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LIMRA: Second Quarter Annuity Sales Shatter Record Set During the Great Recession

Total U.S. annuity sales increased 22% to $77.5 billion in the second quarter, according to preliminary results from LIMRA’s U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey. This marks the highest quarterly sales ever recorded since LIMRA began tracking annuity sales and nearly $9 billion above the previous record set in fourth quarter 2008 during the Great Recession.

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2020 Life Insurance Awareness Month

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