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Insurance companies’ annual reporting 2017:

Assets of life insurance companies continued to increase

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden and Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority 2018-08-30 9.30

Insurance companies’ total assets were valued at SEK 4 055 billion at the end of 2017, an increase of SEK 277 billion compared with the previous year.

Investment assets for which the insurance company bears the risk of investments represent the single largest item on the asset side, and contributed SEK 111 billion to the increase. Investment assets were valued at SEK 2 553 billion at the end of the year.

Results for insurance operations of life insurance companies amounted to SEK 150 billion in 2017. The corresponding figure totalled SEK 79 billion in 2016. Insurance companies’ net premiums written amounted to SEK 118 billion at the end of 2017, an increase of SEK 13 billion compared with 2016.

Premiums and assets of non-life insurance companies

National non-life insurance companies’ net premiums written amounted to SEK 66 billion at the end of 2017. This corresponds to an increase of SEK 7 billion compared with 2016.

Total assets of national non-life insurance companies amounted to SEK 522 billion, up SEK 42 billion compared with 2016. Results amounted to minus SEK 3 billion, which can be compared with the result of minus SEK 9 billion last year.

The larger local non-life insurance companies reported net premiums written of around SEK 20 billion in 2017. The balance sheet total was SEK 108 billion, approximately SEK 2 billion more than last year. Results amounted to SEK 7 million, a decrease of SEK 344 million compared with the previous year.

Publication

A more detailed report on this survey is published in tables.

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