Total individual life insurance new annualized premium improved four percent in the third quarter, according to LIMRA's "Retail Individual Life Insurance Survey."
In the first nine months of 2014, individual life insurance premium fell one percent. Policy count dropped one percent in the third the quarter and three percent year-to-date (YTD), the LIMRA survey shows.
Universal life (UL) premium rose two percent in the third quarter but fell eight percent YTD. Lifetime guaranteed universal life, dropped 10 percent in the third quarter, following 48 percent and 30 percent drops in the first and second quarters respectively.
Indexed UL premium jumped 19 percent in the third quarter, resulting in 18 percent growth YTD. LIMRA finds IUL experienced the strongest growth in absolute dollars for both the quarter and YTD. In the third quarter, IUL represented the majority of all UL premium (51 percent), and 19 percent of overall individual life premium.
Total UL market share was 38 percent in the third quarter.
