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Life and non-life insurance companies, 2009
9 Non-life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds and certificates by issuing sector1. NOK Million
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009*
     
Total 55 351 55 756 53 069 66 147 71 476
     
General government 16 797 12 548 9 013 17 598 18 634
Central government 15 190 11 431 8 077 16 703 16 441
County municipalities 586 470 198 106 242
Municipalities 1 021 647 738 789 1 951
     
Financial enterprises 12 501 19 381 21 336 21 255 21 593
State lending institutions . . . . .
Banks 11 268 17 490 19 453 17 740 17 563
Mortgage companies 1 193 1 478 1 728 3 193 3 389
Finance companies 3 5 10 188 180
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US) . . . . .
Other financial enterprises 32 398 142 17 337
Life insurance companies etc. 5 11 . 117 119
Non-life insurance companies . . . . .
Financial auxiliaries . . 3 . 5
     
Non-financial enterprises 3 607 5 981 4 360 4 489 5 626
Central government enterprises . . . . .
Other state enterprises 766 2 214 1 154 1 594 1 993
Municipal enterprises 611 1 796 1 588 1 534 2 352
Private incorporated companies 2 230 1 972 1 618 1 360 1 281
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 . 16 5 . .
     
Rest of the world 22 446 17 830 18 355 22 805 25 623

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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