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Life and non-life insurance companies, 2002
4 Life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds by issuing sector1. 31 December. NOK Million
Sector 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002*
     
Total 139 764 141 480 157 554 161 123 185 062 218 378
     
General government 50 961 38 427 41 350 41 337 46 662 50 538
Central government 45 309 32 641 31 626 28 228 31 047 34 781
County municipalities 2 160 2 049 3 730 4 767 4 980 4 558
Municipalities 3 491 3 736 5 995 8 341 10 635 11 199
     
Financial enterprises 31 948 35 551 37 947 29 226 36 614 47 870
State lending institutions 4 384 7 098 14 698 . 9 7
Commercial banks 12 018 12 178 8 629 5 804 7 160 11 692
Saving banks 7 576 9 609 7 432 4 365 7 284 10 984
Mortgage companies 7 215 5 936 6 355 18 000 20 721 22 513
Finance companies 91 . 50 . 72 .
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US) . . . . . .
Other financial enterprises 664 730 782 982 1 293 2 251
Life insurance companies etc. . . . 76 76 .
Non-life insurance companies . . . . . .
Financial auxiliaries . . . . . 423
     
Non-financial enterprises 13 976 15 241 17 067 16 142 18 955 23 676
Central government enterprises . . . . . .
Other state enterprises 2 862 3 189 5 725 7 199 8 802 13 995
Municipal enterprises 7 560 9 072 8 756 6 416 7 295 6 201
Private incorporated companies 3 527 2 980 2 586 2 527 2 859 3 480
Private non-profit institutions 27 . . . . .
     
Houshold etc. . . . 30 . .
Quasi-corporated private enterprises (i.e. partnership companies, joint ownership etc.) . . . . . .
Private non-profit institutions serving households . . . . . .
Unincorporated private enterprises . . . . . .
Households of employees . . . . . .
Unspecified sector . . . 30 . .
     
Rest of the world 42 880 52 262 61 190 74 388 82 830 96 294

1From 1999 short-term investments are assessed at market value.

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