Federal Reserve Economic Data

Annual

L.116 Life Insurance Companies


The Financial Accounts (formerly known as the Flow of Funds accounts) are a set of financial accounts used to track the sources and uses of funds by sector. They are a component of a system of macroeconomic accounts including the National Income and Product accounts (NIPA) and balance of payments accounts, all of which serve as a comprehensive set of information on the economy’s performance.(1) Some important inferences that can be drawn from the Financial accounts are the financial strength of a given sector, new economic trends, changes in the composition of wealth, and development of new financial instruments over time.(1)
Sectors are compiled into three categories: households, nonfinancial businesses, and banks. The sources of funds for a sector are its internal funds (savings from income after consumption) and external funds (loans from banks and other financial intermediaries). (1) Funds for a given sector are used for its investments in physical and financial assets. Dividing sources and uses of funds into two categories helps the staff of the Federal Reserve System pay particular attention to external sources of funds and financial uses of funds.(2) One example is whether households are borrowing more from banks—or in other words, whether household debt is rising. Another example might be whether banks are using more of their funds to provide loans to consumers. Transactions within a sector are not shown in the accounts; however, transactions between sectors are.(2) Monitoring the external flows of funds provides insights into a sector’s health and the performance of the economy as a whole.
Data for the Financial accounts are compiled from a large number of reports and publications, including regulatory reports such as those submitted by banks, tax filings, and surveys conducted by the Federal Reserve System.(2) The Financial accounts are published quarterly as a set of tables in the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 statistical release.
(1) Teplin, Albert M. “The U.S. Flow of Funds Accounts and Their Uses.” Federal Reserve Bulletin, July 2001; http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2001/0701lead.pdf.
(2) Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. “Guide to the Flow of Funds Accounts.” 2000, http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/.

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    1945    
 
 
    2024
Millions of Dollars
Line Name Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
line 1
Total financial assets
2024 10,325,548 9,713,501 9,713,501
line 2
Checkable deposits and currency
2024 150,587 143,275 143,275
line 3
Money market fund shares
2024 102,795 102,572 102,572
line 4
Security repurchase agreements
2024 5,394 5,644 5,644
line 5
Debt securities
2024 4,181,936 4,013,941 4,013,941
line 6
Open market paper
. . . .
line 7
Treasury securities
2024 187,181 180,916 180,916
line 8
Agency- and GSE-backed securities
2024 259,591 265,078 265,078
line 9
Municipal securities
2024 167,643 192,503 192,503
line 10
Corporate and foreign bonds
2024 3,530,933 3,344,527 3,344,527
line 11
Loans
2024 1,078,673 997,628 997,628
line 12
Other loans and advances
2024 186,907 172,993 172,993
line 13
Mortgages
2024 891,766 824,635 824,635
line 14
Corporate equities
2024 800,533 696,389 696,389
line 15
Mutual fund shares
2024 1,603,936 1,534,535 1,534,535
line 16
Trade receivables
2024 151,489 144,746 144,746
line 17
Life insurance reserves
2024 320,765 324,906 324,906
line 18
Pension entitlements
2024 704,706 575,004 575,004
line 19
U.S. direct investment abroad
. . . .
line 20
Miscellaneous assets
2024 1,171,483 1,124,923 1,124,923
line 21
Equity in FHLB
2024 10,584 8,832 8,832
line 22
Deferred and unpaid life ins. premiums
2024 39,530 39,372 39,372
line 23
Other reserves
2024 90,047 85,457 85,457
line 24
Other
2024 1,041,906 1,000,094 1,000,094
line 25
Total liabilities
2024 10,021,779 9,395,190 9,395,190
line 26
Security repurchase agreements
2024 41,684 36,063 36,063
line 27
Loans (other loans and advances)
2024 156,705 138,125 138,125
line 28
Trade payables
2024 580,872 464,642 464,642
line 29
Life insurance reserves
2024 2,576,601 2,468,195 2,468,195
line 30
Pension entitlements
2024 4,475,102 4,147,271 4,147,271
line 31
Taxes payable
2024 5,381 7,171 7,171
line 32
Foreign direct investment in U.S.
. . . .
line 33
Miscellaneous liabilities
2024 2,181,885 2,129,612 2,129,612
line 34
Investment by parent companies
. . . .
line 35
Funding agreements backing securities
2024 223,961 190,264 190,264
line 36
Other reserves
2024 501,826 488,432 488,432
line 37
Unallocated insurance contracts
2024 975,057 925,473 925,473
line 38
Other
2024 481,041 525,443 525,443
Memo:
line 39
Securities lending
2024 45,513 40,568 40,568
line 40
Direct reserve
2024 8,292,702 7,767,041 7,767,041
line 41
Reinsured to U.S. reinsurers
2024 1,051,548 1,020,016 1,020,016
line 42
Reinsured to non-U.S. reinsurers
2024 1,129,763 993,867 993,867
line 43
Reinsured from non-U.S. reinsurers
2024 4,124 2,724 2,724
   

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