Statistics Norway - home page

Life and non-life insurance companies, 1st quarter 2010
9 Non-life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds and certificates by issuing sector1. NOK Million
Sector 31.03.2009 30.06.2009* 30.09.2009* 31.12.2009* 31.03.2010*
     
Total 66 966 69 646 70 805 69 172 67 993
     
General government 18 401 18 214 19 613 18 335 17 949
Central government 16 899 16 551 17 704 16 141 15 242
County municipalities 121 237 315 242 246
Municipalities 1 381 1 426 1 594 1 951 2 461
     
Financial enterprises 22 358 22 501 21 735 20 616 21 070
State lending institutions . . . . .
Banks 18 242 18 358 17 746 16 801 16 720
Mortgage companies 3 683 3 740 3 656 3 353 3 597
Finance companies 277 259 183 250 517
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US) . . . . .
Other financial enterprises 39 26 32 94 117
Life insurance companies etc. 117 117 118 119 120
Non-life insurance companies . . . . .
Financial auxiliaries . . . . .
     
Non-financial enterprises 5 152 5 804 5 625 5 330 4 501
Central government enterprises . . . . .
Other state enterprises 1 684 2 050 1 853 1 853 1 363
Municipal enterprises 1 852 2 045 2 097 2 086 2 045
Private incorporated companies 1 616 1 709 1 676 1 392 1 093
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 21 054 23 126 23 832 24 891 24 473

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.

,