# United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) () was up 41.3% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 32.5% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 163,682 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2007.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.2% (Q1 2016) to 41.3% (Q4 2018), averaging −0.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAYW.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1983-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (144 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-acq-total-longer-term-investments-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 163,682 £m | 41.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 133,141 £m | 32.5 |
| Q2 2018 | 143,004 £m | 25.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 142,941 £m | 20.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 115,880 £m | 0.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 100,498 £m | −13.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 113,923 £m | −8.8 |
| Q1 2017 | 118,836 £m | 12.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 115,655 £m | −23.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 116,174 £m | −16.9 |
| Q2 2016 | 124,863 £m | −11.7 |
| Q1 2016 | 105,410 £m | −26.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 150,835 £m | 3.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 139,837 £m | 8.7 |
| Q2 2015 | 141,465 £m | −5.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 142,837 £m | −20.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 146,384 £m | 11.3 |
| Q3 2014 | 128,703 £m | −18.1 |
| Q2 2014 | 149,328 £m | −9.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 178,650 £m | 3.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 131,518 £m | −17.6 |
| Q3 2013 | 157,133 £m | 4.1 |
| Q2 2013 | 165,034 £m | 17.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 173,034 £m | 1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAYW.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAYW.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```