How have life insurance sales been impacted by recessions?
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Karen R. Terry, FLMI 3/30/2020
How have life insurance sales been impacted by recessions?
Historically, individual life insurance sales decline for a short period during or immediately after a recession. This pattern held true for the last 50 years at least… with a few notable exceptions.