- 75 million American families count on life insurers to protect their financial futures
- At the end of 2013, 144 million individual life policies were in force
- Of new individual life policies issued in 2013, 64% were permanent life insurance policies
- In 2013, life insurance beneficiaries received $64 billion in death benefits
- American families have more than $20 trillion worth of life insurance protection through individual policies and group certificates
- 78% of survey respondents believe that it is important for the government to encourage people to protect their families with life insurance