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Life and non-life insurance companies, 2006
4 Life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds by issuing sector1. 31 December. NOK Million
Sector 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006*
     
Total 185 062 218 378 248 845 269 780 287 286 311 304
     
General government 46 662 50 538 69 285 66 221 65 232 63 956
Central government 31 047 34 781 50 434 48 390 49 666 47 779
County municipalities 4 980 4 558 4 572 2 810 2 033 2 526
Municipalities 10 635 11 199 14 278 15 021 13 534 13 651
     
Financial enterprises 36 614 47 870 50 842 52 971 63 706 58 693
State lending institutions 9 7 5 3 1 .
Banks 14 444 22 677 28 738 33 068 46 663 43 658
Mortgage companies 20 721 22 513 21 069 19 221 16 728 14 182
Finance companies 72 . . 461 . 318
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US) . . . . . .
Other financial enterprises 1 293 2 251 1 030 218 314 535
Life insurance companies etc. 76 . . . . .
Non-life insurance companies . . . . . .
Financial auxiliaries . 423 . . . .
     
Non-financial enterprises 18 955 23 676 21 465 22 153 25 255 26 331
Central government enterprises . . . . 50 .
Other state enterprises 8 802 13 995 11 251 10 829 11 981 14 771
Municipal enterprises 7 295 6 201 6 895 6 424 8 062 7 095
Private incorporated companies 2 859 3 480 3 319 4 900 5 161 4 465
Private non-profit institutions . . . . . .
     
Houshold etc. . . . . . 11
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 . . . . . 11
     
Rest of the world 82 830 96 294 107 253 128 434 133 093 162 313

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

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