# United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Preference shares (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Preference shares (ended 2018) () was 17.00 £m in 2018, up 13.3% from 2017.
That is the highest reading since 2002.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.00 £m (2008) to 17.00 £m (2018), averaging 8.88 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-RLOU.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2018-01-01 (26 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-gen-bal-overseas-corporate-securities-preference-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2018 | 17.00 £m |
| 2017 | 15.00 £m |
| 2014 | 10.00 £m |
| 2012 | 7.00 £m |
| 2011 | 5.00 £m |
| 2010 | 6.00 £m |
| 2009 | 9.00 £m |
| 2008 | 2.00 £m |
| 2007 | 0.00 £m |
| 2006 | 1.00 £m |
| 2005 | 0.00 £m |
| 2004 | 0.00 £m |
| 2003 | 13.00 £m |
| 2002 | 34.00 £m |
| 2001 | 35.00 £m |
| 2000 | 111.0 £m |
| 1999 | 6.00 £m |
| 1998 | 4.00 £m |
| 1997 | 8.00 £m |
| 1996 | 134.0 £m |
| 1995 | 17.00 £m |
| 1994 | 124.0 £m |
| 1993 | 24.00 £m |
| 1992 | 27.00 £m |

## API

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

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