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  • U.S. Life Insurance Activity Finishes up 2.5% in January Reports the MIB Life Index

    February 19, 2020 by MIB Life Index

    Braintree, MA. (February 12, 2020) — U.S. life insurance application activity was up 2.5% Y/Y in January, predominantly led by younger age buyers, according to the MIB Life Index. The January Index puts an optimistic spin on life insurance application volume after an uninspiring 2019 YTD (+0.4%), setting a January index level not seen since 2016. January’s activity was up 7.3% from that of December, in an unprecedented jump for a January M/M.
    Life Index Chart
    All the MIB Life Index age groups showed growth in January with life insurance application activity ages 0-44 up 3.4%, ages 45-59 flat at 0.1%, and ages 60+ up 3.4%. As the largest segment of the composite Index, ages 0-44 had the greatest impact, while ages 60+ seemed to put the brakes on a bit after 2019’s 10.1% year-end growth.

    Lee Oliphant, MIB’s CEO presents the 2019 and early 2020 trends in our Life Index Year-in-Review video: bit.ly/2019LifeIndexVideo.

    Login to the Enhanced Life Index Portal to download our 2019 and past MIB Life Index Annual Reports at no charge. Portal Registration: www.mibsolutions.com/regLI.

    View the “2019 Life Index At-the-Half” video.

     

    Monthly Percent Change
    Composite Index
    (year-over-year)

    Jan-20 2.5%
    Dec-19 -3.3%
    Nov-19 6.0%
    Oct-19 1.4%
    Sep-19 1.9%
    Aug-19 0.5%
    Jul-19 -3.2%
       
    YTD – 2020
    YTD – 2019
    2.5%
    0.4%
    Q4 – 2019 1.3%
    Q3 – 2019 -0.3%
    Q2 – 2019 1.5%
    Q1 – 2019 -1.0%

     

    U.S. Monthly Percent
    Change
    vs Prior Month
    Jan.

    7.3%
    % Change
    Age Groups
    (year-over-year)

    0-44

    45-59

    60+

    Jan – 20
    3.4%
    0.1%
    3.4%
    Dec – 19
    -4.2%
    -3.8%
    -0.1%
    Nov – 19
    4.6%
    7.2%
    8.2%
    Oct – 19
    -0.4%
    0.9%
    6.9%
    Sep – 19
    -2.2%
    2.7%
    12.5%
    Aug – 19
    -2.9%
    0.1%
    10.4%
    Jul – 19
    -6.9%
    -3.4%
    7.2%
    YTD 2019
    -3.3%
    0.9%
    10.1%
     

     

     

     

     

    Originally Posted at MIB Life Index on February 12, 2020 by MIB Life Index.

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