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May 12, 2020 at 09:40 PM
MIB Group Inc. has numbers suggesting that the COVID-19 shelter-in-place rules, and pandemic-related underwriting shifts, were tougher on older consumers than on younger consumers.
U.S. life insurance application activity fell a little for young consumers in April, more for middle-aged consumers, and a lot for older consumers, according to MIB’s new application activity report.
The Braintree, Massachusetts-based group says overall application activity was 3% lower last month than in April 2019.
Here are the MIB activity numbers for each age group for April:
- Ages 0-44: -0.7%
- Ages 45-59: -2.4%
- Ages 60 and older: -9.7%
MIB is a nonprofit industry group that helps life insurers share some of the information used in the underwriting process.
Resources
- A copy of the latest MIB life application activity report is available here.
- An article about the MIB life application activity figures for March is available here.
The application activity figures reflect trends in use of MIB databases.
In mid-March, many cities, and some states, responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by imposing shelter-in-place rules. The typical shelter-in-place program required workers at establishments classified as “non-essential” to work at home.
Regulators encouraged older people and people with health problems to be especially diligent about minimizing their number of contacts with other people.
