LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
Life insurance companies, numbering 94, insure
people against financial hazards following a death and sell annuities (annual
income payments upon retirement). They acquire funds from the premiums that
people pay to keep their policies in force and use them mainly to buy corporate
bonds and mortgages. They also purchase stocks but are restricted in the amount
C H A P T E R 2
An Overview of the Financial System
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TA B L E 2 - 4
Primary Assets and Liabilities of Financial Intermediaries
Primary Liabilities
Primary Assets
Type of Intermediary
(Sources of Funds)
(Uses of Funds)
Depository Institutions (Banks)
Chartered banks
Deposits
Loans, mortgages, government
bonds
Trust and mortgage loan companies
Deposits
Mortgages
Credit unions and
caisses populaires
Deposits
Mortgages
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