# United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: Corporate securities: & overseas (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: Corporate securities: & overseas (ended 2017) () was 1,351,002 £m in 2017, up 6.6% from 2016.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1981.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 800,609 £m (2008) to 1,351,002 £m (2017), averaging 1,045,826 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-RCKV.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1981-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (37 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-bal-corporate-securities-and-overseas-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 1,351,002 £m |
| 2016 | 1,267,752 £m |
| 2015 | 1,159,094 £m |
| 2014 | 1,109,004 £m |
| 2013 | 1,063,703 £m |
| 2012 | 1,023,669 £m |
| 2011 | 913,652 £m |
| 2010 | 948,503 £m |
| 2009 | 917,714 £m |
| 2008 | 800,609 £m |
| 2007 | 949,380 £m |
| 2006 | 889,370 £m |
| 2005 | 809,807 £m |
| 2004 | 660,403 £m |
| 2003 | 610,757 £m |
| 2002 | 584,357 £m |
| 2001 | 660,627 £m |
| 2000 | 694,761 £m |
| 1999 | 685,923 £m |
| 1998 | 547,904 £m |
| 1997 | 485,601 £m |
| 1996 | 389,862 £m |
| 1995 | 354,351 £m |
| 1994 | 283,119 £m |

## API

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

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