 167.1 174.6 156.0 173.7 174.8 176.5 156.0 151.9 7
Life insurance companies, general accounts; agency- and GSE-backed securities, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543061775 279.6 280.2 292.9 275.9 290.8 284.3 283.6 275.9 279.6 8
Life insurance companies, general accounts; municipal securities, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543062075 169.9 175.6 189.0 182.1 189.5 188.0 186.1 182.1 185.5 9
Life insurance companies, general accounts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM543063075 2209.2 2354.0 2487.9 2466.8 2432.2 2410.8 2433.8 2466.8 2602.1 10
Life insurance companies, general accounts; loans; asset FL544023075 564.9 601.6 645.9 701.9 657.8 672.9 688.0 701.9 713.9 11
Life insurance companies, general accounts; other loans and advances; asset FL543069075 156.5 159.5 164.2 164.4 163.9 164.5 164.3 164.4 165.1 12
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total mortgages, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FL543065075 408.4 442.1 481.6 537.5 493.9 508.5 523.7 537.5 548.8 13
Life insurance companies, general accounts; corporate equities, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543064175 82.1 88.7 96.0 92.4 94.1 95.3 98.1 92.4 95.2 14
Life insurance companies, general accounts; mutual fund shares, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543064275 5.3 6.5 7.2 6.8 7.6 7.9 7.7 6.8 7.5 15
Life insurance companies, general accounts; trade receivables from insurers; liability FL543070075 66.3 91.1 102.2 101.4 102.0 101.8 101.6 101.4 102.1 16
Life insurance companies, general accounts; life insurance reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543040075 208.6 252.4 286.6 250.4 277.5 268.3 259.5 250.4 252.0 17
Life insurance companies, general accounts; pension entitlements reserve credit from reinsurers; asset FL543050075 86.5 83.5 91.3 188.5 115.7 140.3 164.1 188.5 190.0 18
Life insurance companies, general accounts; U.S. direct investment abroad; asset LM543092073 66.6 63.0 70.2 59.5 70.7 59.9 59.7 59.5 60.3 19
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total miscellaneous assets FL543090075 490.5 505.5 488.7 525.5 501.0 516.1 533.2 525.5 531.0 20
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total liabilities FL544190075 3991.5 4224.6 4422.5 4648.3 4489.3 4536.3 4593.4 4648.3 4688.2 21
Life insurance companies, general accounts; security repurchase agreements; liability FL542151073 21.4 21.6 21.4 24.1 20.8 20.9 23.5 24.1 25.5 22
Life insurance companies, general accounts; FHLB advances; liability FL543169373 58.1 68.3 74.8 81.1 78.8 79.8 79.6 81.1 82.2 23
Life insurance companies, general accounts; trade payables to insurers; liability FL543170075 114.0 133.7 171.2 185.3 174.7 178.3 181.7 185.3 186.5 24
Life insurance companies, general accounts; life insurance reserves, including reserve credit from reinsurers; liability FL543140075 1512.1 1592.4 1656.7 1698.6 1667.3 1678.4 1687.4 1698.6 1709.6 25
Life insurance companies, general accounts; pension entitlements, including reserve credit from reinsurers and excluding unallocated insurance contracts; liability (1) FL543150075 1178.3 1240.7 1279.0 1423.5 1318.0 1356.5 1387.0 1423.5 1427.3 26
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total taxes payable; liability FL543178075 7.4 8.4 10.4 7.5 10.2 9.3 9.0 7.5 8.1 27
Life insurance companies, general accounts; foreign direct investment in U.S.; liability LM543192073 77.6 83.2 90.6 92.9 92.7 93.7 96.5 92.9 94.8 28
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total miscellaneous liabilities FL543190075 1022.7 1076.4 1118.5 1135.4 1126.8 1119.5 1128.5 1135.4 1154.3 29


NOTES

  1. Annuity reserves held by life insurance companies, excluding unallocated contracts held by private pension funds which are included in miscellaneous liabilities (line 29).
Last Update: June 6, 2019