# United Kingdom INS: LT: EXP: Claims incurred: Life assurance (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: EXP: Claims incurred: Life assurance (ended 2018) () was up 13.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −17.4% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 5,199.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2008.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −51.3% (Q4 2009) to 38.3% (Q4 2008), averaging −7.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A2G8.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2003-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (64 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-exp-claims-incurred-life-assurance-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 5,199.0 £m | 13.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 4,881.0 £m | −17.4 |
| Q2 2018 | 5,721.0 £m | −3.4 |
| Q1 2018 | 5,392.0 £m | −9.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 4,593.0 £m | −21.6 |
| Q3 2017 | 5,907.0 £m | 5.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 5,920.0 £m | 2.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 5,923.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q4 2016 | 5,861.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 5,621.0 £m | −21.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 5,768.0 £m | −7.5 |
| Q1 2016 | 5,539.0 £m | −13.1 |
| Q4 2015 | 6,107.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q3 2015 | 7,180.0 £m | 7.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 6,235.0 £m | −6.0 |
| Q1 2015 | 6,374.0 £m | −8.2 |
| Q4 2014 | 6,182.0 £m | −15.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 6,660.0 £m | −25.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 6,632.0 £m | −24.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 6,941.0 £m | −12.5 |
| Q4 2013 | 7,304.0 £m | −19.2 |
| Q3 2013 | 8,915.0 £m | −6.1 |
| Q2 2013 | 8,775.0 £m | −6.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 7,930.0 £m | −14.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A2G8.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A2G8.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```