# United Kingdom INS: LT: ACQ: Other investments: & overseas (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: ACQ: Other investments: & overseas (ended 2018) () was down 22.3% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 46.2% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 9,098.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −60.2% (Q3 2017) to 90.2% (Q2 2018), averaging 8.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYFN.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.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-lt-acq-other-investments-and-overseas-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 9,098.0 £m | −22.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 8,700.0 £m | 46.2 |
| Q2 2018 | 12,766 £m | 90.2 |
| Q1 2018 | 10,777 £m | 23.7 |
| Q4 2017 | 11,714 £m | −8.8 |
| Q3 2017 | 5,951.0 £m | −60.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 6,712.0 £m | −46.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 8,711.0 £m | −34.6 |
| Q4 2016 | 12,849 £m | 2.7 |
| Q3 2016 | 14,952 £m | 51.5 |
| Q2 2016 | 12,562 £m | 22.9 |
| Q1 2016 | 13,318 £m | 3.1 |
| Q4 2015 | 12,506 £m | 8.7 |
| Q3 2015 | 9,867.0 £m | −16.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 10,220 £m | −10.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 12,915 £m | −1.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 11,500 £m | 34.2 |
| Q3 2014 | 11,750 £m | 51.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 11,371 £m | 41.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 13,100 £m | 78.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 8,570.0 £m | −41.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 7,780.0 £m | −33.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 8,033.0 £m | −12.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 7,343.0 £m | −30.0 |

## API

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

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