# United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Excess of assets over liabilities: Long term business (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Excess of assets over liabilities: Long term business (ended 2017) () was 36,797 £m in 2017, up 0.4% from 2016.
That is the highest reading since 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 28,526 £m (2008) to 72,992 £m (2007), averaging 43,646 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-RKBR.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (32 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-bal-excess-of-assets-over-liabilities-long-term-business-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 36,797 £m |
| 2016 | 36,648 £m |
| 2015 | 42,044 £m |
| 2014 | 44,851 £m |
| 2013 | 48,998 £m |
| 2012 | 44,075 £m |
| 2011 | 40,644 £m |
| 2010 | 45,883 £m |
| 2009 | 38,644 £m |
| 2008 | 28,526 £m |
| 2007 | 72,992 £m |
| 2006 | 70,018 £m |
| 2005 | 60,019 £m |
| 2004 | 64,105 £m |
| 2003 | 65,427 £m |
| 2002 | 41,481 £m |
| 2001 | 67,351 £m |
| 2000 | 82,662 £m |
| 1999 | 116,951 £m |
| 1998 | 96,456 £m |
| 1997 | 89,790 £m |
| 1996 | 71,817 £m |
| 1995 | 63,255 £m |
| 1994 | 42,608 £m |

## API

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

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