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Life insurers gain 7% growth despite post-pandemic slide: LIMRA
17+ hour, 12+ min ago (293+ words) Life insurance policy growth rose by 7% in 2025, with new annualized premiums exceeding $17. 5 billion, despite fewer consumers saying they're in the market to buy, according to research from LIMRA's 2026 Insurance Barometer Study." Just 38% of Americans say that they need, or need…...
Life insurance predictions for 2026
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (673+ words) Digital Insurance contacted insurance professionals to comment on life insurance trends for 2026." Responses have been lightly edited for clarity. As we look ahead to 2026, the life insurance industry stands at a crossroads as it balances innovation in underwriting and product…...
AI in life insurance: Shaping an industry in new ways
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (520+ words) As artificial intelligence is integrated into all aspects of the insurance industry, the life insurance space is one area where it is changing the underwriting process. Digital Insurance reached out to several industry experts to learn more about how AI…...
Life insurance actuarial data needs scrubbing to apply AI
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (511+ words) Just as disorganized or inaccessible data can make it difficult to apply AI to claims, a lack of available and accurate data makes it tough to update actuarial tables used for life insurance. Life underwriting data typically has been collected…...
Why life insurance transactions are tough to digitize
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (472+ words) Life insurance coverage is harder to digitize than P&C because policy terms, redemption issues and security concerns are more complex, experts said in a recent webcast hosted by Sureify, a life insurance and annuities software provider. "Life insurance products…...
Men twice as likely to have life insurance coverage, UK Life Insurance
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (199+ words) Women are twice as likely not to own a life insurance policy as men, according to the 2025 Life Insurance Index report from UK Life Insurance. Of the 2, 000 respondents surveyed, 45% have life insurance coverage; 16% of men and a third of women…...