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Capital investments 3rd quarter 2021

Insurance companies’ capital investments

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden and Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority 2021-11-29 9.30

In the third quarter of 2021, the market value of insurance companies’ investment assets rose to SEK 6 415 billion. This can be compared with SEK 6 327 billion at the end of the previous quarter, and SEK 5 489 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2020.

The third quarter in brief

  • In the third quarter, the relative increase, 1.4 percent, in the insurance companies’ total investment assets, was the lowest increase since the first quarter of 2020, when it was -7 percent.
  • Holdings in shares and participations was the type of asset with the largest value increase during the quarter, at SEK 65 billion.

Life insurance companies

  • Life insurance companies’ investment assets amounted to SEK 5 752 billion at the end of the third quarter, up by SEK 98 billion compared with the previous quarter.
  • Net transactions in capital investments amounted to SEK 24 billion during the quarter.

Non-life insurance companies

  • Non-life insurance companies’ investment assets amounted to SEK 662 billion at the end of the third quarter, down by SEK 10 billion compared with the previous quarter.
  • Net investments by these companies amounted to SEK -14 billion in the quarter.

Insurance companies’ investment assets
Capital investments 3rd quarter 2021

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