NU Online News Service, Aug. 3, 2004, 1:00 p.m. EDT
Life insurance companies in the U.S. and Canada handled 2.3% fewer applications in July than a year earlier, says the MIB Group Inc.
MIB, in Westwood, Mass, says July was the 2nd straight month with a decline greater than 2% compared to the same period in 2003.