At the end of the quarter, insurance companies’ investment assets amounted to SEK 4 219 billion after an increase of SEK 127 billion during the quarter. This is an increase of SEK 275 billion compared with the corresponding period last year. However, since the previous quarter, insurance companies made net sales of SEK 11 billion in investment assets. The market development has thus contributed to an increased value of investment assets.

Investment assets of life insurance companies amounted to SEK 3 714 billion, an increase of SEK 100 billion since the last quarter. However, net transactions were negative and amounted to minus SEK 26 billion. Investment assets of non-life insurance companies increased by SEK 27 billion in the quarter and amounted to SEK 505 billion at the end of the quarter. Net purchases for non-life insurance companies amounted to SEK 15 billion.

In the third quarter, life insurance companies made net sales in bonds for SEK 13 billion in total, while non-life insurance companies made net purchases for about SEK 5 billion. However, the market development in this asset class meant that the total stock in bonds, SEK 1 325 billion, is at the same level as in the last quarter. In the total stock of bonds, life insurance companies accounted for SEK 1 112 billion in the third quarter.

On the other hand, life insurance companies made net purchases of shares and funds in the third quarter amounting to SEK 29 billion in value. At the end of the quarter, shares and funds of life insurance companies amounted to SEK 2 273 billion. In contrast to life insurance companies, non-life insurance companies made net sales of shares and funds for roughly SEK 1 billion. At the end of the quarter, shares and funds of non-life insurance companies were valued at SEK 213 billion. The market development has contributed to the increase in the total stock for shares and bonds, which is now valued at SEK 2 486 billion. This is an increase of SEK 146 billion compared with the previous quarter.

A more detailed report of this survey is published in a Statistical Report.

2017-03-03 at 09:30.