Life Insurance Activity Down Slightly in June per MIB
In a July 9 press release, the MIB Life Index reports that U.S. life insurance application activity in June 2008 was off 0.9% when compared to June of 2007.
Year to date, application activity is down 2.5%% over the same period last year. Interestingly, while application activity for all ages combined is down 2.9% when the 2Q of 2007 is compared to 2Q 2008, application activity for ages 60+ is up 4.2%. Looking just at June similar reports are reported with ages 60+ being up 5.1% June-over-June while as indicated above all ages are down 0.9%.