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

Life and non-life insurance companies, 2008

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



Total	37 010	33 927	38 325	16 695	17 999	37 382

General government	19 936	14 569	10 356	10 830	4 009	11 826
Central government	18 800	14 245	9 422	10 358	3 293	7 933
County municipalities	35	40	.	100	200	488
Municipalities	1 101	284	934	373	517	3 405

Financial enterprises	8 472	12 662	13 561	3 531	9 559	15 610
State lending institutions	.	.	.	.	.	.
Banks	7 103	12 121	12 993	3 243	9 335	17 784
Mortgage companies	516	415	552	287	155	1 444
Finance companies	18	.	8	.	70	529
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US)	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other financial enterprises	835	.	.	.	.	201
Life insurance companies etc.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-life insurance companies	.	.	.	.	.	.
Financial auxiliaries	.	126	8	.	.	.

Non-financial enterprises	1 130	1 186	5 212	984	2 339	5 510
Central government enterprises	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other state enterprises	96	60	1 564	354	525	1 550
Municipal enterprises	526	658	1 471	281	1 285	2 398
Private incorporated companies	509	467	2 176	349	529	1 561
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	7 473	5 509	9 196	1 350	2 091	2 262

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.