The brokerage business in community banks and credit unions was about 16% higher in July than it was a year earlier.
The Kehrer-LIMRA community bank brokerage revenue index rose to 179 in July, up from 154 in July 2006, according to Kehrer-LIMRA, a unit of LIMRA International, Windsor, Conn.
The latest index figure means that community bank brokerage revenue was 79% higher in July than in the average month in 2002, when the index was created.