This statistic presents the distribution of life insurance ownership in the United States in 2018. In that year, 60 percent of Americans owned life insurance.
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This statistic presents the distribution of life insurance ownership in the United States in 2018. In that year, 60 percent of Americans owned life insurance.
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This statistic presents the distribution of life insurance ownership in the United States in 2018. In that year, 60 percent of Americans owned life insurance.
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- April 2018
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- January 2018
- Number of respondents
- approx. 2,000
- Method of interview
- Online panel
- Supplementary notes
- The source does not specify the number of respondents, but approximately 2,000 respondents participated in previous years.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- January 2018
- Number of respondents
- approx. 2,000
- Method of interview
- Online panel
- Supplementary notes
- The source does not specify the number of respondents, but approximately 2,000 respondents participated in previous years.
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Statistics on "Life insurance in the United States"
- Life insurance market
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- Development in the total number of life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017Number of life insurance companies in the U.S. 1950-2017
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States in 2017, by assets (in billion U.S. dollars) Leading life insurance companies in the U.S. 2017, by assets
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States as of February 2016, by market capitalization (in billion U.S. dollars)Largest U.S. life insurance companies 2016, by market capitalization
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States in 2017, by total net life insurance premiums (in billion U.S. dollars)Largest U.S. life insurance companies 2017, by net life insurance premiums
- Leading life insurers in the United States in 2017, by total annuity reserves (in billion U.S. dollars)Leading life insurers in the U.S. 2017, by total annuity reserves
- Leading writers of individual life insurance in the United States in 2017, by direct premiums written (in billion U.S. dollars)Leading U.S. individual life insurance writers in 2017, by direct premiums written
- Number of life insurance companies in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by organizational structureNumber of U.S. life insurance companies 2011-2017, by organizational structure
- Number of foreign life insurers operating in the United States in 2017, by country of originNumber of foreign life insurance companies in the U.S. 2017, by country of origin
- Key figures
The most important statistics
- Value of assets of life insurance companies in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)Value of assets held by U.S. life insurers 1990-2017
- Total income of life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurers' income 2000-2017
- Income of life insurers from net life insurance premiums in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurers: income from net life insurance premiums 2000-2017
- Income of life insurance companies in the United States from 2012 to 2017, by source (in billion U.S. dollars)Income of life insurers in the U.S. by source 2012-2017
- Rate of return on assets invested by life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017Rate of return on life insurers' invested assets in the U.S. 2000-2017
- Value of life insurers' assets in the United States from 1997 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)Life insurers' assets in the U.S. 1997-2017
- Distribution of life insurers' net premium receipts in the United States in 2017Distribution of U.S. life insurers' net premium receipts 2017
- Annuity considerations of life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Annuity considerations of life insurers in the U.S. 2000-2017
- Policy purchases
The most important statistics
- Life insurance purchases in the United States in 2017, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)Purchases of life insurance in the U.S. 2017, by state
- Number of life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 1998 to 2017 (in millions)U.S. life insurance: total number of policy purchases 1998-2017
- Number of individual life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)U.S. life insurance: number of individual life policies purchased 2009-2017
- Number of group life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)U.S. life insurance: number of group policies purchased 2009-2017
- Number of credit life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)U.S. life insurance: number of credit life policies purchased 2009-2017
- Face amount of life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurance: face amount of policy purchases 2000-2017
- Total face amount of life insurance policies in force in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurance: Face amount of policies in force 2009-2017
- Face value of life insurance purchases in the United States in 2017, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurance purchases value 2017, by state
- Consumer perspective
The most important statistics
- Preferred ways of life insurance purchase in the United States in 2016Preferred ways of life insurance purchase in the U.S. 2016
- Life insurance distribution channels in the United States in 2017Life insurance distribution channels in the U.S. 2017
- Preferred life insurance purchase locations in the United States in 2016Preferred life insurance purchase locations in the U.S. 2016
- Intention of internet use for life insurance research and purchase in the United States from 2013 to 2017Intention of internet use while purchasing life insurance in the U.S. 2013-2017
- Distribution of life insurance ownership in the United States in 2018Life insurance ownership in the U.S. 2018
- Perceived level of life insurance coverage in the United States in 2016, by ageLife insurance coverage sentiment in the U.S. 2016, by age
- Reasons for owning life insurance in the United States in 2017Reasons for buying life insurance in the U.S. 2017
- Leading life insurance purchase factors in the United States in 2017, by ageImportant life insurance purchase factors in the U.S. 2017, by age
- Miscellaneuous
The most important statistics
- Value of bond assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)Value of bonds held by life insurers in the U.S. 1990-2017
- Value of mortgage assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Value of mortgages held by life insurers in the U.S. 1990-2017
- Value of real estate held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Value of real estate held by life insurers in the U.S. 1990-2017
- Value of policy loan assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Value of policy loans held by life insurers in the U.S. 1990-2017
- Life insurers' income from receipts of annuity considerations in the United States from 2001 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. life insurers' receipts of annuity considerations 2001-2017
- Direct premium receipts of life insurers in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)Direct premium receipts of life insurers in the U.S. 2011-2017, by segment
- Distribution of life insurer's assets in the United States in 2017Asset distribution of U.S. life insurers 2017
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- Value of assets of life insurance companies in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Number of credit life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)
- Value of bond assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Value of real estate held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Direct premium receipts of life insurers in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Distribution of life assurance investments in Ireland as of 2016, by type of policyholder funds
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- Development in the total number of life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017
- Largest life insurance companies in the United States in 2017, by total net life insurance premiums (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Leading life insurers in the United States in 2017, by total annuity reserves (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Leading writers of individual life insurance in the United States in 2017, by direct premiums written (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of life insurance companies in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by organizational structure
- Number of stock life insurance companies in the United States from 1950 to 2017
- Total income of life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Income of life insurers from net life insurance premiums in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Income of life insurance companies in the United States from 2012 to 2017, by source (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Rate of return on assets invested by life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017
- Value of life insurers' assets in the United States from 1997 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Distribution of life insurers' net premium receipts in the United States in 2017
- Annuity considerations of life insurers in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Life insurance purchases in the United States in 2017, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 1998 to 2017 (in millions)
- Number of individual life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)
- Number of group life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in thousands)
- Face amount of life insurance policy purchases in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Total face amount of life insurance policies in force in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
- Face value of life insurance purchases in the United States in 2017, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Preferred ways of life insurance purchase in the United States in 2016
- Life insurance distribution channels in the United States in 2017
- Preferred life insurance purchase locations in the United States in 2016
- Intention of internet use for life insurance research and purchase in the United States from 2013 to 2017
- Distribution of life insurance ownership in the United States in 2018
- Perceived level of life insurance coverage in the United States in 2016, by age
- Reasons for owning life insurance in the United States in 2017
- Leading life insurance purchase factors in the United States in 2017, by age
- Intention of internet use for life insurance research and purchase in the United States in 2017, by age
- Value of mortgage assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Value of policy loan assets held by life insurers in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Life insurers' income from receipts of annuity considerations in the United States from 2001 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Distribution of life insurer's assets in the United States in 2017
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- Number of people using life insurances in France from 2014 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
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- Life insurance ownership in the United States in 2015, by household income
- Life insurance ownership in the United States in 2016, by gender
- Customer satisfaction with life insurance companies in South Africa in 2015 and 2016
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