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Assessing Where You Are It's easy to see why universal-life policyholders are frustrated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2012

In the mid to late 1980s, universal-life insurance policies generated at least one-fourth of all life-insurance premiums, according to Limra, an industry-funded insurance research firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2012

According to Federal Reserve survey data, about 31% of the highest-earning U.S. families owned whole-life or universal-life insurance as of 2010, the latest year for which figures are available.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2012

In 2008, about 40% of overall premiums came from universal-life coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2012

For that reason, term-insurance premiums may be only 20% of what customers pay for the more common whole-life and universal-life policies, which still make up about 89% of the U.S. market.

From Time Magazine Archive