Individual life insurance premiums sold through banks in 2006 fell to $1.06 billion, down 11% from around $1.17 billion in 2005.
The 2005 sales figure was itself down 12% from 2004, when banks reported nearly $1.3 billion in life premiums, according to Kehrer-LIMRA, a unit of LIMRA International, Windsor, Conn.
Sales in banks were pulled down by a steady decline of single-premium products, says Kenneth Kehrer, director of the survey.