European Central Bank — Insurance Corporations Assets and Liabilities (ICB)

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Official time series dataset on the balance sheets of insurance corporations in the euro area, published by the European Central Bank as the ICB dataflow through the ECB Data Portal. Data is delivered over an SDMX 2.1 REST API, with a single endpoint serving SDMX-ML (XML), CSV, and JSON formats. Users can extract specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations filters, allowing targeted retrieval of assets and liabilities data. The same series can also be browsed and charted interactively on the ECB Data Portal, supporting economic and monetary analysis of the insurance sector.Insurance Corporations Assets and Liabilities (ICB) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the ICB dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csvdata) and JSON (?format=jsondata); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters. Browse and chart the same series on the ECB Data Portal.

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Data schema (33 fields)

Filterable via the API (12)

FREQREF_AREACOMP_APPROACHREPORTING_SECTORICPF_ITEMMATURITYDATA_TYPECOUNTERPART_AREACOUNTERPART_SECTORCURRENCY_TRANSCURRENCY_DENOMTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
FREQFrequency	dimension	Frequency of the time series, e.g. quarterly.1 codes (e.g. Quarterly)
REF_AREAReference area	dimension	Country or area to which the data refers.22 codes (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria)
COMP_APPROACHCompilation approach indicator	dimension	Indicates the compilation approach used for the reporting perimeter.1 codes (e.g. Undesignated reporting perimeter)
REPORTING_SECTOR	dimension	Institutional sector reporting the data, e.g. insurance or reinsurance corporations.5 codes (e.g. Insurance corporations, Reinsurance corporations, Life insurance corporations excluding reinsurance corporations)
ICPF_ITEMInsurance corporations and pension funds assets and liabilities	dimension	Specific asset or liability item of insurance corporations and pension funds.50 codes (e.g. Asset - Currency and deposits - fair value, Asset - Currency and deposits - fair value - o/w transferable deposits, Asset - Loans - fair value)
MATURITY	dimension	Original or residual maturity classification of the instrument.11 codes (e.g. All original maturities, All original maturities with long-term residual maturity (over 1 year), All original maturities with short-term residual maturity (up to 1 year))
DATA_TYPE	dimension	Type of data represented, e.g. stocks, flows or growth rate.3 codes (e.g. Outstanding amounts at the end of the period (stocks), Financial transactions (flows), Annual growth rate)
COUNTERPART_AREA	dimension	Geographic area of the counterpart to the transaction or position.43 codes (e.g. World (all entities, including reference area, including IO), Austria, Belgium)
COUNTERPART_SECTOR	dimension	Institutional sector of the counterpart to the transaction or position.11 codes (e.g. Total economy, Monetary financial institutions (MFI), Non MMF investment funds)
CURRENCY_TRANSCurrency of transaction	dimension	Currency in which the transaction is denominated.1 codes (e.g. All currencies)
CURRENCY_DENOMCurrency denominator	dimension	Currency used as the denominator for the data.1 codes (e.g. Euro)
TIME_PERIODTime period or range	time	Time period of the observation, filterable by start/end dates.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	Numeric value of the observation for this data point.The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMATTime format code	attribute	Code indicating the time format used for the series.Code indicating the time format used for the series.
BREAKS	attribute	Indicates breaks in the time series data.Indicates breaks in the time series data.
COMMENT_TSSeries comment including brief description of the underlying statistic	attribute	Comment describing the underlying statistic of the series.Comment describing the underlying statistic of the series.
COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation	attribute	Organisation responsible for compiling the data.Organisation responsible for compiling the data.
COVERAGE	attribute	Description of the data's coverage scope.Description of the data's coverage scope.
DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation	attribute	Information on the underlying method used to compile the data.Information on the underlying method used to compile the data.
DECIMALS	attribute	Number of decimal places in the observation value.Number of decimal places in the observation value.
DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation	attribute	Organisation responsible for disseminating the data.Organisation responsible for disseminating the data.
PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only)	attribute	Source publication reference for ECB-only data.Source publication reference for ECB-only data.
PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only)	attribute	Source publication reference for euro area data.Source publication reference for euro area data.
PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public)	attribute	Source publication reference for publicly available data.Source publication reference for publicly available data.
REF_PERIOD_DETAILReference period detail	attribute	Additional detail about the reference period.Additional detail about the reference period.
TIME_PER_COLLECTTime period collection	attribute	Indicates the time period over which data was collected.Indicates the time period over which data was collected.
TITLE	attribute	Title of the data series.Title of the data series.
TITLE_COMPLTitle complement	attribute	Additional complementary title information for the series.Additional complementary title information for the series.
UNIT	attribute	Unit of measurement for the observation value.Unit of measurement for the observation value.
UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier	attribute	Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the unit.Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the unit.
OBS_STATUSObservation status	attribute	Status code describing the nature of the observation, e.g. provisional.Status code describing the nature of the observation, e.g. provisional.
CONF_STATUSConfidentiality status	attribute	Confidentiality classification of the observation.Confidentiality classification of the observation.
PRE_BREAK_VALUE	attribute	Value of the series immediately before a data break.Value of the series immediately before a data break.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1FREQ: Q · MATURITY: T

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "MATURITY": "T",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "ICPF_ITEM": "A10",
  "OBS_VALUE": 2847,
  "OBS_STATUS": "P",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
  "COMP_APPROACH": "X",
  "CURRENCY_DENOM": "EUR",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "_T",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null,
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "REPORTING_SECTOR": "S128",
  "COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1"
}

Record 2FREQ: Q · MATURITY: T

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "MATURITY": "T",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "ICPF_ITEM": "A11",
  "OBS_VALUE": 2001,
  "OBS_STATUS": "P",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
  "COMP_APPROACH": "X",
  "CURRENCY_DENOM": "EUR",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "_T",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null,
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "REPORTING_SECTOR": "S128",
  "COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1"
}

Record 3FREQ: Q · MATURITY: T

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "MATURITY": "T",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "ICPF_ITEM": "A20",
  "OBS_VALUE": 5772,
  "OBS_STATUS": "P",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
  "COMP_APPROACH": "X",
  "CURRENCY_DENOM": "EUR",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "_T",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null,
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "REPORTING_SECTOR": "S128",
  "COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1"
}

Record 4FREQ: Q · MATURITY: T

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "MATURITY": "T",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "ICPF_ITEM": "A21",
  "OBS_VALUE": 351,
  "OBS_STATUS": "P",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
  "COMP_APPROACH": "X",
  "CURRENCY_DENOM": "EUR",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "_T",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null,
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "REPORTING_SECTOR": "S128",
  "COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1"
}

Record 5FREQ: Q · MATURITY: T

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "MATURITY": "T",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "ICPF_ITEM": "A30",
  "OBS_VALUE": 39978,
  "OBS_STATUS": "P",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
  "COMP_APPROACH": "X",
  "CURRENCY_DENOM": "EUR",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "_T",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null,
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "REPORTING_SECTOR": "S128",
  "COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1"
}

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