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Capital investments 3rd quarter 2021

Insurance companies’ capital investments

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden and Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority 2022-03-01 8.00

In the fourth quarter of 2021, the market value of insurance companies’ investment assets rose to SEK 6 849 billion. This can be compared with SEK 6 415 billion at the end of the previous quarter, and SEK 5 661 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2020.

The third quarter in brief

  • Holdings in shares and participations was the type of asset with the largest value increase during the quarter, at SEK 431 billion.

Life insurance companies

  • Life insurance companies’ investment assets amounted to SEK 6 167 billion at the end of the fourth quarter, up by SEK 415 billion compared with the previous quarter.
  • Net transactions in capital investments amounted to SEK 27 billion during the quarter.

Non-life insurance companies

  • Non-life insurance companies’ investment assets amounted to SEK 682 billion at the end of the fourth quarter, up by SEK 20 billion compared with the previous quarter.
  • Net investments by these companies amounted to SEK -5 billion in the quarter.
Insurance companies’ investment assets
Swedish insurance companies, capital investments

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