Life insurance companies’ assets were valued at SEK 6 134 billion at the end of 2021, which is SEK 1 065 billion more than the previous year.

Investment assets in which the insurance holder carries the investment risk accounted for the largest increase, SEK 599 billion, followed by investment assets in which the life insurance company carried the risk, which increased by SEK 453 billion.

Premiums and assets of non-life insurance companies

National non-life insurance companies’ net premiums written amounted to SEK 84 billion, down by SEK 1 billion compared with the previous year. Total assets amounted to SEK 601 billion, compared with SEK 539 billion in 2020.

Large local non-life insurance companies reported net premiums written of about SEK 26 billion. The corresponding figure in 2020 was SEK 24 billion. The balance sheet total was SEK 168 billion, about SEK 22 billion more than the previous year. Results from insurance operations of large local life insurance companies amounted to just over SEK 700 million, compared with 2020, when results from insurance operations amounted to just over one billion.