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Life and non-life insurance companies, 2008
11 Non-life insurance companies. Holdings of certificates by issuing sector1.
31st of December. NOK Million
Sector 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008*
     
Total 13 441 19 788 16 294 9 520 8 513 14 718
     
General government 10 535 14 409 10 181 7 384 4 919 8 843
Central government 9 920 14 308 10 040 7 230 4 799 8 719
County municipalities 448 . 88 120 76 .
Municipalities 167 101 53 35 44 124
     
Financial enterprises 1 671 916 773 883 1 469 3 548
State lending institutions . . . . . .
Banks 1 648 876 681 878 1 444 2 695
Mortgage companies 23 40 90 5 25 853
Finance companies . . 2 . . .
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US) . . . . . .
Other financial enterprises . . . . . .
Life insurance companies etc. . . . . . .
Non-life insurance companies . . . . . .
Financial auxiliaries . . . . . .
     
Non-financial enterprises 154 171 105 662 1 114 763
Central government enterprises . . . . . .
Other state enterprises . . 20 419 111 288
Municipal enterprises 117 84 28 229 911 271
Private incorporated companies 37 87 57 13 92 203
Private non-profit institutions . . . . . .
     
Houshold etc. . . . . . .
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 . . . . . .
     
Rest of the world 1 080 4 292 5 235 591 1 010 1 565

1From January 2008, new annual account regulation for insurance companies adapted to the new International FinancialReporting Standards (IFRS) was introduced. New regulation for life insurance was introduced at the same time. Bothchanges have had an impact on the content and presentation of the insurance statistics. The statistics from 2008 cannot be compared with those from previous years.

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