Of the 8 in the life insurance industry, 5 are life insurance companies and 3 are brokers. The table and chart below indicates the growth in asset size of the licensed financial institutions since the reforms began in 2000.
Financial System - Assets  16000  Banks & Finance Companies Savings and loans Societies Life Insurance Companies  14000  Superannuation Funds Total  12000  K'mn  10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1999  2  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  BIS Review 99/2008  2.