LIFE INSURANCE INDUSTRY BENEFITS AND LOSSES, 2006-2010

($000)

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Death benefits $53,199,699 $55,365,319 $57,867,372 $57,612,244 $56,524,186
Matured endowments, excluding annual pure endowments 555,622 558,004 621,121 650,024 679,246
Annuity benefits 67,320,456 68,862,621 66,521,109 64,061,981 66,781,657
Disability, accident and health benefits (1) 91,167,556 101,548,206 113,685,324 120,247,081 121,334,184
Coupons, pure endowment and similar benefits 20,647 12,070 18,655 17,027 16,264
Surrender benefits, withdrawals with life contracts 271,991,585 305,165,095 291,562,349 228,695,583 216,846,811
Group conversions 14,749 23,084 14,440 26,516 29,136
Interest and adjustments on deposit-type contracts 16,730,226 17,814,679 15,031,218 10,404,404 9,541,406
Payments on supplementary contracts with life contingencies 1,955,777 1,965,088 1,457,854 1,527,361 1,578,300
Increase in aggregate reserve 53,062,809 17,512,377 129,178,264 88,635,846 86,627,147
Total benefits and losses $556,019,126 $568,826,543 $675,957,707 $571,878,067 $559,958,335

(1) Does not include benefits paid by health insurance companies and property/casualty insurance companies.

Source: SNL Financial LC.