The decrease in life insurance ownership
Implications for financial planning
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https://doi.org/10.61190/fsr.v28i1.3412Keywords:
Survey of Consumer Finances, Declining insurance demand, Life insuranceAbstract
Based on our analyses of Survey of Consumer Finances datasets, the proportion of households owning a life insurance policy decreased from 72% in 1992 to 60% in 2016. We estimated logistic regressions on the likelihood of ownership of any, term, and cash value life insurance. We conclude that changes in household characteristics accounted for the decrease in term life insurance ownership, but not for the decreases in any and in cash value life insurance ownership. We also found a positive association between use of a financial planner and life insurance ownership. We discuss implications for financial planning.
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