BEA Survey Questions

Yes. Transactions with your company’s foreign parent are considered foreign transactions and should be reported on the BE-140 survey. Reinsurance transactions should be reported on Schedule A2. Primary insurance and auxiliary insurance transactions should be reported on Schedule B2. 

Yes. Transactions with your company’s foreign affiliates are considered foreign transactions and should be reported on the BE-140 in the sections marked Foreign Affiliates.

No. A single submission, whether by mail, fax, or eFile, is sufficient.

• Go to www.bea.gov/be140 to download a .pdf or .xlsx copy of the survey.
• Send an email to be-140@bea.gov for a .pdf and .xlsx version of the survey.

• If you are filing using the eFile system, you may update the information directly on the Survey Report Homepage.
• If you are submitting a paper copy, you may cross out the incorrect information at the top of the front page of the survey (for those who were mailed a printed version of the survey) and write in the new address and contact name.
• If you only received a letter from BEA:
  • you may cross out the incorrect information at the top of the letter, write in the new address and contact name, and email BEA a copy of the letter at

• File securely online at www.bea.gov/efile.
• Mail via U.S. postal service:
     Bureau of Economic Analysis
     Balance of Payments Division, BE-50 (SSB)
     4600 Silver Hill Rd.
     Washington, DC 20233
• Send via private express delivery:
     Bureau of Economic Analysis
     Balance of Payments Division, BE-50 (SSB)
     4600 Silver Hill Rd.
     Suitland, MD 20746
• Fax reports to (301) 278-9506

For the efficient processing of the survey and timely dissemination of the results, it is important that your report be filed by the due date. Nevertheless, reasonable requests for extension of the reporting deadline will be granted. Requests for an extension of more than 30 days must be in writing and should explain the basis for the request. You may request an extension via email at BE-140extension@bea.gov or fax the request to (301) 278-9506. All requests for extensions must be received no later than the due date of the report.

BEA’s secure messaging system is an encrypted and secure way to correspond with BEA about your confidential survey-related business information. It keeps your data protected and your communications with BEA in one place. When you want to contact BEA:

The BE-140 survey is due by July 31, 2024.

Responses through Question 5 on page 5 of the survey are mandatory for all respondents.

A response is required from U.S. insurance companies subject to the reporting requirements of the BE-140 Benchmark Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies with Foreign Persons – the reporting period, whether or not they are contacted by BEA. Also, a U.S. insurance company, or its agent, that is contacted by BEA about reporting on this survey, either by sending a report form or by written inquiry, must respond in writing. This may be accomplished by: