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

Life and non-life insurance companies, 2011

4 Life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds and certificates by issuing sector¹. NOK Million
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*



Total	310 726	389 100	401 078	393 517	434 633

General government	55 948	71 475	63 425	51 952	56 943
Central government	41 732	53 617	45 696	35 330	34 479
County municipalities	2 048	17 858	17 728	16 622	22 464
Municipalities	12 168	16 329	16 451	15 843	..

Financial enterprises	64 466	100 573	88 637	101 479	120 964
State lending institutions	.	.	.	.	.
Banks	48 996	73 867	63 278	67 060	60 942
Mortgage companies	14 531	25 086	24 137	33 139	58 932
Finance companies	469	542	.	.	.
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US)	.	.	.	.	.
Other financial enterprises	470	660	863	920	715
Life insurance companies etc.	.	418	359	360	374
Non-life insurance companies	.	.	.	.	.
Financial auxiliaries	.	.	.	.	.

Non-financial enterprises	32 557	32 805	37 165	37 319	43 002
Central government enterprises	.	.	.	.	.
Other state enterprises	17 603	17 000	18 161	15 516	15 229
Municipal enterprises	8 283	174	37	.	.
Private incorporated companies	6 670	7 580	8 172	10 741	12 519
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	157 755	184 246	211 852	202 767	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.