Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Decline of Life Insurance


Percentage of U.S. adults 
who owned individual life insurance in 1960:
59%

Percentage who owned individual life insurance in 2010:
36%

Those figures come from Prudential's The Life Insurance Coverage Gap. Today's two-income couples may carry insurance if they have dependents. Otherwise, apparently … not so much.

In addition, Prudential acknowledges, the mind-boggling complexity of many life insurance products scares people. Agents may stand a better chance of gaining traction if they lower their sights and sell simple term policies. 

Surely that's not what an insurance company would have suggested back in 1960!

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