Life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds and certificates by issuing sector . NOK Million

Life and non-life insurance companies, 4th quarter 2011

4 Life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds and certificates by issuing sector¹. NOK Million
Sector	31.12.2010	31.03.2011*	30.06.2011*	30.09.2011*	31.12.2011*



Total	393 517	382 738	383 305	396 019	434 698

General government	51 952	47 513	47 619	46 398	57 008
Central government	35 330	28 975	27 908	27 816	34 544
County municipalities	779	1 097	1 345	1 268	2 041
Municipalities	15 843	17 441	18 367	17 314	20 423

Financial enterprises	101 479	103 341	95 670	103 060	120 964
State lending institutions	.	.	.	.	.
Banks	67 060	57 888	56 536	51 948	60 942
Mortgage companies	33 139	44 100	38 012	49 987	58 932
Finance companies	.	.	.	.	.
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US)	.	.	.	.	.
Other financial enterprises	920	993	762	750	715
Life insurance companies etc.	360	360	360	375	374
Non-life insurance companies	.	.	.	.	.
Financial auxiliaries	.	.	.	.	.

Non-financial enterprises	37 319	37 606	39 481	40 346	43 002
Central government enterprises	.	.	.	.	.
Other state enterprises	15 516	15 218	15 970	15 277	15 227
Municipal enterprises	11 063	11 896	11 929	13 523	15 219
Private incorporated companies	10 741	10 492	11 582	11 545	12 556
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	202 767	194 279	200 534	206 215	213 725

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.