# United Kingdom INS: LT: EXP: Total claims incurred (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: EXP: Total claims incurred (ended 2018) () was down 5.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −0.3% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 49,262 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −32.0% (Q2 2009) to 41.0% (Q1 2018), averaging 3.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A3YJ.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-total-claims-incurred-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 49,262 £m | −5.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 46,171 £m | −0.3 |
| Q2 2018 | 41,722 £m | −12.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 61,287 £m | 41.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 52,088 £m | 19.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 46,303 £m | 25.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 47,826 £m | 25.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 43,475 £m | −3.2 |
| Q4 2016 | 43,621 £m | 9.6 |
| Q3 2016 | 36,980 £m | −6.5 |
| Q2 2016 | 38,267 £m | −20.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 44,892 £m | 29.7 |
| Q4 2015 | 39,797 £m | −8.2 |
| Q3 2015 | 39,556 £m | 7.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 47,909 £m | 22.9 |
| Q1 2015 | 34,623 £m | 1.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 43,344 £m | 10.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 36,926 £m | −6.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 38,986 £m | 0.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 34,289 £m | −1.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 39,137 £m | 3.6 |
| Q3 2013 | 39,378 £m | 7.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 38,759 £m | 3.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 34,695 £m | −0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A3YJ.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A3YJ.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```