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In 2025, State Farm issued $130 billion of individual life insurance, with $1.2 trillion active policies by the end of the year. In total, State Farm paid $924 million in dividends to life insurance ...

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In 2026, a 40-year-old buying a 20-year, $500,000 term life policy will pay an average of $26 a month, according to life ...