Life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds and certificates by issuing sector . NOK Million

Life and non-life insurance companies, 4th quarter 2010

4 Life insurance companies. Holdings of bonds and certificates by issuing sector¹. NOK Million
Sector	31.12.2009	31.03.2010*	30.06.2010*	30.09.2010*	31.12.2010*



Total	401 047	404 653	403 831	406 431	393 607

General government	63 424	57 247	58 046	59 417	51 951
Central government	45 696	41 439	40 304	40 899	35 329
County municipalities	1 277	919	1 295	1 444	779
Municipalities	16 451	14 888	16 447	17 074	15 843

Financial enterprises	88 606	89 634	91 133	98 024	101 479
State lending institutions	.	.	.	.	.
Banks	63 247	64 504	66 008	69 405	67 280
Mortgage companies	24 137	23 945	23 855	27 339	32 919
Finance companies	.	.	.	.	.
Units trust(UK)/Mutual funds (US)	.	.	.	.	.
Other financial enterprises	863	826	910	921	920
Life insurance companies etc.	359	359	359	360	360
Non-life insurance companies	.	.	.	.	.
Financial auxiliaries	.	.	.	.	.

Non-financial enterprises	37 159	36 883	39 268	38 438	37 319
Central government enterprises	.	.	.	.	.
Other state enterprises	18 161	17 712	17 250	16 942	15 514
Municipal enterprises	10 833	9 442	11 105	11 303	11 075
Private incorporated companies	8 166	9 728	10 914	10 193	10 730
Private non-profit institutions	.	.	.	.	.

Houshold etc.	6	0	0	0	0
Quasi-corporated private enterprises (i.e. partnership companies, joint ownership etc.)	6	0	0	0	0
Private non-profit institutions serving households	.	.	.	.	.
Unincorporated private enterprises	.	.	.	.	.
Households of employees	.	.	.	.	.
Unspecified sector	.	.	.	.	.

Rest of the world	211 852	220 889	215 383	210 552	202 857

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.