# United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Short term assets (excluding derivatives) (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Short term assets (excluding derivatives) (ended 2018) () was down 19.0% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −17.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 13,103 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2011.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −40.0% (Q2 2010) to 35.5% (Q2 2012), averaging −4.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYME.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-10-01 to 2018-10-01 (133 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-gen-bal-short-term-assets-excluding-derivatives-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 13,103 £m | −19.0 |
| Q3 2018 | 12,814 £m | −17.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 12,749 £m | −15.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 14,053 £m | −3.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 16,184 £m | 9.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 15,601 £m | 5.8 |
| Q2 2017 | 15,023 £m | 10.7 |
| Q1 2017 | 14,564 £m | 20.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 14,792 £m | −7.7 |
| Q3 2016 | 14,748 £m | −7.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 13,565 £m | −4.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 12,092 £m | −18.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 16,031 £m | −0.7 |
| Q3 2015 | 15,851 £m | −2.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 14,136 £m | −13.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 14,748 £m | −14.5 |
| Q4 2014 | 16,141 £m | −3.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 16,260 £m | −3.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 16,269 £m | −0.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 17,251 £m | 1.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 16,716 £m | −6.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 16,821 £m | −1.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 16,357 £m | −5.2 |
| Q1 2013 | 17,050 £m | −0.5 |

## API

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

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