# United Kingdom INS: LT: EXP: Claims incurred: Pension business (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: EXP: Claims incurred: Pension business (ended 2018) () was down 7.7% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 1.5% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 43,303 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −32.1% (Q2 2009) to 50.3% (Q1 2018), averaging 7.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A2GC.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-pension-business-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 43,303 £m | −7.7 |
| Q3 2018 | 40,536 £m | 1.5 |
| Q2 2018 | 35,381 £m | −14.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 55,352 £m | 50.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 46,927 £m | 26.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 39,933 £m | 30.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 41,398 £m | 29.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 36,834 £m | −4.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 37,114 £m | 12.5 |
| Q3 2016 | 30,686 £m | −1.9 |
| Q2 2016 | 31,864 £m | −22.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 38,678 £m | 40.1 |
| Q4 2015 | 33,004 £m | −8.9 |
| Q3 2015 | 31,271 £m | 6.7 |
| Q2 2015 | 40,969 £m | 30.0 |
| Q1 2015 | 27,605 £m | 4.2 |
| Q4 2014 | 36,214 £m | 17.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 29,318 £m | −1.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 31,515 £m | 7.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 26,497 £m | 1.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 30,770 £m | 10.5 |
| Q3 2013 | 29,791 £m | 13.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 29,365 £m | 8.1 |
| Q1 2013 | 26,129 £m | 4.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A2GC.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A2GC.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```