Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-15 | Page 20 | Life Insurance at Low Point in U. S.

Life Insurance at atLow atLow atLow Low Point in U. U S. S Sales of ot ordinary life insurance in April continued to decrease and re re- fleeted the general business recession of the past months The volume o olife of life lite insurance sales in April reached a low point in the downward curve The general decline which for the country as a whole was 26 per cen cent below sales of last April was felt in every section of the country However However How How- ever ever over of new ordinary insurance was paid for every working day by the people of ot the United States The following figures show by sections sec sec- lions the experience for April and for the first four months of 1932 First column of or figures April 1932 compared to April 1931 Second column of figures Four months 1932 compared to four months 1931 All figures in per cent United States total 74 87 New England 75 86 Middle Atlantic 75 87 East North Central 72 85 West North Central 72 82 South Atlantic 70 88 East South Central 73 86 West South Central 78 87 Mountain fountain 68 83 Pacific 79 93 These figures are issued by the life insurance sales research bureau at Hartford Conn and represent the e. e experience of companies having in force 88 per cent of the outstanding ordinary insurance in the United States