Facts About Life 2019

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Facts from LIMRA

Who owns life insurance

  • More than half of American adults (57%) own some type of life insurance.
  • Three in 10 Americans have life insurance coverage at work; 4 in 10 Americans have individual coverage.
  • Women are less likely to own life insurance than men. Just 56% of women own life insurance, compared with 62% of men.
  • Only 4 in 10 children (under 18) own any life insurance.

Why do Americans own life insurance?

  • Half of consumers say they would use life insurance proceeds to replace income if the primary wage-earner died.
  • The top three reasons Americans give for owning life insurance:
    1. Cover burial and final expenses (91%)
    2. Help replace lost wages/income of a wage earner (66%)
    3. Transfer wealth or leave an inheritance (63%)

What prevents consumers from owning life insurance?

  • The top three reason to not purchase (or to not purchase more) life insurance:
    1. It is too expensive (63%)
    2. Have other financial priorities (61%)
    3. Already have enough coverage (62%)
  • Millennials are the most likely to overestimate the price of term life insurance. Four in 10 millennials estimated the cost of a $250,000 term life policy for a healthy 30-year-old at $1,000 or more (actual average cost is $160 per year).

 

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