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Black American Life Insurance Ownership: Discovering New Opportunities (2017)

Nilufer R. Ahmed, Ph.D. 2/23/2017

LIMRA Consumer Research

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Black Americans are an important segment of the U.S. population. Measuring their life insurance ownership and coverage levels provides a benchmark against which companies can measure their effectiveness in this market.

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