# United Kingdom INS: GEN: REAL: Corporate securities: & overseas (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: REAL: Corporate securities: & overseas (ended 2018) () was up 17.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 10.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 4,996.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −57.9% (Q2 2013) to 274.2% (Q1 2014), averaging 7.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYLF.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1983-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (144 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-gen-real-corporate-securities-and-overseas-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 4,996.0 £m | 17.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 3,359.0 £m | 10.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 4,097.0 £m | −12.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 3,445.0 £m | −49.8 |
| Q4 2017 | 4,237.0 £m | −26.7 |
| Q3 2017 | 3,038.0 £m | −20.4 |
| Q2 2017 | 4,681.0 £m | 21.4 |
| Q1 2017 | 6,859.0 £m | 79.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 5,781.0 £m | −6.5 |
| Q3 2016 | 3,815.0 £m | −17.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 3,855.0 £m | −20.5 |
| Q1 2016 | 3,815.0 £m | −35.9 |
| Q4 2015 | 6,184.0 £m | −42.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 4,607.0 £m | −33.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 4,847.0 £m | −32.0 |
| Q1 2015 | 5,953.0 £m | −51.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 10,735 £m | 133.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 6,877.0 £m | 90.8 |
| Q2 2014 | 7,132.0 £m | 123.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 12,255 £m | 274.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 4,599.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q3 2013 | 3,605.0 £m | −26.2 |
| Q2 2013 | 3,189.0 £m | −57.9 |
| Q1 2013 | 3,275.0 £m | −41.1 |

## API

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

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