# United Kingdom INS: LT: INC: Premiums earned: Life assurance (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: INC: Premiums earned: Life assurance (ended 2018) () was up 16.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −7.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 2,688.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −57.0% (Q4 2008) to 25.1% (Q3 2015), averaging −8.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A2FE.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-inc-premiums-earned-life-assurance-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 2,688.0 £m | 16.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,862.0 £m | −7.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 3,095.0 £m | −8.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 3,044.0 £m | −6.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 2,300.0 £m | −42.6 |
| Q3 2017 | 3,107.0 £m | 22.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 3,389.0 £m | −8.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 3,238.0 £m | −2.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 4,004.0 £m | 10.7 |
| Q3 2016 | 2,537.0 £m | −41.9 |
| Q2 2016 | 3,689.0 £m | 24.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 3,317.0 £m | 23.5 |
| Q4 2015 | 3,617.0 £m | −3.8 |
| Q3 2015 | 4,368.0 £m | 25.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 2,976.0 £m | −15.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 2,685.0 £m | −23.7 |
| Q4 2014 | 3,758.0 £m | 10.2 |
| Q3 2014 | 3,491.0 £m | 8.7 |
| Q2 2014 | 3,513.0 £m | 11.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 3,517.0 £m | 14.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 3,410.0 £m | −28.9 |
| Q3 2013 | 3,212.0 £m | −24.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 3,153.0 £m | −26.1 |
| Q1 2013 | 3,073.0 £m | −26.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A2FE.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-A2FE.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```