# United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: Overseas, government, provincial & municipal securities (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: Overseas, government, provincial & municipal securities (ended 2017) () was 45,563 £m in 2017, up 8.9% from 2016.
That is the highest reading since 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 29,251 £m (2011) to 45,933 £m (2015), averaging 37,418 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-RCKW.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-overseas-government-provincial-and-municipal-securities

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 45,563 £m |
| 2016 | 41,851 £m |
| 2015 | 45,933 £m |
| 2014 | 42,607 £m |
| 2013 | 39,597 £m |
| 2012 | 36,283 £m |
| 2011 | 29,251 £m |
| 2010 | 30,489 £m |
| 2009 | 31,805 £m |
| 2008 | 37,558 £m |
| 2007 | 30,656 £m |
| 2006 | 29,113 £m |
| 2005 | 23,406 £m |
| 2004 | 26,823 £m |
| 2003 | 26,281 £m |
| 2002 | 26,918 £m |
| 2001 | 28,419 £m |
| 2000 | 24,853 £m |
| 1999 | 26,474 £m |
| 1998 | 27,974 £m |
| 1997 | 16,686 £m |
| 1996 | 17,100 £m |
| 1995 | 15,304 £m |
| 1994 | 11,935 £m |

## API

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

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