# United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Total excess of assets over liabilities (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Total excess of assets over liabilities (ended 2017) () was 58,567 £m in 2017, down 2.0% from 2016.
That is the lowest reading since 2015.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-A8SI.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (18 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-gen-bal-total-excess-of-assets-over-liabilities-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 58,567 £m |
| 2016 | 59,768 £m |
| 2015 | 58,007 £m |
| 2014 | 57,620 £m |
| 2013 | 63,619 £m |
| 2012 | 60,999 £m |
| 2011 | 52,223 £m |
| 2010 | 50,225 £m |
| 2009 | 59,761 £m |
| 2008 | 57,342 £m |
| 2007 | 47,179 £m |
| 2006 | 47,875 £m |
| 2005 | 50,200 £m |
| 2004 | 44,527 £m |
| 2003 | 27,354 £m |
| 2002 | 34,935 £m |
| 2001 | 29,428 £m |
| 2000 | 29,081 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-A8SI.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-A8SI.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```