Life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds by issuing sector .<br>31 December. NOK Million

Life and non-life insurance companies, 2008

4 Life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds by issuing sector¹.
31 December. NOK Million
Sector	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008*



Total	248 845	269 780	287 286	311 304	292 727	351 719

General government	69 285	66 221	65 232	63 956	51 939	59 650
Central government	50 434	48 390	49 666	47 779	38 439	45 685
County municipalities	4 572	2 810	2 033	2 526	1 848	1 041
Municipalities	14 278	15 021	13 534	13 651	11 652	12 924

Financial enterprises	50 842	52 971	63 706	58 693	54 907	82 789
State lending institutions	5	3	1	.	.	.
Banks	28 738	33 068	46 663	43 658	39 661	58 257
Mortgage companies	21 069	19 221	16 728	14 182	14 376	23 642
Finance companies	.	461	.	318	399	13
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US)	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other financial enterprises	1 030	218	314	535	470	459
Life insurance companies etc.	.	.	.	.	.	418
Non-life insurance companies	.	.	.	.	.	.
Financial auxiliaries	.	.	.	.	.	.

Non-financial enterprises	21 465	22 153	25 255	26 342	30 218	27 295
Central government enterprises	.	.	50	.	.	.
Other state enterprises	11 251	10 829	11 981	14 771	17 079	15 450
Municipal enterprises	6 895	6 424	8 062	7 095	6 998	5 826
Private incorporated companies	3 319	4 900	5 161	4 476	6 141	6 019
Private non-profit institutions	.	.	.	.	.	.

Houshold etc.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Quasi-corporated private enterprises (i.e. partnership companies, joint ownership etc.)	.	.	.	.	.	.
Private non-profit institutions serving households	.	.	.	.	.	.
Unincorporated private enterprises	.	.	.	.	.	.
Households of employees	.	.	.	.	.	.
Unspecified sector	.	.	.	.	.	.

Rest of the world	107 253	128 434	133 093	162 313	155 663	181 984

¹From January 2008, new annual account regulation for insurance companies adapted to the new International FinancialReporting Standards (IFRS) was introduced. New regulation for life insurance was introduced at the same time. Bothchanges have had an impact on the content and presentation of the insurance statistics. The statistics from 2008 cannot be compared with those from previous years.