# United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Long term business insurance & investment contract liabilities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Long term business insurance & investment contract liabilities (ended 2018) () was 1,526,615 £m in 2018, down 5.3% from 2017.
That is the lowest reading since 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1,069,993 £m (2008) to 1,612,763 £m (2017), averaging 1,316,686 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-RKDC.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2018-01-01 (33 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-bal-long-term-business-insurance-and-investment-contract

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2018 | 1,526,615 £m |
| 2017 | 1,612,763 £m |
| 2016 | 1,523,568 £m |
| 2015 | 1,380,449 £m |
| 2014 | 1,346,456 £m |
| 2013 | 1,277,415 £m |
| 2012 | 1,241,671 £m |
| 2011 | 1,171,844 £m |
| 2010 | 1,178,823 £m |
| 2009 | 1,153,944 £m |
| 2008 | 1,069,993 £m |
| 2007 | 1,205,183 £m |
| 2006 | 1,125,221 £m |
| 2005 | 1,037,658 £m |
| 2004 | 873,071 £m |
| 2003 | 824,766 £m |
| 2002 | 794,177 £m |
| 2001 | 831,051 £m |
| 2000 | 838,485 £m |
| 1999 | 800,184 £m |
| 1998 | 669,301 £m |
| 1997 | 581,009 £m |
| 1996 | 470,893 £m |
| 1995 | 424,866 £m |

## API

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

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