15+ Shocking African American Life Insurance Stats For 2023

According to a 2022 report by LIMRA, black Americans are the most likely group to own life insurance, with 56% of black Americans owning life insurance.

Wondering what the other stats are for life insurance for African Americans?

This article will cover the most up-to-date statistics for 2023.

Table Of Contents

• African American Life Insurance Key Stats
• Reasons For Buying Life Insurance
• African American Life Insurance Over Time
• Life Insurance Coverage Gap
  
  

African American Life Insurance Key Stats

• 68% of African American life insurance owners plan to use it to pay for their child’s college. (NewYorkLife)
• Black life insurance owners have one-third the amount of coverage that white life insurance owners have. (Haven)
• 80% of African Americans report life insurance as a goal for them and their family. (InsuranceNewsNet)
  
  

Reasons For Buying Life Insurance

• 83% of black life insurance owners reported it as a key way to take care of their families. (NewYorkLife)
• 22% of African Americans report “building intergenerational wealth” as a reason to buy life insurance, compared to only 8% of whites. (Haven)
• 37% of black life insurance owners intend to leave a legacy with their life insurance. (NewYorkLife)
• 37% of African Americans report getting life insurance to protect loved ones from unpaid debts, compared to 64% of whites. (PRNewswire)
• 28% of black life insurance owners use life insurance to transfer wealth. (NewYorkLife)
  
  

African American Life Insurance Over Time

• The percentage of blacks purchasing life insurance has fallen over time but was boosted by the pandemic.
• The COVID-19 pandemic has increased life insurance ownership from 53% in 2020 to 56% in 2021. (LIMRA)
• Black life insurance ownership fell from 71.8% in 1989 to 61.2% in 2013. (ChicagoFed)

Source: (ChicagoFed, Statista)

African American Life Insurance Coverage Gap

• 46% of African Americans say they need more life insurance, showing a major coverage gap of 20 million people. (LIMRA)
• 75% of African Americans overestimate the cost of life insurance. (LIMRA)
• 30% of black Americans are looking for a financial advisor to talk about insurance, much higher than the national average. (LIMRA)
  
  

Summary

That’s it for our African American life insurance statistics.

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