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57 MILLION Own & not underinsured
30 MILLION Own & underinsured
30 MILLION Do not own & underinsured
57 % 57 % 60 % 59 % 59 % 57 % 54 %
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U . S . life insurance ownership has dropped 9 percentage points in the past 10 years .
63 % 59 % 62 %
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Source : 2020 Insurance Barometer Study
U . S . Households
Top 3 reasons consumers give for not buying life insurance :

57 MILLION Own & not underinsured

30 MILLION Own & underinsured

30 MILLION Do not own & underinsured

63 % 61 %
It is too expensive
Have other financial priorities

7 MILLION Do not own & not underinsured

Source : Turn Up the Volume : $ 12 Trillion Sound Opportunities , LIMRA , 2017 .
52 %
Already have enough coverage
The majority of Americans overestimate the cost of life insurance three-fold ; Millennials are likely to overestimate the cost by five times .
Source : 2020 Insurance Barometer Study